Epicures not only have refined taste, but cultivate the knowledge and appreciation of fine food and wine. Epicurus, however, referred not to hedonistic indulgence, but to tranquility. Gourmets have discriminating palates and are considered connoiseurs of fine food and drink. Gastronomes are the same as gourmets, only harder to pronounce. Gourmands are those who appreciate fine food, but often to indiscriminate excess.
Gluttons have a gargantuan appetite for both food and drink, often without regard to quality.
It has a prickly skin that can range in color from green to purplish-red. Its flesh, which ranges in color from light yellow-green to gold, is soft and porous with a melonlike aroma and a lightly sweet flavor. Or when it's an alligator pear, which is actually another name once often used for the avocado. Nothing succeeds like excess. One wonders .