Adam's Wild Gourmet
Caterer in Denver, CO
Proof of the existence of avocados in Mexico, Central and South America as early as 291 B. C. Can be found in the Mayan records and Aztec picture writing. The historian Ovido, in a report to Charles V. Of Spain in 1526, mentioned avocados, calling them similar to butter and very nice eating and of nice taste. The 1st English language observation was in 1672 by W. Hughes, Physician to the Crown, whose classic rhetoric pronounced the avocado to be, one of the most rare and pleasant fruits of the island (Jamaica) It nourisheth and strenghteneth the body.