Guacamole (Avocado Dip)

[avocado, tomato, lemon]
  • avocado
  • tomato
  • lemon or lime for juice
  • freshly ground pepper
  • freshly grated nutmeg
  • garlic powder
Your guacamole will only be as good as your avocado.
It's best when the avocado is just getting soft. Buy Hass avocados when they're hard and green or green-with-black. Do not squeeze avocado to determine ripeness. The spots you pressed will turn black later. I hate it when I see other customers do that in the store. Avocados will ripen in a few days at room temperature (if it's not too cold.) It is said that putting avocados in a paper bag with an apple and a banana will hasten ripening, but I've never seen it happen at my house.
[guacamole]
Guacamole
  1. Cut avocado lengthwise around the stone, turn halves against each other and they will come apart;
  2. Slap knife into stone, turn to loosen stone from avocado half;
  3. Remove avocado flesh from skin with a round spoon, put in bowl;
  4. Grind some pepper and grate some nutmeg over it, and add a very small amount of garlic powder (1/8 teaspoon, ½ ml, 'a knifetip');
  5. Add 2 tsp (10 ml) fresh lemon or lime juice, and mash and mix with a fork;
  6. Cut up a small to medium tomato in very small pieces and add, mix in;
  7. Dip tortilla chips in guacamole.
This is a nice snack for three; for a large group you could double amounts, maybe a little less than double the lemon or lime juice.
I used to make the guacamole of two avocados for my family of three, but that's really a little much, reduces appetite for dinner.

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