Florida Avocado

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?Florida avocado has been one of the major avocado types in the US. Detailed information about its origin, flavor, uses and so on has been discussed here.

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SanDeeAug.8 12:39

I have spent most of my life living in California and other areas in the far western US. Then I lived in Florida for a year or so. As an avocado lover, I just couldn't eat the avocados grown in Florida. They do not have the creamy buttery flavor and texture of the California avocados. The Florida avocados taste pulpy and do not have a buttery flavor. They do not make a creamy guacamole. I'm wondering what do people do with the Florida avocados? Maybe if they are cooked they might taste better? I don't know. Sadly the avocados sold in all of the Eastern US are grown in Florida so I will have to wait to enjoy avocados until I go back to my home in the Western US. They have been found to be healthier than we ever knew before and the fat they contain is one of the healthy fats we should be eating daily (like coconut oil).
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IreePAug.19 17:48

@ SanDee : Growing up in Florida we would eat the big watery avocados on cuban bread with a little salt. These days since I can't eat wheat or gluten (sadly), I eat them with rice. I haven't tried to make guac or cook them, I always do that with the Hass.
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Jerome AvocadoOct.3 00:41

@ SanDee : Well SanDee having lived in both ca and FL I find that the large green variety of avocado taste exactly the same if fact I couldn't tell them apart if I was pealing them at the same time. I don't understand how a LOVER of avocado could tell them apart. Hass is my fav but as a true connoisseur I would be a pit if I tried to explain the differences in the large smooth green skin variety.
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IrinaOct.15 18:40

@ SanDee : Delicious raw chocolate mousse. 1 large FL avocado (or 2 ripe small avocado) 10 Tbsp raw honey 1/2 C almond milk 8 Tbsp raw cacao powder 2 tsp vanilla extract (optional) Blend in a blender until smooth
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RebeccaMay.11 03:47

@ SanDee : I currently live in indonesia where their avocados are similar to the florida variety--much more watery. Here avocados are rarely eaten as a food, they are used to make creamy drinks that are very very popular and can be found everywhere. Avocado shake with chocolate is the primary flavor but coffee shops routinely offer a coffee-avocado drink (cold). The chocolate one is quite good. Like you, I don't like this variety for quac or spreads, unfortunately. And hass types are very hard to find here. But anyway--one interesting use for the larger avocados.
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Andrea RutledgeMar.2 17:43

I'm from Houston TX, now live in SW FL and have a neighbor with a HUGE very mature FL AVOCADO tree.. I harvest all his fruit as he us quite elderly. I too, being an AVID and regular fan of AVOCADO consumption (Daily), I do not see or taste much difference in the FL and the CA hass, other than the skin. The FL variety makes great GUACAMOLE salad and is also excellent in salads and sliced for sandwiches. Also, you are absolutely wrong about the availability of Hass on the East coast, as they are carried regulary in the grocery store chains, as well as in roadside produce stands. By the way, FL variety has LESS calories per serving... :-)
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CristinaAug.1 01:13

I Like more Florida avocado! :))
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fred partinNov.26 13:24

San Dee what city in fl and can I buy some of the avocados, we live in Homosassa.
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