Save your hand the hassle (and the knife injury) and buy yourself the new stoneless avocado from Marks & Spencer (OTC:MAKSF).
These new avocados, named cocktail avocados, are 5cm-8cm (2in-3in), with a smooth, edible skin, so you can slice it easily or even just eat it whole. The intent is to reduce the number of people cutting their hands or fingers when trying to remove avocado stones.
There were so many people cutting themselves when cutting avocados, that a safety label had to be put on the fruit. But M&S decided to take it one step further.
Charlotte Curtis, a food technology specialist at M&S, said, “We’ve had the mini, the giant, ready sliced and we’re now launching the holy grail of avocados – stoneless. This amazing fruit has been on our radar for a couple of years and we’re very excited to have finally been able to get hold of some for our customers to try.”
This kind of avocado isn’t new to the world. They actually grow in Spain yearly, in the month of December, as a result of an unpollinated blossom and so they develop without a seed. Nor is M&S the first to get their hands on these avocados. Most cocktail avocados get sent on to Paris for chefs to use in their high-end restaurants. M&S was lucky enough to be able to get a limited supply this year.
Curtis expects them to sell out quickly and is advising customers “to try them deep fried.”
Avocado lovers, get your stoneless avocado now, before they’re gone.
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