# Guacamole--what is it good for?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** food-cooking
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043 "2024-02-02T18:55:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/1 "2024-02-02T18:55:24Z")
While I enjoy it as chip dip as well as smear on sandwiches and burgers, there must be others uses. Any suggestions? maybe merge with sauces? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/2 "2024-02-02T19:10:33Z")
My grandmother had never had it until she was 80 years old and after that, she just ate it right out of the cup. It’s one of those quirky, great memories I have of her.
I love it on anything and yes, I even eat it from the cup.
Of course, I’ve made Avocado Toast with it as well.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/3 "2024-02-02T19:13:43Z")
It’s an essential part of a burrito is it not?
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/4 "2024-02-02T19:20:22Z")
When I make carnitas tacos, they’re fairly stripped down – a little cheese, carnitas, a dollop of guac, and a sprinking of pico de gallo (or just chopped cilantro). Perfect.
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### Author:  [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/5 "2024-02-02T19:21:49Z")
Any time sour cream would be a nice topping, guac probably is as well.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/6 "2024-02-02T19:25:59Z")
I use it as a burger topping, sandwich condiment, omelet filling, really any excuse to eat it.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/7 "2024-02-02T19:26:21Z")
Good god, y’all.
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/8 "2024-02-02T19:27:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Of course, I’ve made Avocado Toast with it as well.
…topped with a fried egg and a dash or two of hot sauce makes for a nice comfort breakfast.
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/9 "2024-02-02T19:29:31Z")
> [@kayaker](#):
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> omelet filling
Oh, yeah, guacamole omelets are the omelets I eat the most.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/10 "2024-02-02T19:36:50Z")
When I make chili, my kids like a big dollop of fresh guac on top.
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### Author:  [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/11 "2024-02-02T19:39:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> Good god, y’all.
Absolutely…everything.
Well, maybe not as motor fuel.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/12 "2024-02-02T19:44:03Z")
It’s not good for anything. I frakking hate guacamole. Even my own. If avocados vanished tomorrow I wouldn’t shed a tear.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/13 "2024-02-02T19:59:36Z")
Honestly I mostly just want it on chips. It’s so delicious that I wanna taste it directly. But it’s one of those things that needs to be fresh. Packaged guacamole is awful.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/14 "2024-02-02T20:09:54Z")
I like avocados, but not guac particularly. I think the delicate flavor of the avocado gets drowned out by the other ingredients. I like a mashup of avocado, olive oil, lemon and salt, spread on toast.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/15 "2024-02-02T20:11:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I like a mashup of avocado, olive oil, lemon and salt, spread on toast.
The only other thing I want is a little garlic (well, and the lemon should be lime), but definitely simpler is better.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/16 "2024-02-02T20:13:09Z")
I buy bottles of lemon infused olive oil, so that’s what I go with.
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/17 "2024-02-02T20:13:57Z")
Instead of the avocado _slowly_ turning into brown mush, you can make guacamole so it _quickly_ turns into brown mush! All the better to return it to the carbon cycle.
/not-a-fan-of-green-fruits
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/18 "2024-02-02T20:17:34Z")
I order my avocado toast plain. No avocado.
Just wrong.
(Love guac tho’)
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### Author:  [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/19 "2024-02-02T20:23:11Z")
If your stir up brown guacamole it just gets a bit darker green, and is edible again!
I put lime juice in mine, and it looks fine even a day or two later, as long as it’s been refrigerated.
My guacamole contains:
Avocado
Tomato
cumin (to taste)
salt (to taste)
garlic (to taste)
lime juice (1-2 tsp per avocado)
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### Author:  [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043/20 "2024-02-02T20:46:52Z")
It’s ok as a chip dip but way too delicate piled into other busy foods like burgers or burritos.
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