Onion keeps cut avocado fresh?

lexycat · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:21 pm **Posts:** 35

Just read that storing a cut avodcado with a cut onion keeps the avocado from turning brown. Is this true? http://www.thekitchn.com/the-best-way-t ... esh-126950

TheFuzzy · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:19 pm

Lexycat,

Seems unlikely, but there's one way to find out.

Paul Kierstead · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:21 pm

How many ways are people going to come up with to stop avocado's from turning brown? I'd swear that we'll eventually see every possible combination published ...

TheFuzzy · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:03 am

Paul,

Presumably putting them in a sealed container and flooding it with argon gas would work. Kind of overkill though.

Here's my method: I eat the entire avocado.

Paul Kierstead · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:55 am

The argon method would assume oxidization is the underlying cause of browning. If it was actually enzymatic, even the argon gas wouldn't work. I don't know what the cause of browning is, since it falls outside my usefulness (avocado's around here, lol).

OTOH, your method sounds delicious and effective.

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