# Guacamole or hummus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882 "2019-06-22T11:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/21 "2019-06-22T14:56:33Z")
Since we were given the option of “Neither, because I cannot choose”, I chose that. But if I _had_ to choose, I’d keep my guacamole, since it means I can still have my avocado. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/22 "2019-06-22T15:03:22Z")
I can’t choose. Shouldn’t I have both?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betonbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@betonbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betonbill)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/23 "2019-06-22T15:20:55Z")
Love both and said unable to choose. However, if I MUST choose, I’ll stay with the guac because I can’t give up the family’s 100±year-old tradition of avocado toast. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/24 "2019-06-22T15:29:32Z")
I’m not a millennial but this is hard. I’d rather give up guacamole because I can enjoy Mexican food without it. I can’t imagine life without hummus. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/25 "2019-06-22T15:55:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Hmmmm, one of the tougher choices I’ve ever been asked to make. I’d pick Guac, because Baba Ganoush could fill my hummus niche. Hah, this was very easy for me. I think people who order hummus instead of baba ganoush are idiots. I’ll happily do without hummus, thanks. The only part that hurts is I can’t have falafels anymore because of the garbanzo prohibition. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/26 "2019-06-22T16:15:34Z")
No-brainer. I don’t like hummus anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/27 "2019-06-22T16:21:21Z")
Baba ganoush is in no way a substitute for hummus. Baba ganoush is made from eggplant, which means that it’s only an acceptable substitute for various petroleum distillates when used as flavoring agents. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/28 "2019-06-22T16:22:57Z")
I already am allergic to eggplant, so i gave up baba ganoush years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/29 "2019-06-22T17:04:24Z")
The only trouble with hummus is that it tastes just like it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/30 "2019-06-22T17:11:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Baba ganoush is in no way a substitute for hummus. Baba ganoush is made from eggplant, which means that it’s only an acceptable substitute for various petroleum distillates when used as flavoring agents. We make it from aubergine over here; much more classy. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/31 "2019-06-22T17:24:37Z")
I would give up hummus. More difficult for me would have been Guacamole or Hummers (and I don’t mean vehicles). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/32 "2019-06-22T17:28:33Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > We make it from aubergine over here; much more classy. One of my favorite restaurants is [L’ Auberge Gourmande](https://www.laubergegourmande.com/home.html), in Grande Case, St Martin. I (jokingly) call it “The Gourmet Eggplant”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/33 "2019-06-22T20:00:53Z")
Hummus from the store tastes good, and is easy to get my hands on. Guac tastes good from the local Mexican place, but the store bought stuff doesn’t taste good. However, their guac tastes much better than the hummus. However, I also get much less of it, only like a scoop of guac compared to the tub of hummus for around the same price. So probably I’d give up the guac. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/34 "2019-06-22T20:07:06Z")
You’ll have to pry the avocado from my cold dead fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/35 "2019-06-22T22:32:25Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Since we were given the option of “Neither, because I cannot choose”, I chose that… > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I can’t choose… > [@betonbill](#): > > Love both and said unable to choose… Y’all realize that if you cannot choose you get neither, right? Care to re-think, Sophie? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/36 "2019-06-22T22:37:54Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’m not a millennial but this is hard. I’d rather give up guacamole because I can enjoy Mexican food without it. I can’t imagine life without hummus. Same with me. There are substitutes for guacamole, but baba ganoush just doesn’t cut it for me. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/37 "2019-06-22T22:40:15Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Y’all realize that if you cannot choose you get neither, right? > > Care to re-think, Sophie? > mmm Damn. I didn’t see that. I want to change my vote to guac. There’s a place near me that makes luscious hummus, and that’s about the only time I eat it – maybe 4 times a year. I’d die without avocados! Die!!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/38 "2019-06-22T23:05:20Z")
Guac and caddos are garbage. Pointless garbage. That’s not to say I hate them. I just dont understand the love for them, or paying extra to have it added to various dishes. I’ll never miss them. I love me some hummus though. Sounds like a great deal! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/39 "2019-06-23T01:45:50Z")
Hummus, absolutely. Guacamole is an abomination in my sight. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/40 "2019-06-23T01:51:47Z")
Guacamole for me. Hummus is not objectionable, but I’ve only come across it a couple of times “in the wild”, so I’ll give up the oddball foreign/foody/trendy thing for the everyday delicious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882.md?page=3)