# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/61 "2019-06-24T13:28:24Z")
Hummus. I don’t care for guacamole. I don’t really care for avocados, period. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/62 "2019-06-24T15:03:30Z")
Truth be told, I could probably get by without both just fine, but I eat enough mexican that specifying “hold the guac” all the time would probably get tiresome. Hummus is good, but imo, too much calories for what you’re getting. I hardly ever eat it now without any dilemma. ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/63 "2019-06-24T16:12:54Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I agree. I hate them too. > > But I love hummus which is light years better. > > Those awful beans are transformed. You should really give it a try. You might be pleasantly surprised! > > If you ever get to Chicago let me know and I will take you to a place that has super yummy hummus (as an appetizer…I’ll pay for your main course too as long as you try the hummus). Oh, I eat hummus all the time. It’s fine. I like it. There’s a place I go to where I especially like it. But if I were told I could never have it again, I wouldn’t be all that upset. On edit: I just don’t care for garbanzo beans _qua_ garbanzo beans. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/64 "2019-06-24T16:31:54Z")
If I can’t have hummus can I still have falafel? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/65 "2019-06-24T18:16:11Z")
Hummus gives me severe heartburn, so this is an easy choice for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/66 "2019-06-24T18:24:04Z")
I’d ditch the guac. It tastes exactly how it looks: far too insipid for my tastes. But I’m not averse to it, in fact, if it is available I will occasionally put a tiny bit of it on my meal, and I won’t deliberately scrape _all_ the guac off of a dish (but will scrape off some if it is too much.) I just don’t deliberately go out seeking guac. Hummus, on the other hand, is something I seek out if it is on an hors d’oeuvre spread. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/67 "2019-06-24T19:20:26Z")
I’ll choose the guacamole, but will live out the rest of my life in a state of barely suppressed rage, frequently pausing whatever activity I am engaged in to bitterly curse the OP for taking away my hummus. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/68 "2019-06-24T21:46:30Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’d ditch the guac. It tastes exactly how it looks: far too insipid for my tastes. I don’t know who is making your guac but if it ends up more insipid than hummus you’ve been short changed. My guac is jam packed full of perfectly ripe tomatoes, spring onion, chilli, coriander and lime. The taste of avocado is subtle to the point of irrelevancy but the perfectly ripe flesh is the delivery system for the above strong flavours, and it should be strong, it should be the king of all it touches. Hummus is great, don’t get me wrong, but there is a reason you have a trend for strong flavoured varieties of hummus, by itself and in the classical form it is a far more subtle flavour than guacamole. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/69 "2019-06-24T21:47:48Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > If I can’t have hummus can I still have falafel? Only in Egypt. (Egyptian falafel is made from fava beans). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/70 "2019-06-24T23:51:55Z")
Hummus… guacamole tastes like grass. And yes, I know what grass tastes like. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/71 "2019-06-26T00:31:32Z")
I"ll take the hummus over the…the…errrm, harumph, uh, I can’t really say what guacamoldy and avocado are to me. Disgusting is the most polite thing I guess. Hummus is pretty good though, even without trying to bring it down by comparing it to, THAT nasty…stuff… ---
**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 26, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/72 "2019-06-26T09:52:50Z")
I am genuinely amazed that so many folk despise avocado. It seems similar to how many react to cilantro. Tastes like grass? I had no idea. mmm ---
**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 26, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/73 "2019-06-26T18:33:41Z")
Hmm, I don’t despise avocado, but of course it tastes like grass. I didn’t realize anyone didn’t taste that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/74 "2019-06-26T20:02:10Z")
Fuck hummus. Marry guacamole. Kill onion dip. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/75 "2019-06-26T20:23:16Z")
Both are spreadable evil. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/76 "2019-06-26T20:52:12Z")
I will eat hummus, but guacamole is vastly superior. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/77 "2019-06-27T23:47:20Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Hmm, I don’t despise avocado, but of course it tastes like grass. I didn’t realize anyone didn’t taste that. “Buttery”, yes. “Nutty”, yes. But “grass”? Unless grass tastes vastly different than I think it does, I don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/78 "2019-06-27T23:55:36Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > “Buttery”, yes. “Nutty”, yes. But “grass”? Unless grass tastes vastly different than I think it does, I don’t see it. Me neither, unless you are having some seriously underripe avocado. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/79 "2019-06-28T11:19:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I am genuinely amazed that so many folk despise avocado. It seems similar to how many react to cilantro. > > Tastes like grass? I had no idea. > > mmm Well, I don’t think it tastes like grass, but appearance plays a part, guac looks like baby poop, and I’ve never cared for the flavor. actual avocado is kinda soft and squishy and very slimy in texture and made me think of semi-solidified snot more than anything every time I’ve had the unfortunate experience of tasting it. The flavor of avocado is sort of sweet, but also sort of fat, but not in a good way, insipid and sort of rotten at the same time. ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882/80 "2019-06-28T14:51:00Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > “Buttery”, yes. “Nutty”, yes. But “grass”? Unless grass tastes vastly different than I think it does, I don’t see it. Buttery? If it tasted anything like butter, I would love it. I like the taste of grass. When I’m outdoors, I often pluck a grass stalk and eat the little soft growing bit at its base. And yes, avocado tastes quite a bit like grass. That’s what’s GOOD about it. What’s bad about it is that it’s slimy and has very little flavor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-or-hummus/835882.md?page=5)