Help me prepare my first avacado.

[P Chippa]

Last night I bought avacados for the first time. I grabbed 2 of them along with 1 lemon. I've never made avacado anything before, nor have I eaten it. I will be chowing it down tonight after work.

I'm familiar with the method of disassembling it, but I'm not sure of a good way to eat it. Should I be cooking it, eating it raw, dipping it in something, putting some kind of sauce on it? What is your favorite way to eat them?

[Gildwulf]

I'm pretty sure you can just eat them.

[asofel]

PC,

Diablo posted a simple and delicious looking sandwich a little ways back. Grill up some chicken, slicke up avocados and some tomatoes, add a little salt and pepper and you're golden.

[UMTerp]

I'm fairly certain there were some good guacamole recipes on here at some point if you do a search.

[octopi]

I make my own guacamole all the time, but it's kind of 'fly by the seat of my pants' recipe. You'll need avocados (two is usually a good amount) that are softened. If they aren't soft to the squeeze, put them in a paper bag with an apple (the ethylene helps soften them) and let them sit a day or two.

You'll also need limes (or lemons), garlic, vegetables (I use tomatoes and bell peppers and scallions or red onions) plus a bit of heat (jalapenos or serranos), salt, pepper... and my secret ingredients: cilantro and cumin. Some people don't like these, but they really make guac awesome, IMO. Mash the avocado with the citrus juice and then mix all the other stuff in, to your taste. Avocados go brown fast, so the acid from the lemon helps stop this, but so will leaving the pit from the avocado in the dip (as odd as this sounds), as well as pressing saran wrap down onto the dip to stop air getting in.

Also good: avocado as a spread (like El Diablo's suggestion, on a sandwich, or on a burger), in a cool soup, and chunks of it in salad. It's kind of rich and fatty, so I think it's a bit plain and gross on it's own, so guac is my favorite way to go with these.

[milesdyson]

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It's kind of rich and fatty, so I think it's a bit plain and gross on it's own

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depends on the avocado. some can be a little bland by themselves, but if you dress them up into guacamole, they're fine.

for some, all you need is salt.

[By-Tor]

Cut said avacado in halve (uhh, don't cut the seed)...

Twist and separate.

Poor on Soy Sauce.

Enjoy.

[szw]

Avocado + ice + condensed milk + sugar + blender = goodness

[AJW]

What about that 70s classic the prawn cocktail? Cut the avocado into halves, take the stone out fill with prawns and Thousand Island dressing. Or you can use it in salad it also goes well with bacon or just on its own with a little balsamic vinegar.

[PITTM]

advice: use bacon avocados. smash it up, add some tomatoes and salt. use as chip dip. be stoked.

rj