I was intrigued as soon as I saw this box of “boneless avocados” (sin hueso) at the Triana market a couple of weeks ago but at the time I was on the hunt for apples and other things to make this fabulous recipe by my friend Debora Robertson (scroll down for recipe, or read the whole story it’s fun). Meanwhile I did a little research and discovered that these eensy avocados can be eaten whole, skin and all, and are meant to taste just like the regular sized ones. So last weekend I went back to Triana market and scored some to find out for myself.

I quickly cut one open that had quite dark skin on one side, thinking it would probably be spoiled, and my first surprise was to discover that it wasn’t exactly, errr… boneless. Also the flesh was fine. I sliced the rest lengthwise and saw some had a bit of fibrous “bone” in the centre, and others didn’t. Then I tried eating a bit with the skin on. Ummm… nope. You don’t want to do that. I toyed with the idea of making an adorable mini guac photo for you guys with a couple of these darlings, a cherry tom and a shallot but that would’ve meant going out for cherry toms, and I don’t even like them, so again… nope. You’re welcome.

So I decided to just treat them like normal avocados. Because they do taste just like the normal ones. But getting the flesh out was a bit fiddly, even a teaspoon was too big for the job. Then I discovered I had what is maybe a… I dunno, salt spoon? I don’t even know why have a couple of these in the cutlery drawer but it was perfect. But still fiddly. In the end I’m not sure if these are worth the extra effort, other than they seem to keep better/longer. So maybe good for when you just want a bit of avo on something like my Bluesky pal Alanna, or maybe when you don’t want to risk cutting your thumb off while you whack out an avocado stone with a massive knife (apparently this is a THING, I personally just ease them out with a soup spoon).

And so, I decided to put these babies on what was to become my latest culinary invention… the BLAT (bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato sandwich). Subsequent googling has informed me that I was not in fact the first to come up with this idea, but it was a first for me. And let me tell you, it won’t be the last. Super omg delicious. Has anyone else tried these mini avocados? What did you think?