• To test if an avocado is ripe, gently squeeze the fruit in the palm of your hand. Ripe, ready-to-eat fruit will be firm but will yield to gently pressure

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Ripe avocados will keep for 2-3 days. Store them in the fridge to prevent over-ripening

To accelerate ripening, place the avocado in the fruit bowl alongside other fruit or, better still, put them into a paper bag with a banana or kiwi fruit. The ethylene gas released by the other fruit will stimulate the avocados to ripen more quickly.

Never keep hard, unripe avocados in the fridge - they won't ripen