I’m hooked! Have you ever tried it? I’ve just had it for lunch and appreciated yet again this amazingly creamy vivid green avocado dip on crackers with home made tomato soup.
The stuff I’m raving about is of coarse Guacomole Dip from San Amvrosia Health Foods. Its gorgeous fresh avocados with tomatoes, fromage frais, sunflower oil onion, lemon juice, wine vinegar, coriander, garlic and a little chilli powder…mmmm. There are many recipes to make your own, and each one looks very tasty, but having it ready made for me fits in very well with my lifestyle ie. lazy!
Looking a little into the history of the avocado is quite interesting, as historically it had a well-established reputation for inducing sexual prowess, which rather than creating a queue to buy it, gave anyone purchasing it a bit of a stigma. It has taken ages for the avocado to shake this reputation. The Spanish used to call them “aguacate” which evolved into the guacamole we now call them.
Its interesting to note that Avocados should reach full maturity before they are picked but, they don’t soften on the tree, (the tree can actually be used as a storage unit by keeping the fruit on the tree for many months after maturing, isn’t that clever?
Generally avocados are shipped a little unripe, so it is best to buy them a couple of days before you need them. When ripe, you can press the skin gently and it stay dented, then they are fine to make dip from. To slow ripening down store in the fridge, to speed ripening up store somewhere warm.
Check this site for more info and recipes:
http://www.avocado.org/
http://www.mexicofile.com/holyguacamole.htm
