"Alice Faber" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>> > I can not stand avocados or anything with them in it. It's a texture
>> > thing.
>> > But for some reason, Angela has recently decided that she REALLY likes
>> > guacamole. She wanted some at home so we bought some at the store. I
>> > can't
>> > remember the brand, but it was two plastic bags that came in a
>> > cardboard
>> > box. She said it was disgusting.
>> >
>> > I know it is easy to make at home but in looking up recipes, I became
>> > confused. Some were as easy as mashing up an avocado and mixing it
>> > with
>> > salsa and some were more complicated. So what kind is the good kind?
>> > What
>> > do you put in yours/
>> >
>> >
>> In Mexico guacamole is served on a plate. It consists of a pile of
>> mashed avocado, a pile of chopped sweet onion and a pile of chopped
>> fresh tomato. It's red, white and green like the Mexican flag. The lime
>> is always found on the table. You can also add your own salt.
>>
>> When I make it at home, I mash the avocado, add some diced sweet onion
>> and some diced fresh tomato, a squeeze or two of lime juice and a little
>> salt.
>>
>> Garlic is not traditional. Cilantro is a nice garnish, but, again, it's
>> not traditional. Salsa from a jar is verboten!
>>
>> Too many Gringos try to "improve" on Mexican classics and make something
>> that is *not* Mexican or even border food.
>
> It's not a matter of "improving"; it's using what's available. I can't
> get edible tomatoes in the winter, at least tomatoes that *I* consider
> edible. So, I make do with what I *can* get.

Here the Roma tomatoes seem to be good year round. And usually the vine
ripened ones are equally good, although perhaps very expensive.

When it comes to Mexican food though, they do seem to Americanize it. A lot
of places serve things swimming in cheese and I've read that is not true
Mexican fare. I've also been told by one uncle who travels the world that
sour cream is not traditional in Mexico. I'm not so sure about that.

Also, in this country, Tex Mex is big in some places. It would seem that
people who like that kind of food don't really like real Mexican food.
Oddly, most of my friends who live in Texas do not like Tex Mex at all.

The same could be said for Chinese food. I always thought I didn't like it
because I'd only ever dined at Americanized places where everything pretty
much looks and tastes the same. Then I went for Dim Sum in a restaurant
where the waiters spoke very little English. Now I wouldn't say that I
liked everything I tried, but I did like a few of the dishes they had there.
But when I took my friends who claimed they liked Chinese food to this
place, they thought the food was horrible.