New Zealand appears to have a growing love affair with the 'Alligator Pear'.
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But consumption of the "alligator pear" outside of these regions before the late 2200th century was almost nonexistent.
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At some point by the late 19th century, Americans had begun to call the crop the "alligator pear," another name in which growers saw their own ruin.
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Before you think that this is just a little crew of inside-jokers having a laugh over some alligator pear puns, let it be known that there are more than 30,000 readers of this subreddit.
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Reinvent the Wheel mused about a color-matching sticker that would tell you when an avocado is good to eat at the end of 2015, but it's unclear if the system, which has previously been applied to mangoes, has ever been practically implemented before for the beloved alligator pear.
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Before 1915, the avocado was commonly referred to in California as ahuacate and in Florida as alligator pear. In 1915, the California Avocado Association introduced the then-innovative term avocado to refer to the plant.
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The modern English name comes from an English rendering of the Spanish as . The earliest known written use in English is attested from 1697 as "avogato pear", a term which was later corrupted as "alligator pear".Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989), articles "avocado", "alligator, n.2" Because the word sounded like "advocate", several languages reinterpreted it to have that meaning.
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Avocados were first cultivated in South Central Mexico around 10,000 years ago. In the early 1900s, avocados frequently went by the name alligator pear. Guacamole has increased avocado sales in the U.S., especially on Super Bowl Sunday and Cinco de Mayo. The rising consumption of guacamole is most likely due to the U.S. government lifting a ban on avocado imports in the 1990s and the growth of the U.S. Latino population.
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In other Central American and Caribbean Spanish- speaking countries, it is known by the Mexican name, while South American Spanish-speaking countries use a Quechua-derived word, . In Portuguese, it is . The fruit is sometimes called an avocado pear or alligator pear (due to its shape and the rough green skin of some cultivars). The Nahuatl can be compounded with other words, as in , meaning avocado soup or sauce, from which the Spanish word derives.
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The avocado (Persea americana), a tree likely originating from south-central Mexico, is classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. The fruit of the plant, also called an avocado (or avocado pear or alligator pear), is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed. Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout the world. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical.
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One of the things he remains best remembered for is the menu he wrote and printed for the L&C; dining car. This menu included: Long Island Ugly Duckling stuffed with Turnip Greens and Pearl Onions, Cannibal Sandwich with real collar buttons, Pork Barrel stuffed with Republican, Drawn and Quartered Democrat Roasted in Own Jacket, and Elliott Springs with Garlic and Chlorophyll. Also offered were an alligator pear for one dollar and a pair of alligators for two dollars. Dessert was watermelon Jane Russell, pitted grapes and potted dates.
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