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    Homegrown AVOCADOS

    Apr 26, 2020 5 minutes
    By Denise Cox

    I first discovered avocados while travelling in Peru many years ago. I didn’t really like them, but they were a better option than the worm-infested local potatoes, or the native guinea pigs.

    Fast forward several years and avocados are an integral part of my culinary repertoire, once I’d discovered how wonderfully nutritious they are, and their surprising and superb culinary uses. We grew three avocado trees; when we ran out, our kids and dog sneaked over to the neighbour’s huge trees and brought some back!

    Avocado trees () originated in Mexico. They’re also known as alligator pears due to their rough skins, but are related neither to pears nor alligators. The name avocado is derived from the Aztec word for testicle, which aptly describes the

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