Alligator pears are abundant in California. On my property alone, our two trees provide enough fruit to supply us what we need, and enough to bring to the office to share. The bounty stays on the tree until picked, and can last that way an entire year. Lately the market is being threatened by avocados from both Mexico and Chile. In the past, the competition was non-existent because of the seasonal differences between Chile and the U.S. However because of the advent of refrigeration in the third wold, this has changed the market dynamics. Recently I went scuba diving with the president of the avocado consortium in California, and he expressed his dismay after we were sitting on the boat and taking in some sun. He claimed that this flooding of the avocado market, off-season, was hurting the economy and causing him to lay of his seasonal workers. I did not have any solution, but made the following suggestion: If indeed the shipments were arriving through the Long Beach port, then surely we could involve the Coastguard. The laws off-shore are different than on-shore. He said he would take a look at this possibility since his son worked down in L.A. with the coastal commission.
This brought to mind a possible application of the making of guacamole within the spirit of Quality. The pits in the avocado are fairly large, and the avocado is cut down to the pit and split in half. The pit is removed, and the yellow-green "seed promoter" is scooped out and mixed with tangy spices to serve with chips. Alternatively, the flesh can be used as salad dressing. Finally, the fruit can be eaten directly with lemon, a mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup (my favorite, called Salsa Golf in Argentina), or simply just eaten. It is fattening, however, so eat at your own risk. There are, of course, many cosmetic uses for this fruit. The pit can be replanted and grows into a tree quickly in this area. The pit represents the potential for life. That is, the potential for Dynamic Quality. Before that it is neither dynamic or static. We can relate this to other components within the MoQ that are neither either. This may open up a whole new subject apart from the levels and split between DQ and sq. I welcome any suggestions that others in the forum may provide. We can help to flesh out this component and perhaps add it to the Quality Manual. There are no stupid suggestions here. Thanking you in advance for your suggestions. All the best, Mark Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
