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August 25, 2009

Please squeeze the avocado!

Dear Lucy: Avocados are an expensive fruit for a student budget, which is why whenever I misjudge an avocado and open up an unripe one, I’m tempted to eat it anyway, even though it tastes awful. But is it true that unripe avocados are toxic to humans? —Omnivore’s Dilemma

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