Giant Avocado & More (Avocado Comparison in Costa Rica) - Weird Fruit Explorer

[@pedroff_1]

Found out my university is full of avocado trees and, when it's in season, I love getring frer avocado from the ground. Most taste similar to the Hass, but I've had some more watery and fibrous ones, including one that tasted somewhat sweet a fruity! It's always a pretty interesting experience

[@banhatlessducks]

It's always awesome finding fruit that clearly nobody is using

[@yummyapplestroodle]

lucky you!

[@ezrahn]

Holy Guacamole, that's one big avocado!

[@PapaIrie]

That’s what she said…

[@nfire_gamer6303]

You posted it 3 days ago it was uploaded a few hours ago!

[@luisledesma586]

In my agricultural studies days (1980s) we used to classify avocados into Caribbean and Guatemala races, so what the vendors are calling Dominican might be the Caribbean race; you could find fruit from 4% fat all the way to 20% and every one had their favourite.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I somewhat forgot avocados don't breed true

[@RaspK]

@@StonedtotheBones13 Well, any plant that is not grown from cuttings and grafts is not going to.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

@@RaspK I admittedly don't know much about gardening or agriculture, but I'm fairly certain there are plants that breed true to seed

[@RaspK]

@@StonedtotheBones13 Very few do; in order to achieve that effect, you need to do some pretty aggressive breeding to make certain that the plants are perfect clones, so that any further breeding will not result in different genes being passed down to their offspring. The alternative is with some specific plants that do not exhibit significant biodiversity with regards to their fruit, which means that growing from seed won't produce radically different fruit, and which basically means the aforementioned step has already been undertaken for us in advance by nature instead. (In this context, it is important to explain that by "clone," we specifically mean that the chromosomes of the plants in question are, in fact, composed of two identical copies of the same genes.)

[@sophiophile]

​@@StonedtotheBones13 Generally not without an incredible amount of backcrossing.

[@Youngstomata]

The more videos weird explorer makes the more and more uncommon and interesting the fruits will continue to be. You are like sugar or crack…I must need more!

[@jeffreyarnold2626]

you can get the giant ones in Cali from the Ventura, and Morro Bay areas as well. I've seen some the size of a pineapple. one makes a whole bowl of guacamole.

[@EmmelineSama]

Amazing!! Wish I could see pictures of those big avocados.

[@scene24man]

I make guacamole nearly exactly the same way, simple, easy, i add fresh pressed garlic. Love it!

[@AwesomeFish12]

Here in Australia we have maybe 3 or 4 main varieties in supermarkets. then about 5 or so you can only get at specialty places like organic local food co-ops or farmers markets.

[@chandlee3968]

The weirdest thing, I have a slight allergic reaction to the Haas but not Florida avocados so I’ve been looking for alternatives.

[@PRDreams]

Dominican avocados are slightly bitter even when ripe, the bitterness smacks you in the face, so it is not easily missed. The very big round one looks like a Cuban avocado. They are slightly sweet, more watery than a Hass, but not as watery as the Florida avocado.

[@saskiabothe8335]

In Germany the 'Hass' avo has become the standard variety only relatively recently (at least in my perception) - and the name has puzzled me ever since because "Hass" is the German word for "hatred". So much for unfortunate naming 😳

[@ikbintom]

What was standard before then?

[@saskiabothe8335]

@@ikbintom A smooth, green shelled variety, probably 'Fuerte'.

[@davidarundel6187]

@@ikbintom there could have been several varietys . At one time in NZ , we had cannonballs type , others like Hass , and not as tasty , a lot also has to do with where they come from and the variety . The Hass , is most often seen in stores , as most folks prefer it .

[@deenzmartin6695]

hahahaha

[@Melissa0774]

I lot of people use avacados to make chocolate pudding. It's easy to do. You just mix some honey or sugar with the avocado and blend some cocoa powder and melted chocolate into it, with a food processor or mixer. From what you described in this video, it sounds like the last one might be really good for this purpose.

[@mateuslira3411]

Here in Brazil this giant avocado is the normal avocado. Honestly, I think I've never tried this small avocado people eat in the US

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

Small one's are better to export it. And they hass avocado is Cool hardy so can grow in less tropical places in USA 🇺🇲!! Olá tudo bem kkk eu sei português também!!!(🤣).

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

The smaller ones to me are the best tasting with the smoothest mouth feel.

[@nancydrew1882]

I agree. In Jamaica that’s a normal sized one too. Those small ones tend to be watery and tasteless.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

All right, you did it. You made me cackle like an idiot with your "if you're immature like me" comment. Never change, Jared. Never change.

[@Dreron]

I have been looking at your videos, they're as fun as they are informative, even for locals such as I when you're doing videos in Costa Rica. Non hass avocado varieties have a zero chance of being frozen at some point, and that's a big plus. If we have a yard, and we get a particularly good avocado chances are we will try to plant the seed. Thus, naming of the varieties other than hass is more of a marketing thing of the seller.

[@maggot1111666]

In season sometimes we get the green avacados in United States which I prefer. Hass feel very fake. Long neck in florida are great too. More water content so easier to eat. Cool video to see comparisons side by side!

[@Youngstomata]

I prefer the Florida over the hass but they seem to always be twice the price

[@eberalex]

Surely in Costa Rica it is like here, throughout the year there is a great variation in the availability of varieties of avocados, of all sizes, colors and flavor profiles. I've always found it strange that in the United States people don't put salt in avocados. The normal thing in Venezuela is to add a pinch of salt and thus the true flavor of one variety or another is awakened.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

I live in the US and it's not eating an avocado unless you have a little salt or something like a chili lime salt sprinkled on it. For me anyway.

[@1MSally1965]

I ALWAYS salt my avacados! Delish!!

[@sdfkjgh]

The SciFi Channel is proud to present: Giant Avocado Vs. Miniature Durian! _No supermarket is safe!_

[@trulyinfamous]

If I grew up in a place where avocados grew, I would definitely have thrown the seeds at everything. They are perfectly sized for launching from a shepherd's sling or the hands of an energetic kid.

[@marisasanchez1699]

The wind blowing through that accommodation is creepy af 😳

[@dougs_urbanfarm]

Lol Marissa.

[@alfredo42o]

to me its quite calming.

[@OsirusHandle]

In the UK we get a few varieties but they all come as "avocado": i think they just take whatever is cheapest in the season.

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

I love to eat the huge round ones whole, or at least half if I have to share them. Yes, they were correct, chilean avocado is Hass, but imported, they have more flesh and size, and criollo hass are smaller but better quality because they are picked more ripe than imported fruit. The other ones are all different varieties, but never no one really knows what they are since many people plant always from seed.

[@danieldirocco8282]

I think a better translation of aguacatl would be “scrotum tree” cause, well, look at the shape and texture of an avocado lol

[@JTMusicbox]

It’s fun to see one so much bigger than the typical Hass avocado! I forget who but seem to remember a stand up comic with a bit about “if you have 5 ripe avocados, you only have one out. Guacamole!”

[@sashyf]

aguacate does NOT translate to testicles, it's more like a more casual way of calling them similar to saying balls instead of testicles, aguacate in the nahuatl is that

[@Kikilang60]

Thanks Jared. I think they sell a wide varity Avocados in America under the Hass name. I go to the store and some weeks the avocados are red, other weeks the are roiund as que balls. Some are all yelllow inside, while other are green as peas. I love your travels. The British used to be just crazy for travel books. They wrote all kinds. Something to do with the sun never setting. I don't get it. Anywho, I remember reading this one travel book that gave advise for dozens of countries, and regions of the world. I'm desperately looking for one that I read as teen. It had a deceptive title that made it almost impossible to remember or tell what was inside. One part told of buying these gem stones for sucking on. They are expensive, but great at preventing dry mouth when you're nervous. So, when you're going through customes, you suck on the stones. There is a side benefit to the stones. When you get home, you can sell them, and buy a house. Remember, often the seller will inform the inspection agent you have these stones, so if need be, you can swallow them. The book was full of great advise, and all of it was profitable. If I find it, I'll let you know.

[@sdfkjgh]

@Kiki Lang: That sounds like one of those parody travelogue books: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaic_T%C4%83n

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

The sun never setting rever to the British empire!!!!🇫🇰well it's not a real British flag but forget the details is the UK flag!!!

[@HandMeTheBacon]

Just sat down with a big bowl of guacamole when I noticed this episode lol

[@jessev2197]

I actually like the Florida variety for guac. I do the same ingredients except I add a bit of sour cream and jalapeno green salsa.

[@bigbadbovine]

Great video. The all-vocado guacamole looks amazing.

[@mitskiluvr420]

this has been one of my favorite yt channels for years, and continues to be. every time i watch i get the travel bug

[@MistressOnyaCox]

It wants to LIVE!!! I hope you planted that pit!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@infernaldaedra]

There are avocado varieties twice this size they tend to get very soft though but they make extremely good guac. 😋they grow from San Jose Costa Rica to San Jose California. When he says we only have one in America we have one available in the grocery store.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone. I hope everyone is doing as well as you possibly can, and you all have a great day! Thanks for another interesting video, Jared! When it comes to avocados, I guess it's either one of those things where I just haven't found the right one for me yet, or it's just something I'm not a huge fan of.

[@teresamexico309]

For the Guacamole: Chop the onion fine and let it marinate with lemon or lime or sour-orange juice for 10 min (sour-orange juice is the best). Meanwhile, chop the vegetable you do want to add to the Guac like tomato or cucumber then add it to the onion, then add the cubed avocado, cilantro leaves, ground cilantro seeds and salt to the last moment. chopped Jalapeño o Serrano pepper is optional for a spicy hot Guacamole. BTW there are many native/local Avocado varieties all over Latinamerica with a much better flavor than the commercial ones. I do get one endemic specie of avocado which is big (750 gr), round, thick skin one that can be kept in the fridge for a week without getting dark and it flavor is nutty and slightly sweet.

[@raccongamefit8831]

Nice video, Jared, very entertaining and informative!

[@davidedgar2818]

Here in Kona we have over 100 varieties. My favorite is at my friends farm. He gets 2 to 3 pounders from two trees. I have 4 varieties and the Kahalu and Sharwill are my favorite. Kahalu is super buttery and quite sweet as far as avocados go. The flower even has a sweet fragrance. Sharwill is just a great all around avocado. It has good taste, good cooked or raw, and ships well. Sometimes the flavor and texture can be affected by that particular years growing conditions.

[@shellnet411]

We have the horse and we have the bigger, smooth skinned variety as well. It's not as common but you see every now and then there's a couple varieties.

[@bj97301]

I like a high fat avo. Have you tried a dry farmed avo? By far my favorite avo with the most fat.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Dry farmed? I'm curious as to what that means

[@bj97301]

@@goosenotmaverick1156 oh it’s just that while growing the fruit the tree receives less water. This makes the fruit have less water and more fat from what I can tell.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

@@bj97301 ah gotcha, thanks! That's something I never thought about

[@SoulReaver95]

Hoss Delgado approves of this video 😂

[@anne-droid7739]

Testicle tree? And here I have always thought that "alligator pear" was slightly insulting....

[@TheRockInnRobin]

I saw recently that Miami Fruit had Pumpkin Avocados. I would love to try one and I think it is bigger yet than what you have shown? It’s supposed to be very similar to a haas as well!

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Hmm, there are even bigger ones. maybe from Brazil, but I know years ago you could get them stateside. Americans have no idea what it is like trying to find/get a Hass-type Avo whilst living abroad - for some things only Hass will do. FYI: In fact the name for avocados in several SE Asian language translate into English as “ Vegetable Butter “.

[@jameshaws9986]

Well you're not supposed to hit the seed with the knife while it's IN your hand. You set it on your board, whack it with the knife, THEN grab the fruit and twist.

[@barbeerian]

Was there a storm while you were filming this? The wind sounded strong!

[@AgataStrucka]

Aaaand now I crave avocados.

[@archangel3237]

They sell these at my grocery store in michigan. I've bought 3 so far and all 3 had sprouting seeds that I successfully have started growing. They taste great too!

[@XDDCC292]

7:43 The other seeds: Noooo! We need to be planted in the ground first! That one seed: germination inside the fruit gives a profound advantage 😂

[@PlantObsessed]

I do like the big Florida ones. The texture is better for making slices.

[@lotus8203]

Oh I love your fruit videos SO much!!! Those avocado looks incredible

[@ramih2314]

Believe or not this is one of the only times that I can say that I tried them all and by the way your spot on with the description of the taste.

[@just-a-bajan6643]

Bro, what you call big we call normal in the Caribbean

[@just-a-bajan6643]

We wouldn’t normally buy those little Hass ones unless real pears (what we call avocados 🥑) we’re out of season.

[@jaydavidrn82]

doesn't mean they are not better :p

[@MasterKenfucius]

We have a very large one here in the US that is also the same shape of that big one you had. It's called the Marcus Pumpkin avocado and it gets to 4 lbs each. They are of very good quality.

[@Melissa0774]

I saw one of those huge avacados in an Asian supermarket in New Jersey, recently, even though it's not from Asia? Or do they grow them there too? I'm pretty sure the sign said it was from Costa Rica, or the Dominican Republic, though, I think.

[@raccongamefit8831]

When i was little, i didn't liked avocados i found them a bit too greasy, and that tasted weird, but since I got into fitness and I started watching your channel, and documentating about healthy benefits, i got more into weird fruits, including mango, dragonfruit and avocado, now i would eat avocados daily

[@Tam.I.am.]

Holy guacamole, Batman.

[@jamestboehm6450]

Like the videos of fruits that we northern people can find. I've grown very fond of avocado and would love to be able to find the varieties you do.

[@TealCheetah]

Im in love with that giant one

[@SerkhanII]

8:30 I believe that's the variety more common in Brazil, and we eat it with sugar

[@scoopmacgooter4123]

Avocado (avaka doo) I love pronouncing it this way because people hate it.

[@eazypeazy33]

San Jose…. 🙌🏽 every tropical fruit could imagine go see Paul Zink’s farm!

[@KonaSquid]

that last big one is cool :3

[@blackbway]

Fun fact, I never knew of Hass avocado until I came to America in 07. I am from the Caribbean and I eat avocado (pear) every summer, i even go pear hunting in the mountains almost every year, but never seen a pear as small as the Hass. So maybe everyone doesn't know what the Hass avocado taste like.

[@toejamr1]

I’m sure most of his viewers are from the US so he caters to that.

[@blackbway]

@@toejamr1 I wouldn't be so sure. He is a globe trotter, he would have made friends everywhere he goes and therefore subscribers. I would say he's probably have equal amount of subscribers outside of the us as he has in the US.

[@wisecoconut5]

In Colorado we get Haas but also a smaller, less expensive one and the big ones sometimes too! Usually the big ones and small ones are smooth skinned.

[@ZE308AC]

You can never go wrong with a avocado

[@deshazo_henry]

Comedy gold right here 🤣

[@fromroottofruit]

Great video👍

[@gearsmoke]

Sounds like a windstorm out there, goodness. Nothing so tragic as opening a 'cado up and it's all grey inside.

[@vonBelfry]

Love the cats at the start. The one on the right's all "Heya" to the other cat and being as non-threatening as possible. Must be public territory.

[@a_w_em3006]

"Fun"-fact, the person who discovered the Hass avocado has a double unfortunate name, "Hass" is also the German word for hate. On a sidenote, here in Taiwan we often have avocados 3-5 times the size of the "normal" avocado, I noticed that too when I got here.

[@radionoakmont7756]

i bought some from Safeway about 15 years back that looked like the Hass but were gigantic mega jumbo sized they were very good as well im hoping they bring that variety back so i can get some more of them and hopefully grow them as well.

[@OreaTivona]

I have gotten some unusual varieties of avocados from my local health food store. A couple of years ago I got a large one that ended up being fairly sweet and very juicy with very little fat. I really didn’t like it but I think whatever variety it was could have been good for certain recipes. Health food stores are great for finding weird fruits

[@eldiantre7346]

The larger less flavorful avocados are usually eaten in salads or with meat(usually stewed meat) in the Caribbean.

[@qwertyasdfgh4655]

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[@Spirit451]

No use for the seed from any varieties?

[@BigboiiTone]

I gotta say, the knife trick is very useful IF YOU HAVE THE KNIFE SKILLS. Do not attempt if you're an amateur, use a spoon or your fingers if you want.

[@richardportman8912]

Look at all those avocados! I never met one i didn't like. I only know Hass and Fuerte.

[@moaciramaral7325]

Make a smoothie, milk, sugar and the big one, brasilians love this

[@kx4532]

It, it's beautiful 🥲

[@hozoraelahy6102]

Please make vedio on Avozilla avocado! Hambley requesting you! Is that Variety commercially producing in South Africa??... From the Bangladesh.

[@mikecorry5149]

everything is expensive here in CR

[@ikbintom]

Super interesting

[@professorm4171]

We can get the pinkerton avocado in the States once in a while.

[@pattheplanter]

But you need a detective agency to find it?

[@fruitsandmore3895]

The Dominican one which is your lrast favourite could be a Semil 34.

[@japantour9136]

Hello! NICE channel. I'm your fan ＋👍🔔

[@Squibbleses]

Five kinds of avocado guacamole reminds me of that song Last Train to Awesome Town about a party with 5 kinds of nachos

[@eirikolsnes]

Check out the giant ones in Cuba :)

[@avocado_japan]

we also plant BIG avocado in Japan.

[@Dreron]

That's unexpected to hear. I'd like to see them, given tasting them is really unlikely when you're from Costa Rica. Is there any page or video in English or Spanish where I can see them?

[@avocado_japan]

@@Dreron Thank you for your comment. please check my youtube videos. some of them have subtitle.

[@Dreron]

@@avocado_japan I'll take a look, thanks

[@abagailrhea3932]

Unless the flesh is super soft, you can squeeze the back of the avocado and the seed will usually pop out.

[@Tochilili]

The long one, at least in Mexico is called chinene or shinene, maybe you can find the species from there?

[@nadienadie88]

I live in the mountains of Costa Rica a have a lot of avocados all day thanks to god 🙏🇨🇷

[@tehpanda64]

I am Interested in that dry dense one, seems like it would ship well and could potentially be a cheaper avocado, Hass prices are out of control!

[@0ktk]

Can you please make a video on sumac? :)

[@TuppyMSM]

Hey there, Jared! I am not sure if this comment will reach out to you, but I would love to see you try more rare papaya varieties! (like the Mexican Mountain Papaya, looks very cool!)

[@rileyteetsel2986]

Look up Brokaw farm there a rare citrus, avocado and they have bees

[@BigboiiTone]

I've seen things in the states marketed as "slimcados" I'm interested to see if you mentioned it here.

[@alecity4877]

That looks normal sized to me lol

[@ankiolebring8388]

Yes, picked one up in Madeira and it weighed 800 grams 😂😮

[@Ruirspirul]

whats with a devil sounds in the background? 😮

[@TheKopakah]

What bad man does Hass sound like?

[@sashyf]

push the back of the avocado or use a knife to get the seed out