# How do you keep guacamole fresh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258 "2015-03-05T07:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258/41 "2015-03-06T18:24:37Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > It’s fairly common around here (Texas), though by no means universal. It not uncommon in Chicago but it’s usually at places that fancy themselves more upscale than a taqueria. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258/42 "2015-03-06T19:49:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’ve eaten at, like, a bazillion Mexican restaurants\* in the US, and I’ve never seen this done. Are you talking about Latin America? > > \*And I’m not talking Taco Bell I’ve only seen it done in restaurants here in the US. (My international travel is pretty limited). It’s not something you’ll see in a Mexican restaurant if there are any actual Mexicans working there. If you want to see it in action, try a restaurant that caters to yuppies, advertises vegan/lard-free tortillas, believes that anything with lime and fish is ceviche, and makes half their money on cocktails. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258/43 "2015-03-06T22:15:41Z")
I always just wrap it up tightly and stir it up every time I use it. Next time I might try Jack White’s method, though. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258/44 "2015-03-06T22:42:48Z")
_Looks around, doesn’t see anyone named **Jack White** in the thread._ 😕 > [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’ve eaten at, like, a bazillion Mexican restaurants\* in the US, and I’ve never seen this done. Are you talking about Latin America? > > \*And I’m not talking Taco Bell Saw it done a couple weeks ago at a joint in Denton, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258/45 "2015-03-10T13:31:54Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I’ve only seen it done in restaurants here in the US. (My international travel is pretty limited). It’s not something you’ll see in a Mexican restaurant if there are any actual Mexicans working there. > > If you want to see it in action, try a restaurant that caters to yuppies, advertises vegan/lard-free tortillas, believes that anything with lime and fish is ceviche, and makes half their money on cocktails. Nah, it’s just a somewhat pretentious thing that you see at a fair number of Tex-Mex places, IF you order guacamole as an appetizer. The guacamole you’d get with your fajitas or on the side with your plate isn’t made table-side. I’m pretty sure you could order a side/bowl of guacamole without having the whole table-side thing done; that’s usually something you’d order if you wanted a big bowl for an entire table of people and want a little show as part of the process. It’s pretty much limited to the mid-range and higher Tex-Mex joints here; the few true Mexican places don’t really do it, and most taquerias don’t bother. And even among the mid-range places, it’s not universal. In a quick sampling of the menus of Tex-Mex places I like, about half had table-side guacamole, and half didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258/46 "2015-03-10T15:34:26Z")
I actually don’t like the show, but I do like the chunkyness of the table made guac. It’s more like what I make at home. The show bit of the production goes on way too long. I just want to eat it! Only one place I go that has the same, chunky,\* really\* fresh looking/tasting, not blended looking at all, guac for everything. It’s a chain, but only in this greater metro area. Has expanded from one store in 1980 something, to 5 currently, all within 10 or 15 or so miles of each other. . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-guacamole-fresh/714258.md?page=2)