Pop quiz: Is the avocado a fruit or a vegetable? A descendant of berry ancestors (yup, it’s a fruit), the avocado fell pretty far from the family tree. Unlike its brothers and sisters, the avocado isn’t sweet. It’s oily, has a nutty taste, and comes with a hefty seed (once used by explorers, who extracted […]
The “Alligator Pear”
by Wanda on August 22, 2012