Sox, how did your mom react to Iris telling her she was going to die soon?

you are familiar with the Church Lady from SNL?

So, who's got a good guacamole recipe?

this is the simplest guac recipe I have, and also my favorite. If you want to spice it up, add a little jalapeno (diced) and some tomatoes (chopped) -

- 3-4 ripe avocados
- 1/4 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic, minced (I like this better than onions ::ducks:: - shallots are also good to try)
- kosher salt to taste

in medium-sized bowl, mash first four ingredients with fork until mostly smooth (too-smooth guac is spooky IMHO).

apply chips.

Tomatoes DO NOT BELONG in guacamole.

If you ask me.

::sits with Dana::

Tomatoes DO NOT BELONG in guacamole

I generally agree, if you go to most Mexican restaurants in Mexico or on the border. Guacamole consists of Mashed Avocado and sometimes already includes lime and salt.

Above was my more americanized version of Guacamole. I stopped fighting things like Taco Bell and Chipotle (FWIW I find them tasty, but not authentic)

FWIW, I will happily eat avocado from the shell with a spoon.

Or fried. it's good fried.

my shoe would probably be good fried.

I wish my parents had made an effort to get me to see people other than the Anglo-Saxon descendents who lived around me in rural Pennsylvania. I didn't see a black person until I hit high school, and it took me a long time to stop hesitating and thinking, "OK, that person's not from around here, right?" And now I live in Utah and to my shame, I'm still surrounded by 98% lily white folk.

Congrats MM!

When I lived in San Diego, we had neighbors with an avocado tree in the back yard. They'd bring one in, still vibrating from the branch, crush it with a fork, some lime juice and salt and snorfle it up before the tree even knew it was missing.

That was such a perfect religiousgustatory experience, I haven't eaten guacamole since.

I feel a bit like Johnny Depp in Once Upon a Time in Mexico...except for the whole, not killing the chef thing.

In landlord news, he came in last night (with permission) and painted over the tri-color area so that now...it's only bi-color.

Seriously. The entire kitchen ceiling is roughly 8x8. He couldn't just do the whole thing so it doesn't look patched? Guess not.

I love avocados, but they turn my rosacea red, red, red, so I don't eat them as often as I'd like.

bonny, tell your landlord that your invisible friends are laughing at him.

Woo-hoo! Go MM!!

The guac talk (lime, salt, garlic, no tomatoes) is making me hungry, and it's not even 10:30.

My mom makes the best guac I've ever had -- here's her recipe (I assume If you hate cilantro you can just leave it out):

4-5 avacados makes a large batch (so calculate accordingly)
1 bunch cilantro
1 to 1-1/2 cups tomatoes (grape, roma, or any kind you like)
2-3 limes depending on batch size
½ onion (Vidalia, purple, or other that you like)

Put in food processor, blender or smash it yourself real good. Put in bowl, squirt a pinch more of lime on top and garnish with a bit of cilantro for looks.

t edit I didn't realize people were anti-tomato in guac. After eating my mom's and then getting guac from the store and being underwhelmed, I compared the ingredient lists and realized that it must be the tomato (and possibly the lime) that worked for me.