How to select an avocado

I'm often disgusted by the selection of avocados at the supermarket. They are usually over priced and over ripe, and people squeeze them constantly to determine ripeness, leaving them bruised and brown inside.

If you want to pick a perfectly ripe avocado, don't squeeze it. Look for the little stem stub on one end. If it's still in place, flick it off and look at the color of the hole underneath. If it's still a little green, the avocado is green on the inside and ripe. If the hole is brown and all dried out, so is the avocado.