Guacamole versus just eating the avocado in slices?

GalaxyRyder · 07-03-2025 09:06PM #1

I saw this recipe recently for poached eggs on toast and it had guacamole spread on the toast and poached egg on top.

Looked boss, but I tried making guacamole before at wasn't too impressed, but then I didn't really do much except mash up the avocado then mix onion and chilli flakes in.

How do you like avocados?

Guacamole style, or just in slices?

(I personally like slices with pizza)

LambshankRedemption · 07-03-2025 09:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058400109/guacamole-versus-just-eating-the-avocado-in-slices

I think avocados taste like soap, so I don't eat them.

Irish Aris · 07-03-2025 10:29PM

I'm not a fan, but I eat it as it's considered a very healthy option for a good diet.

I eat it either way, my preference is guacamole style. I don't make it myself, I buy a smashed avocado spread from Dunnes. It's not exactly guacamole but I can use it in wraps/sandwiches.

HeidiHeidi · 07-03-2025 10:31PM

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This!

I thought i was the only one!!

00sully · 07-03-2025 10:36PM

Slice them and add a tiny bit of rock salt. No need for the mashed quacamole version at all.

Never tasted a bar of soap myself but avocados are delicious 😋

Dial Hard · 07-03-2025 10:39PM

I tend to avoid avocados (blood diamonds of Mexico, thanks Lily Ramirez-Foran) but my preference for avo toast was always somewhere between actual guac and just sliced avocados - roughly mash them with a good squazz of lime and plenty of salt, plus a bit of fresh chilli and coriander.

Genuine question, OP, I'm just curious - have you literally just started out cooking from scratch?

NiceFella · 07-03-2025 11:10PM

Oh man guac done right is beautiful. Don't bother with onion. Mash up and squeeze half a lime into a bowl and then add one chopped tomato into very small pieces and then add salt and pepper and mix it up. Devine

igCorcaigh · 08-03-2025 10:02AM

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Or black salt (Indian shop), if you want it a bit funky.

Which is my problem with avocado: it has that quality that reminds me of egg white, the one food I cannot eat (texture mostly but also taste).

Although, I did buy a recent ready made guac which I quite liked. Must make my own with lots of fresh herbs to cut the eggy factor.

igCorcaigh · 08-03-2025 10:21AM

Either way, I think lime juice or something acidic is needed straight away to prevent blackening (another reason to dislike the things, and then there's the whole ripeness problem)?

The Hill Billy · 08-03-2025 11:55AM

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This. But with a few dashes of Tabasco and some finely chopped coriander.

CalamariFritti · 08-03-2025 12:15PM

Guacamole is gorgeous and quite easy but it's a little more than just mashing them up plus onions and chili flakes.

2 avocados half of it mashed half of it diced (ideally ripe but not soft soft yet definitely dont want brown bits)
1 ripe tomato diced (without the watery bits and seeds, just the skin and the red 'meat')
1 small/medium onion diced small (I prefer red onion for this)
coriander (freshly chopped)
1 tablespoon lime juice
dash of extra virgin olive oil
season w salt
a little jalapeño if you like it hot (optional, I prefer plain)

Put it all together and mix (but not too heavily turning it into mash) and leave in the fridge for a couple of hours so the aromas can mix

watchclocker · 08-03-2025 12:28PM

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Agree with you and I won't buy Mexican or South American

Moroccan are currently in season and available here

They're still a very unsustainable item overall, but fresh guacamole is delicious so I do buy them the odd time

igCorcaigh · 08-03-2025 01:21PM

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Tabasco, or fancier.

Dial Hard · 08-03-2025 02:36PM

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Olive oil in guacamole. What kind of blasphemer are you???

GalaxyRyder · 08-03-2025 02:45PM

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Actually that's how I normally do it.

Just slice them on toast with some crushed pepper and a little salt, real good.

GalaxyRyder · 08-03-2025 02:48PM

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Yes.

I used to eat a consist diet of what I thought was okay food, but in fact wasn't well balanced and was very simplistic.

Overhauling my diet, more like. So I'm basically learning how to prepare proper food for the first time ever.

Being younger the only focus was, PROTEIN, adequate carbs, and a little veg sometimes for fibre.

But now I'm hitting this Mediterranean style diet.

Dial Hard · 08-03-2025 02:59PM

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Good for you.

I've definitely found that a lot of people who are very focused on macros eat "ingredients" rather than meals, if that makes sense. Piece of meat. Plain rice. Plain veg. Learn to cook and you can keep those macros but open up a whole world of flavour, texture and variety.

Thelonious Monk · 08-03-2025 03:06PM

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You can buy Spanish avos in Dunnes in the organic section if you want guilt free avos

squonk · 08-03-2025 05:44PM

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That’s what I use in my guacamole. Having a blender makes it easier. Use reverse if you have it fur the mixing to stop everything turning into mush. I usually over blend mine a little. I prefer it more sauce like (less chunky) especially for dipping.

dmc17 · 08-03-2025 08:55PM

I'm not a fan of plain avocado but really like guacamole. The spicy smashed avocado in Lidl is lovely and only has avocado, lime juice, salt, red chili and chili flakes in it. They do a plain version also.

amandstu · 09-03-2025 04:38PM

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Do you know, that got me thinking what else tastes like soap(I don't think avocados do) and I remember one food that has tasted like soap (to me and others and that is coriander leaves which are very often used to make guacamole.

Maybe that is what you think of when you think avocados taste like soap- you are thinking of guacamole with coriander?

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people

Edit I take that back a bit.Overipe avocado does also taste a bit soapy..

Black Sheep · 10-03-2025 03:58PM

Guacamole works for me if it has sufficient acidity to balance out the fat — so a good amount of lime juice. Plenty of seasoning as well, a good sprinkle of chunky sea salt.

I do add coriander, but now I'll have to have a check if I'm tasting any soap… Can't say it's struck me in the past!

Black Sheep · 10-03-2025 03:59PM

Those aldi deluxe guacamole are surprisingly good, btw… Agree. Maybe a bit overly smooth, I think I like a chunkier texture, but very convenient.

yagan · 10-03-2025 04:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123251192#Comment_123251192

Also in Aldi is just plain cartons of resealable smashed Avocado which I find far more convenient and less wasteful than trying to trying to judge when they're ripe or not.

miamee · 11-03-2025 10:27AM

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I did an afternoon course a long time ago in a Mexican restaurant in Dublin and we learned how to make proper guacamole. It was more of a social outing than a serious cooking class but this sounds like the same recipe/ingredients aside from the olive oil, I don't think we added that. But it was very tasty :)

CalamariFritti · 11-03-2025 10:30AM

Yes someone else already mentioned the olive oil wasnt really supposed to be there. May well be the case. This is a recipe I picked up on youtube some time ago and it mentioned just a tiny dash and I just never messed with the recipe since it was lovely. I suppose the avocado is oily enough already. Must try without to see if there is a difference.

Marcusm · 12-03-2025 12:05AM

Salt, tomato and lime juice would be needed as a minimum to get a good flavour. Coriander leaf and cumin powder for some. Personally, fresh chili rather than dried chili flakes.

HazeDoll · 12-03-2025 06:02PM

There's a massive difference between avocados that taste the way they should and avocados that aren't fit to be eaten. A lot of the ones in the supermarket might look ok and have the right texture but still be borderline inedible. When I hear that somebody doesn't like avocados I always wonder if they've never had a good one.

GalaxyRyder · 12-03-2025 11:36PM

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Supermarket brand aren't on par?

Where does one buy good avocados?

HazeDoll · 14-03-2025 06:49PM

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No, you can get lovely avocados in the supermarket. It's just that they are often indistinguishable from the ones that are inedible! I have the best luck with the hass avocados in Dunnes, but there's still a fairly high rate of attrition. One tip is to check and see if the little woody knob on the top pops off easily, it's a sign that it's approaching the right stage of ripeness.

GalaxyRyder · 15-03-2025 08:08AM

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Is there anywhere else one can reliably get good avocados?

I bought a twin pack from Tesco last week. One was okay, the other was awful.

Guacamole versus just eating the avocado in slices?

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