# Mmmm Avocado.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738 "2016-05-03T00:36:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/1 "2016-05-03T00:36:51Z")
Just had my first really good avocado of the season. They are pretty hit or miss around here and the couple I’ve had this spring have been watery and disappointing. But this was the perfect texture for mushing onto some sourdough, salting a bit, and pilling on turkey, Swiss, and tomatoes. And so creamy, rich and buttery. Tomorrow I shall repeat the process with the other half, but with bacon 🙂
Yay Spring.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/2 "2016-05-03T01:11:27Z")
I just made the first batch of _really good_ guacamole of the season:
5 perfectly ripe avocados
1 diced Roma tomato
onion powder
garlic powder
Valentina hot sauce
salt
lime juice
cilantro to taste (optional)
We ate the whole batch with chips for dinner last night. 😃
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/3 "2016-05-03T02:41:17Z")
I like eating avocados right out of the shell. Cut them in half and eat them with a spoon.
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### Author:  [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/4 "2016-05-03T02:58:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I like eating avocados right out of the shell. Cut them in half and eat them with a spoon.
This…plus lime and salt…
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### Author:  [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/5 "2016-05-03T04:58:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I like eating avocados right out of the shell. Cut them in half and eat them with a spoon.
I love 'em, but can’t quite go that far. Cut 'em up in sections and put 'em in a salad: heaven!
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### Author:  [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/6 "2016-05-03T05:00:56Z")
Excuse me, but guacamole needs lemon, not lime.
Why avocados? They’re phat.
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### Author:  [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/7 "2016-05-03T06:03:03Z")
Isn’t that a good thing?
(Okay, I’m old. What the hell does “phat” mean?)
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### Author:  [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/8 "2016-05-03T12:44:05Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#):
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> Excuse me, but guacamole needs lemon, not lime.
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> Why avocados? They’re phat.
Every Mexican cook I have met used limes. Also lime is to be used sparingly, otherwise it will mask the delicate taste of the avocado.
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### Author:  [@Enilno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enilno)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/9 "2016-05-03T14:16:53Z")
Guacamole is always good but sometimes I like to have my avocados sliced with soy sauce and wasabi kinda like sashimi. There was also a restaurant that serves halved avocados that are lightly broiled to caramelize the surface a bi, with ponzu sauce over it that was really amazing.
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/10 "2016-05-03T17:50:25Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#):
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> Every Mexican cook I have met used limes. Also lime is to be used sparingly, otherwise it will mask the delicate taste of the avocado.
Lime, 100% agreed. I love avocado with a bit of sea salt and dried garlic YUM!
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/11 "2016-05-03T18:49:03Z")
My complaint about avocadoes, which I’m sure I’ve made here before, is that they’re the only food that I put up with being so temperamental. I usually buy them on Wednesdays, when the sales at my local Sprouts’ start, trying to target them to be ripe Friday and Saturday. I like them soft when I make guacamole. I tried the Good Eats method with the potato masher, but he must be using avocados at a much harder state. The amount of the ingredients to add is an art I have not mastered, and you can’t really know right away if you’ve got it right because the flavors “marry” or something when left alone for a while. Just tasting it while you’re mixing it doesn’t tell you what you’re getting.
Still… on sale again this week. Mmmm…
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/12 "2016-05-03T19:02:18Z")
I just picked up a bag of four avocados from Trader Joe’s last weekend.
I like avocados with Miracle Whip dressing on them. Avocados are fatty, and mayonnaise would be ‘too much’. Miracle Whip is sweet, and compliments the fattiness of the avocado. Since this is one of the only things I like Miracle Whip on, we never have Miracle Whip in the house.
Mrs. L.A. likes avocado slices on buttered toast with a little salt. She also makes good guacamole (though she refuses to put chopped fresh jalapeño in it).
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### Author:  [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/13 "2016-05-03T19:26:46Z")
I am waiting for an avocado to get ripe, they’re hard as rock when you buy them . I have it in a bowl with some bananas but I should had put them in a paper bag to ripen the avocado faster. :smack:
[3 Ways to Ripen an Avocado - wikiHow](http://www.wikihow.com/Ripen-an-Avocado) this tell how to ripen avocado faster
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### Author:  [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/14 "2016-05-03T19:34:15Z")
My grandfather owned an avocado grove and was a member of an avocado growers cooperative selling the product to the markets when I was a reckless pup. I’ve always hated them for anything but shooting with my BB gun. Yeah, I put BBs in more avocados than Jesse James could have in 2 lifetimes.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/15 "2016-05-03T19:39:50Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#):
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> Excuse me, but guacamole needs lemon, not lime.
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> Why avocados? They’re phat.
Nope, nope, nope. Limes.
I too like to eat them out of the rind with a spoon and a little salt. Another great thing to do with them is to replace the mayo in your tuna salad with thoroughly mushed avocado. Yummy!
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/16 "2016-05-03T20:48:26Z")
I also bought myself a bag of 4 avocados from Trader Joe’s, last weekend. I also bought a loaf of their fresh multigrain bread and have been having avocado on toast with cantaloupe on the side.
I was adding salt and pepper to the avocado but it didn’t seem to add much, IMHO. The bread was flavorful enough. I wonder about Miracle Whip tho hmmm…
Whatever avocado didn’t fit on the bread, I scraped in to the dogs’ bowls. They were pleased!
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/17 "2016-05-03T21:06:49Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> Whatever avocado didn’t fit on the bread, I scraped in to the dogs’ bowls. They were pleased!
You’re doing it wrong. Whatever avocado doesn’t fit on the bread gets scraped into your mouth!
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### Author:  [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/18 "2016-05-03T21:17:09Z")
Fried avacado tacos. Slice into eighths. Flour, egg, panko. Shallow fry 2-3 minutes. Serve with jalepeno slaw (cabbage, mayo, green onion, jalepeno Cholula), corn tortillas, queso blanco. Freaking amazing.
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/19 "2016-05-03T21:41:51Z")
Agree with the above - halve the avocado, slice into wedges, remove peel, sprinkle salt, enjoy. Also, the spoon method works as well if you are in more of a hurry or don’t want to share. Ah, the simple pleasures of life!
[Cliff Claven alert…]
Did you know that the avocado [evolved alongside extinct ice-age megafauna](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-avocado-should-have-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-4976527/?no-ist=), and was fortunate people took-up the cause to make it a food crop (otherwise may have gone extinct, too)?
And, the Hass variety that is the most common commercially available avocado and most widely cultivated, is [descended from a single tree in La Habra Heights, CA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hass_avocado)?
[/Cliff Claven]
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738/20 "2016-05-03T21:59:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I like eating avocados right out of the shell. Cut them in half and eat them with a spoon.
I need a little sprinkle of salt.
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