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Originally Posted by Medusa99
And now, one of my favorite ways to eat an avocado, which I learned from my dad. He learned this from his dad, who ate this during the Great Depression when avocados were plentiful in California.
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That was when they were first trying to grow them as a real cash crop out here; they probably weren't able to sell enough at first, and had a surplus.
My dad, who grew up in rural California at the same time, told me about seeing his very first avocado, around 1930. His teacher brought one to school, explained it to the class, and gave everyone a slice. She told them that it was going to be the big new crop in California.
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Mash an avocado. Spread on two pieces of toast, preferably wheat or rye. Sprinkle with pepper. If you are feeling really adventurous, add bacon and tomato...wala, an open faced avocado sandwich. This is one of my favorite things to eat for breakfast.
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The avocado on toast recipe sounds pretty good -- but it's also very Great Depression; they ate _everything_ on bread in those days, because the bread -- which was usually cheap or made at home -- "stretched" the other ingredients. My parents ate (and Mom still eats) beans on bread, gravy on bread, stewed beef on bread (Portuguese soupas), creamed tuna or beef on toast, and more. Any left-over savory or meat with gravy -- if it wasn't enough for another meal -- was consumed as an open-faced sandwich.