ava- ava- ava-cado

i was so relieved to find my buddy Emilio selling avocados at the farmers market on campus today. His farm/orchard is in Valley Center, one of the San Diego county communities hit hard by the fires last week. The fires spared his land. The fires burned the hills nearby, but the wind gods spared this immigrant farmer who I chat and flirt with every Tuesday morning. (I don't think he realizes I'm flirting...) While the fires spared his land, the Santa Ana winds did knock thousands of pounds of avocados from his trees. The avocado on the left is a normal sized Haas avocado. the one on the right is super jumbo. The variety is called "reed." It is supposed to be especially rich and buttery.