Guacamole! by MSG President
I first want to thank everyone who's made food threads, since doctor_god's lasagna helped me cook something good on Father's Day, and most of the other recipies on gbsfood.com will be my cookbook in the fall when I will be doing all the cooking. (My roommate isn't allowed in the kitchen, since she can't cook)
And I know guacamole's been done, but here's another recipe anyway.
Btw, that huge mortar and pestle is a called a "molcajete", which is made specifically for making guac. It was a birthday present I received on Tuesday. This recipe is blatantly *borrrowed* from the tag on the pestle. So yes, I suppose I should give credit to William-Sonoma for this. Thank you (you overpriced asswipes). If you don't have a molcajete... just find a big bowl and something to crush stuff with. Maybe use a mallet or something. [N.B. Just mash it all together with your hands, avocados are really soft. Wash your nasty hands first, hambeasts.]
Enough talk. Onto the guacamole.
System Requirements:
- 2 avocados
- 1 large tomato (or two small ones)
- 1/2 tbs Sea salt
- 1/2 Lime
- Some cilantro
- 2 tbs of onion (I used half of a small one)
- 2 serrano chilis
Start out by dicing the tomatos
I remember someone told me to remove the seeds, as to not make the guacamole into green water. Whoever said that, thank you. As you can see, my finger is in the process of scooping out the tomato seeds.
Seeded vs seedless tomato
After dicing those fuckers, toss them into the molcajete
Do the same with the onions and throw 'em in too
Ditto for the serrano chilis. And as a reminder, make as LITTLE CONTACT with them as possible. You don't want to accidentally get oil in your eye. Or on your dick, as some poor sap seems to have done.
Squeeze half of that lime into the molcajete. (I think the tag asked for 2 tbs or something like that. Just do half the lime, it's fine)
Make sure to throw in the sea salt, as well. And then after that, go ahead and start mashing this stuff up into a paste. You don't really need a PASTE... just... crush it up a bit.
And now those lovely avocados...
No, Oreo. Those avocados aren't for you (/obligatory picture of pet)
And here's an example of how to twist avocados apart after you slice them in half.
My avocados were really ripe, so I couldn't pop out the seed with a knife. It just... fell out. Whatever. Throw them in.
Time for cilantro. "Fuck it, cut 'em up!" (R.I.P. Mitch Hedburg)
More mashing with the pestle. Don't totally liquidate the stuff; keep it slightly lumpy.
However, I need to save this stuff for later, so here's the guac in another container with the plastic wrap. Remember, prevent the guacamole from oxidizing by removing the air from the container.
Thank you, molcajete for making my guacamole. And thanks Angie and Justin for buying it for me. And no thanks to Chris for not appreciating avocados (you moron).
If anyone's interested, I'll tell you what's in this sandwich I made afterwards. (The bread is sourdough)
