Is there a financial trainwreck in my future?

[dannylion]

Apparently the inability to resist the lure of avocado toast is a major element in the financial woes of the millennial cohort, or so some financial writers would have us believe.  


I have had avocado toast for breakfast every day this week, and I plan to have many more avocado-toast breakfasts in the future.  I can understand the appeal.  Why did I not try this before?  It is delicious.  


Am I doomed?  


On the other hand, I made it at home and the avocados were on sale.  


Maybe not.  

[obelisk]

The road to financial ruin is lined with avocadoes. So yes you are doomed to history

[Cookies Galore]

Avocado on anything is delicious. You may proceed.

In the summer months my preferred breakfast is rye toast, avocado, and tomato. Just this past Sunday I went out to breakfast and had multigrain topped with Boursin, avocado, tomato, arugula, and sunny side egg. Shirtballs, I want to eat that now.

[Tennesseer]

1:00 p.m. could be your 7:00 a.m. so keep that in mind.


 

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I love avocados on anything, but I do not love them when they are $3+ each.  

The only reason why I have 3 sitting on my counter ripening was that they were 0.88 each at the store yesterday.  Guacamole is going to be their demise.

[Opti]

Jan 30, 2020 16:43:21 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Apparently the inability to resist the lure of avocado toast is a major element in the financial woes of the millennial cohort, or so some financial writers would have us believe.  


I have had avocado toast for breakfast every day this week, and I plan to have many more avocado-toast breakfasts in the future.  I can understand the appeal.  Why did I not try this before?  It is delicious.  


Am I doomed?  


On the other hand, I made it at home and the avocados were on sale.  


Maybe not.  

I don't know. It is likely just the 2020 equivalent of the latte factor. But you do post on this board, so there might be a financial trainwreck in your future. Hopefully its not you though. 

[souldoubt]

We go through avocados like crazy.  One of the benefits to living in SoCal or perhaps CA in general is that either the small or large avocados seem to always be on sale.  I don't eat bread often and I don't think I've ever eaten avocado toast (bad millennial) but I do enjoy avocado on a toasted bagel with cream cheese and lemon pepper.  Apparently I'm in the minority as far as eating and paying for avocado toast goes because I've been to multiple places where they charge $8-10 for it and there's no shortage of customers.

[dannylion]

Jan 30, 2020 18:42:53 GMT -5 souldoubt said:

We go through avocados like crazy.  One of the benefits to living in SoCal or perhaps CA in general is that either the small or large avocados seem to always be on sale.  I don't eat bread often and I don't think I've ever eaten avocado toast (bad millennial) but I do enjoy avocado on a toasted bagel with cream cheese and lemon pepper.  Apparently I'm in the minority as far as eating and paying for avocado toast goes because I've been to multiple places where they charge $8-10 for it and there's no shortage of customers.

I grew up in SoCal, and we always had at least 1 avocado tree in the back yard.  I live on the east coast now where it is not possible to grow avocados  .  They tend to be expensive in the stores, but I buy them anyway because I love avocados.  There must have been a bumper crop somewhere because they were on sale here last week.  Maybe it's because Super Bowl Sunday is approaching and they were offering cheap avocados for guacamole as a loss leader.  Whatever the reason, I was thrilled and have been enjoying avocado toast this week for breakfast.  Your bagel with cream cheese and avocado sounds yummy and I will have to try it.  I've been using everything bagel seasoning, but will also now be trying lemon pepper.   

[Bonny]

Jan 30, 2020 16:43:21 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Apparently the inability to resist the lure of avocado toast is a major element in the financial woes of the millennial cohort, or so some financial writers would have us believe.  


I have had avocado toast for breakfast every day this week, and I plan to have many more avocado-toast breakfasts in the future.  I can understand the appeal.  Why did I not try this before?  It is delicious.  


Am I doomed?  


On the other hand, I made it at home and the avocados were on sale.  


Maybe not.  

Yes because you didn't buy a no load mutual fund that invests in avocado stock.

Those of us who grew up in So. Cal are still scratching our heads why this is suddenly a thing? We get a bag of large avocados at Costco every other week for around $5.

[dannylion]

Jan 30, 2020 19:39:59 GMT -5 Bonny said:

Jan 30, 2020 16:43:21 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Apparently the inability to resist the lure of avocado toast is a major element in the financial woes of the millennial cohort, or so some financial writers would have us believe.  


I have had avocado toast for breakfast every day this week, and I plan to have many more avocado-toast breakfasts in the future.  I can understand the appeal.  Why did I not try this before?  It is delicious.  


Am I doomed?  


On the other hand, I made it at home and the avocados were on sale.  


Maybe not.  

Yes because you didn't buy a no load mutual fund that invests in avocado stock.

Those of us who grew up in So. Cal are still scratching our heads why this is suddenly a thing? We get a bag of large avocados at Costco every other week for around $5.

Yeah, I miss having an avocado tree in the back yard.  Costco here has bags of avocados, but depending on their supply and the cost and whatnot, the unit cost is usually only slightly less expensive than buying avocados individually in the grocery stores.  Maybe I'm just not getting there on the right days.  

Avocado trees in the back yard might be what I miss most about California.  

Now that I think of it, I probably do have a position in at least one ETF that has holdings associated somehow with avocado husbandry.  I'll have to check.  

[Deleted]

When we lived out West back in the 60s and 70s, avocados were cheap cheap cheap. Usually 5 or 6 for $1. That was then. This is now. I was thrilled to see them on sale for $.88 each this week.

In the event that the only avocados you can find aren't worth buying, you can buy frozen, diced avocados. Just for sh!ts and giggles and to see if they were any good, I bought some. Yes. Good. And I only have to defrost as much as I need each time. Worth having in your freezer.

However, frozen, diced avocados are spendy. Ergo, financial train wreck in my future I'm doomed.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I still kick myself for living in San Antonio for nearly 10 years before deciding that avocados were good.  I remember seeing them in the grocery store for 4/$1 and I almost cry when thinking about it.  Now I do handsprings when they are on sale for $1 each.

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The Walk of the Penguin Mich Mental picture of you in supermarket doing handsprings 

[sesfw]

Avocado trees in the back yard might be what I miss most about California.

This ............. and the ocean.  Otherwise, we left So Ca in 1974 and never looked back.

[NoNamePerson]

Jan 30, 2020 16:47:33 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

1:00 p.m. could be your 7:00 a.m. so keep that in mind.


 

I only buy 3 at a time due this factor. Usually $1.00 each. I spend $12/$15 a month average. 3 last me a full week. I love avocado in salad and on toast or home made salad dressing if I get a wild hair up the you know what. Sometimes the guy at flea market has them for .50 and I have to really practice self control and not stock up!! Not like he's there during the week. Only Saturday and Sunday.

I don't think I'll do the Phil script at this stage in life to see what I would have in retirement if I didn't love my avocados so much. I bet I could have had a luxury Motor Home instead   

[Deleted]

I could live without them.  I might buy 6 a year.   Carrot likes a snickerdoodle smoothie that I make with avocados so I mash them up and freeze them in portion size bags so I don't ever have to worry about them going bad before I use them.

[Deleted]

Jan 31, 2020 8:33:18 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I could live without them.  I might buy 6 a year.   Carrot likes a snickerdoodle smoothie that I make with avocados so I mash them up and freeze them in portion size bags so I don't ever have to worry about them going bad before I use them.

Live without them? You poor thing. Maybe it has something to do with always having lived in the back of beyond.

[Deleted]

Jan 31, 2020 8:40:46 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Jan 31, 2020 8:33:18 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I could live without them.  I might buy 6 a year.   Carrot likes a snickerdoodle smoothie that I make with avocados so I mash them up and freeze them in portion size bags so I don't ever have to worry about them going bad before I use them.

Live without them? You poor thing. Maybe it has something to do with always having lived in the back of beyond.

I don't know.  Half my family lives in Hawaii and have avocados that must get up to 4 pounds growing like crazy all over, so it's not like I've never been exposed to them growing up.   I just am not fond of the taste or texture.

[NoNamePerson]

If I didn't move around so much (I bore easily and when carpet needs cleaning I move) I would have avocado tree to pick from. I always plant one pit in a pot and watch it start to grow but have never stayed anywhere long enough to harvest  Now I realize I haven't planted one in three years since I moved again. Out to put the one I have sitting on kitchen counter as we speak. And no, I've never started one in water using the toothpick method  just push down in dirt. It works since I have seen green leaves come up just never stay put to get a full blown tree.

I did plant one in ground once. Wonder if person living in that house is enjoying. Heck probably pulled it up thinking it was a weed.

ETA: dannylion life is short EAT AVOCADO FIRST 

[Wisconsin Beth]

I'm with MPL on avocados.  My kids love them though.  We usually buy 4 a week and either DH and the kids eat them or he makes guac. with them and the 3 of them eat it.  They were breakfast for the kids this morning but I think DH just cut them up and served them in bowls to the kids.  I was running out the door at the time. 

[NancysSummerSip]

We have a Florida avocado tree in the backyard (larger, smooth-skinned fruit that takes forever to ripen), but I was never fond of what it produced. I may have to try this avocado toast thing and see if it works. If not, I guess I can grind them up and use them in a facial or on my hair. I've heard they're good for that.

[NoNamePerson]

Feb 2, 2020 20:49:18 GMT -5 NancysSummerSip said:

We have a Florida avocado tree in the backyard (larger, smooth-skinned fruit that takes forever to ripen), but I was never fond of what it produced. I may have to try this avocado toast thing and see if it works. If not, I guess I can grind them up and use them in a facial or on my hair. I've heard they're good for that.

I never acquired a taste for those big smooth skinned ones.   I have used a really ripe once for facial. Nope not again. I found a few pimples/zits couple days later. Can’t say for sure it was avocado but I never even had pimples as a teenager or ever before. They went away though. But I still blame the avocado!

[Chocolate Lover]

Jan 30, 2020 19:55:49 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

When we lived out West back in the 60s and 70s, avocados were cheap cheap cheap. Usually 5 or 6 for $1. That was then. This is now. I was thrilled to see them on sale for $.88 each this week.

In the event that the only avocados you can find aren't worth buying, you can buy frozen, diced avocados. Just for sh!ts and giggles and to see if they were any good, I bought some. Yes. Good. And I only have to defrost as much as I need each time. Worth having in your freezer.

However, frozen, diced avocados are spendy. Ergo, financial train wreck in my future I'm doomed.

I tried the frozen ones, I didn't like them. Too much citric acid taste for me. Maybe I should try a different brand. 

[Deleted]

Chocolate Lover I got Kroger's premium brand. I saw the other day that Walmart sells frozen ones, too, but I don't think I'm gonna chance getting their store brand. Sometimes the WM store brand is fine; sometimes it's blech.

[Chocolate Lover]

Feb 3, 2020 16:29:30 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Chocolate Lover I got Kroger's premium brand. I saw the other day that Walmart sells frozen ones, too, but I don't think I'm gonna chance getting their store brand. Sometimes the WM store brand is fine; sometimes it's blech.

Yeah, this was Walmart's store brand. This is one of their few misses. I have a few things they don't do well, but mostly they are fine. 

[NoNamePerson]

Feb 3, 2020 16:03:13 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

Jan 30, 2020 19:55:49 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

When we lived out West back in the 60s and 70s, avocados were cheap cheap cheap. Usually 5 or 6 for $1. That was then. This is now. I was thrilled to see them on sale for $.88 each this week.

In the event that the only avocados you can find aren't worth buying, you can buy frozen, diced avocados. Just for sh!ts and giggles and to see if they were any good, I bought some. Yes. Good. And I only have to defrost as much as I need each time. Worth having in your freezer.

However, frozen, diced avocados are spendy. Ergo, financial train wreck in my future I'm doomed.

I tried the frozen ones, I didn't like them. Too much citric acid taste for me. Maybe I should try a different brand. 

I've never seen frozen ones. But I only looked once when I heard one of the talking head cooks on TV go on about them. As for the citric acid taste can you imagine what it must take chemically to keep an avocado fresh long enough to freeze it  Even in a factory with flash freezing capabilities!!

 

[Deleted]

Is avocado toast only a breakfast thing? I eat it whenever I feel like it. Maybe because I didn't know it's supposed to be breakfast food. 

[dannylion]

Feb 3, 2020 18:58:59 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Is avocado toast only a breakfast thing? I eat it whenever I feel like it. Maybe because I didn't know it's supposed to be breakfast food. 

It's your toast and your avocados.  You can eat them together (or separately) whenever you want with whatever additional accoutrements appeal to you.  There are probably those who would insist that toasted bread is strictly a breakfast food and that therefore avocado toast is only to be consumed at breakfast, but they are probably no fun to be around (at breakfast or any other time), and no one with any sense should pay attention to anything they say.  

[NoNamePerson]

Feb 3, 2020 19:43:59 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Feb 3, 2020 18:58:59 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Is avocado toast only a breakfast thing? I eat it whenever I feel like it. Maybe because I didn't know it's supposed to be breakfast food. 

It's your toast and your avocados.  You can eat them together (or separately) whenever you want with whatever additional accoutrements appeal to you.  There are probably those who would insist that toasted bread is strictly a breakfast food and that therefore avocado toast is only to be consumed at breakfast, but they are probably no fun to be around (at breakfast or any other time), and no one with any sense should pay attention to anything they say.  

 I had tomato soup for breakfast this morning. I prefer “breakfast” food at night. People think I’m weird

[NastyWoman]

Feb 3, 2020 19:43:59 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Feb 3, 2020 18:58:59 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Is avocado toast only a breakfast thing? I eat it whenever I feel like it. Maybe because I didn't know it's supposed to be breakfast food. 

It's your toast and your avocados.  You can eat them together (or separately) whenever you want with whatever additional accoutrements appeal to you.  There are probably those who would insist that toasted bread is strictly a breakfast food and that therefore avocado toast is only to be consumed at breakfast, but they are probably no fun to be around (at breakfast or any other time), and no one with any sense should pay attention to anything they say.  

Holy  canoli. You are doomed woman and you are trying to take @missrigby down with you. Avocado toast any time with whatever you want indeed. You better start looking for two cardboard boxes (you will be in charge of missrigby after leading her astray) and find a nice bridge to place those boxes under. Sous le ciel de Paris lalalalala....