Monster Pit

My favorite neighborhood grocery is offering a bumper crop of California avocados now. They had a nice color to them and serious heft, so I bought a few.

When the flesh had ripened, I excitedly cut into one of them. Considering how soft the fruit was, there was a surprising amount of resistance against the knife I was cutting it with.

You can see why.

The pit was monstrously huge -- the size of my fist. It was also heavy. If I beaned someone in the head with it, it would probably put them in a coma.

I feel a bit cheated. I paid more for the pit than the flesh, tasty as it was. It's the pits.