Posted on 10/18/2009 12:59:49 PM PDT by Patriot1259
Here’s another trick: Put the Avacado Pit in the center of the Guacamole to keep the Guacamole from turning brown. Works like a charm.
mayonnaise & sour cream are a crime — the Mexicans make it with chopped onion, tomato * cilantro with a squirt of fresh lime — if it doesn’t have those ingredients, then it’s not guacamole — it’s just mashed avocado. Why do Americans always want to dumb things down?
yours sounds really good... the one thing that would be missing for me and my husband is the heat... i like to use serrano chili... but i have used jalepeno and even the Mezzetta hot chili in the jar... they are yellow... i've used that when we're out of serrano--which i try to keep on hand as a staple in our home... i'll even add a few drops of the juice from the jar of Mezzetta hot chili or from the jar of jalapenos...
if i am making it for a large crowd, i try not to make it too hot... just a tiny zip of heat... but i do have friends who love it hot, hot, hot, so i'll add more heat...
Mayo makes it creamy more useful for dipping. And there’s no need to get insulting, that dumbs down the discussion.
yes--it's more like avocado dip... plus adding the cream takes away from the chunkiness of guacamole... i loathe creamy-style guacamole...
just a question... i realize it's all a matter of preference... but how does making it creamy make it more useful for dipping? creamier would make it messier, in my opinion... the chunkiness makes it easy to eat... less spillage... ;-)
You can have it chunky and still creamy. You add mayo to cream it up but it won’t necessarily get smooth unless you use a blender, if you do all the stirring with a fork there will still be nice chunks. But without the mayo all you’ve got is lumps of avocado with some seasoning around them, no good for dipping, no good for spreading on a burrito.
No creamier makes it so you can more easily portion it (lumps on a chip almost always give you too much stuff), also it reduces the overall strength so you get less chip breakage. It doesn’t make it messy, we’re making it creamy not watery, aiming for the same consistency as a ranch chip dip. Actually chunks are more likely to spill because they like to fall off the chip.
not true! chunky is good for dipping... especially with a homemade corn tortilla chip...
adding mayo, or worse, miracle whip, is too "cheez whizzy" for me...
Sorry but very true, chunky sucks for dipping especially with homemade chips because they tend to be more fragile. Lumps break your chips, wind up with too much on the chip, and fall off making snot tracks on your shirt.
okay--then your rendition is an "avocado dip," not guacamole... i think if it's the consistency of ranch dip, then this is a fair assessment... in any case, to each his own! avocados rule!
Do you make tamales on Christmas Eve?
Ripe avocados, onions, tomatoes, garlic, salt and crushed red pepper. The secret is to take the container of crushed red pepper, and run it through your food processor for about 15 minutes when you first get them. It chops it somewhat finer and makes the heat level more predictable and easy to control. DO NOT cut with mayo, sour cream, or any other such thing (blasphemy!). When storing, put in a plastic container, then drop the container many times, bottom down, on a solid flat surface to force any air bubbles to the top, put a light coating of lemon juice over the top, then cover with waxed paper to prevent browning.
Cilantro is good, but be sure to add a little lime juice to bring out all the flavor...JFK
it’s not supposed to be be creamy, it’s supposed to have a slightly chuncky consistency.
Simplyfying something that is designed to have complexity — I think dumbing down is the appropriate term — what should I call it that isn’t rude?
bttt
No it’s guacamole, avocado dip is completely different.
not the way we make them...
lwt’s hear it for authenticity.
Americanized version i guess...
It’s not just you calling it dumbing it down it’s the whole sentence: Why do Americans always want to dumb things down?
That is just plain a 100% rude comment.
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