01-08-2006, 12:06 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Avocado -- Which way do you prefer?
I searched for a thread on the topic, but found nothing as specific..
My best friend and I generally like the same types of food yet when it comes to avocado(e)s the difference is like night and day. I like mine with sugar and milk.(He thinks is gross) He likes his plain with salt (which I find to be particularly dreadful). <b>So here's a little task, just wondered if anyone would be brave enough to try both and let me know once and for all which is the better of the two options. The ingredients are all that would be stated above, the only variables being the measure of milk, sugar, or salt</b> I know avoc's are expensive so I'd be glad to reimburse you guys a penny per avocado. okay maybe not. hahaha.
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01-08-2006, 12:14 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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I've had both in my time. Of the two, the one with salt is my choice. That isn't to say either of you are wrong, though. Taste is a matter of a specific persons appreciation. If I had my druthers, I'd take freshly cut avacado with a tiny bit of salt, some squeezed lime, chopped tomotillos, smoked jalapino, and a bit of sautéed onion and garlic. Now I'm hungry again.
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01-08-2006, 12:35 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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When I go to a Vietnamese restaurant, I often get an avocado milk shake. It's very creamy and tasty, without being sickly sweet. Otherwise, I've never ever heard of an avocado being served sweetened as a dessert. How did you learn to eat it this way?
As for salty, I could live entirely on home made Guacamole if I had to. Mmm, mm.
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01-08-2006, 12:41 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Will: I've yet to try your little concoction there.
Fres: My family taught me to eat it this way. I'm filipina so maybe it's more of a cultural yummy.. I have had those milkshakes and they're great.
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01-08-2006, 01:30 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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How do you eat it rlynnm? Just add the ingredients and eat, or add it to other dishes? I am an avocado lover and would be willing to try it.
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01-08-2006, 02:21 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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with the other option, just take some avocado slices and throw some salt on it and eat away. Let me know how it goes!
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01-08-2006, 02:58 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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avocado with sugar and milk just sounds disgusting... as a milkshake- it's got the right texture, but not the right flavor... it's the color of pistacio ice cream but - no where near the right taste...
avacados with salt and squeeze of lime juice please..
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01-08-2006, 03:05 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Asians see avocado as a fruit and treat it as such, which is why you can get Avocado ice cream, milkshakes, and other sweetened products. Most other cultures see it as a vegatable more than a fruit.
edit: realized i didn't answer the OP I've had it as both, and well, figured out I didn't like avocado either way.. even when they put it into California rolls, I prefer it with cucumber.
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01-08-2006, 04:32 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Not a huge fan of avocado to be honest. But I have had it with sugar and milk and my opinion is that it's decent. Not terrible, but not amazing.
Now I gotta get me some guacamole and see if I like that.
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01-08-2006, 05:20 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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i'm on the salty side.
generally, i do love sweet, but i just didn't like this combo. although... i don't really like it just itself with salt. i looooooove guac. but not so much with just plain slices of avocado. i've also tried an avocado margarita. and the answer is no. not again, thanks. and lucky us, they're not so expensive here in TX. they're two for $.88 this week.
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01-08-2006, 06:50 PM | #12 (permalink) | |
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01-08-2006, 06:51 PM | #13 (permalink) | |
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so one more point for milk and sugar? (hopeful)
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01-08-2006, 06:52 PM | #14 (permalink) | |
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no reimbursement for you then! haha, thanks for least trying 'em both.
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01-08-2006, 07:37 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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Only way I've ever had avacodos, and only way I can ever imagine eating them, is crushed into guacamole. I have to say that both ideas sound kinda gross.
just for the record, if you leave the pit in it until right before you serve it, the guacamole won't turn brown. It's not just an old wives tale. |
01-08-2006, 07:55 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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I've never even heard of just eating an avocado with sugar and milk; but I _do_ have a couple of recipes for avocado pie (a dessert pie, not savory) that I've been meaning to try out. And both recipes involve sugar, milk, eggs, etc.
When eating a plain avocado by itself, I generally either go with salt and pepper, or tobasco sauce. But I rarely eat avocado by itself; it's usually part of another dish, or guacamole -- heavy on the salt, lime juice, and garlic. |
01-08-2006, 08:37 PM | #19 (permalink) | |
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I actually have heard of that before.
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01-09-2006, 04:49 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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Not trying to threadjack, but at my alma mater (UT), some physics grad student wrote a paper on how to transform an entire building to output more guacamole than the entire world. Basically, you'd wind an electromagnetic accelerator (rail gun) through the entire thing. Cover an avocado in foil, accelerate it, use a magnet at the end to strip the foil, and let the avocado hit a cement barrier at something like 0.12c. Some smart ass always has to point out that this would result in an insufficiently chunky guacamole, but I still think it's cool.
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01-09-2006, 05:20 PM | #21 (permalink) |
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Hehe will...good one
Ok, I'm game to try both, I'll have to pick one up at the store tomorrow. 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. 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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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. Quote:
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01-11-2006, 07:13 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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I've tried both. I prefer my avocados to be in the trash. Blech.
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01-11-2006, 07:31 PM | #26 (permalink) |
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Nooo toast send em over this way. I'll gladly take em out of your hands!
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01-11-2006, 09:30 PM | #27 (permalink) | |
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01-12-2006, 04:13 AM | #28 (permalink) |
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I love having avocados with raw sugar! <3 Grew up eating it with that combination so the salt + avocado idea is quite odd to me. I might try having it with the salt but I don't think I'm gonna like it. So, I guess I'll lean more towards the sugar and milk for now.
One of my friends has her avocado with condensed milk... has anyone tried that combination? The avocado might be the first thing I hunt down when I go grocery shopping as a result of this thread... Mmm... |
01-12-2006, 04:34 AM | #29 (permalink) | |
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Avo with milk?? This is very, very new to me. What would the consistency be like? How much milk per avo? I wanna try it, but I'm not trying it until someone tells me it's safe to do so
My favourite way to eat avo's would be just-peeled, slightly crushed (chunky) with some salt, some pepper and just a touch of sugar to help bring out the natural sweetness. I add a squeeze of lemon or lime juice when I'm feeling a bit more adventurous
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01-12-2006, 04:55 PM | #31 (permalink) | |
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Glad to hear that there are still those out there who enjoy their avocadoes sweet!
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01-12-2006, 04:58 PM | #32 (permalink) |
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healer: I say it's completely safe so go for it! Just crush the avocado, sometimes I like chunks too, and mix in some milk, only a couple tablespoons or so, throw in some sugar and mix mix mix til it looks combined, shouldn't be soupy though. Let me know how it goes.
Catback: I'm filipina as well and initially the salt idea seemed so alien to me.
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01-17-2006, 06:28 AM | #35 (permalink) |
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I have a recipe for avocado mousse (sweet). It's interesting but I prefer my avocados salty. I love guacamole, but my favourite is:
Slice an avocado in half and take out the stone. Then prepare a vinaigrette (olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper, mustard, and maybe some herbs of your choice) and fill the empty half of the avocado. Eat with a spoon! Yum, of course this is to serve 2 people.
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01-18-2006, 03:53 PM | #36 (permalink) |
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I put some sugar on avocado last night just to see how it was and ... it was good, but not really for me. However, I could see how it would be popular in Asia; the sweet/pungent taste of avos with sugar is very much in line with the kind of flavors I've found in much unwesternized Asian cuisine, particularly from southern Thailand and Singapore, that area.
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01-18-2006, 05:06 PM | #38 (permalink) | |
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haha thanks Will.. I too have eaten more avocados than I ever have before. Seems I forgot about avocados and how good they were until recently..and here I am now..avocado freak..
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01-18-2006, 08:46 PM | #39 (permalink) |
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gotta say I eat avocado without anything added - you can put it in your green salad, or spread it on a sandwich instead of butter (savoury only).
IMHO, it does not need salt or sugar.
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01-19-2006, 02:38 AM | #40 (permalink) |
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I love avocadoes. We have five trees in the backyard and so we're constantly eating them.
I've never tried them with milk and sugar. Quite frankly, the thought of it is making me nauseous. I'll have to lean toward the salt, but in a different form. I like to eat it with a mixture of mayonnaise and soy sauce. Sometimes I'll take one of the large ones, about the size of a grapefruit, cut it in half, remove the pit, then add a dollop of mayo and drizzle the soy sauce over it. MMMMMM good! |
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