If house guests request avocado toast, is it okay to use Whole Foods guacamole?

[Anonymous]

This is regional. Not a big deal in some parts of the country and a crazy high maintenance you must be a socialist if you eat this in other parts.

You could ask a midwesterner for a slab of ham, pounds of greasy hash browns, pound of bacon and gallons of whole milk. This is how we roll! Would be the response. Ask for avocado toast and they would be horrified because you know eating something green for breakfast makes you gay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is regional. Not a big deal in some parts of the country and a crazy high maintenance you must be a socialist if you eat this in other parts.

You could ask a midwesterner for a slab of ham, pounds of greasy hash browns, pound of bacon and gallons of whole milk. This is how we roll! Would be the response. Ask for avocado toast and they would be horrified because you know eating something green for breakfast makes you gay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you can buy plain avocado mash at the grocery store

This. Do not buy guacamole

[Anonymous]

I think a thick chunky guac would work fine.

But some pre-made guacs are a bit runny, so that would be gross.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Guacamole toast tastes just as good if not better than avocado toast.

Totallly disagree. Premade guac is gross. I would not want that on toast.

WF guac is good if you doctor up the seasonings.

[Anonymous]

Buy a hard avocado now, let it sit out on the counter. Once its slightly soft but not mushy, put it in the fridge. It will keep for a while until you're ready to cut it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a thick chunky guac would work fine.

But some pre-made guacs are a bit runny, so that would be gross.

Runny guac on toast has gotta be better than Gordon Ramsay's viral runny scrambled eggs on toast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is regional. Not a big deal in some parts of the country and a crazy high maintenance you must be a socialist if you eat this in other parts.

You could ask a midwesterner for a slab of ham, pounds of greasy hash browns, pound of bacon and gallons of whole milk. This is how we roll! Would be the response. Ask for avocado toast and they would be horrified because you know eating something green for breakfast makes you gay.

I think there's a lot of gray area between what you describe and the other extreme.

We like avocados a lot in our house. We eat them a lot, including on toast. But I feel like there is always an element of avocado roulette. Will they be ripe? Will they look good inside? When will they be good? So, I find myself checking the avocados before each meal. If they're ripe? Yay, let's make toast, or another food with avocado. If they're not? That's OK, we can try again next meal.

Because of this, I would not plan on serving avocados to a guest. If they happen to be there on an avocado day, then I'd say "I had planned on pancakes, but we could have avocado toast instead if you'd like?" or "Does anyone want a side of avocado with their eggs?

Now, my sister can plan for avocados. She'll say to me "can you make that salsa for the party?" and I'll say "I don't know, I can't plan on avocados" and she'll say "I will stop by that morning with some" and they will be perfect. She is gifted. I am not.

I'll also add that I agree that bacon is also a stressful ask. We eat bacon regularly too, but I would never ask a host for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is regional. Not a big deal in some parts of the country and a crazy high maintenance you must be a socialist if you eat this in other parts.

You could ask a midwesterner for a slab of ham, pounds of greasy hash browns, pound of bacon and gallons of whole milk. This is how we roll! Would be the response. Ask for avocado toast and they would be horrified because you know eating something green for breakfast makes you gay.

It's not the 1980s. Pretty sure both Panera and Starbucks sell avocado toast. There are Whole Foods and gourmet markets in every Midwest state. Fresh avocados are avail in normal middle class supermarkets and you can typically find plain peeled avocados in the produce coolers.

[Anonymous]

Avocado mashed up and eaten on toast is not the same as guacamole. No, don't serve guacamole, especially pre-prepared guacamole. If you want to serve it to them, buy the avocados a few days to a week (if they're rock hard) ahead of their arrival and let them ripen (don't refrigerate) by the time they get there. It's really easy to make and serve, lots easier than many breakfast foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad the consensus is that guacamole is not the same and shouldn’t be substituted.
We always have avocados and often make avocado toast. Had houseguests who were excited when I offered it, always pitch in when cooking, and jumped in to RUIN breakfast by making guacamole for the toast. Not a huge deal and yet I still remember it. Who wants lime in the morning? Guac is too tangy

Me! I adore lime and find avocado bland without it. Guac on toast sounds terrific.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat it, but why the outrage about avocado toast? It seems pretty easy. I’d rather have a specific, easy request than “oh, whatever is fine.”

It's actually not easy. I buy avocados often, and most of the time you have to wait for them to ripen. So it's tricky to just have a perfectly ripe avocado on hand.

Easy breakfasts include cereals, eggs done a million different ways, toasts with jams, pancakes, yogurt, etc. I would not request an avocado toast without knowing that the host makes it regularly. It kind of screams tone deafness.

You’d rather make pancakes and eggs than avocado toast? I think it fits fine in your list as an option. Cereal and milk, yogurt, all require specific tastes that I’m sure I’d have to find.

Like I said, having a perfectly ripe avocado on hand is not a sure thing. All these other breakfast items are typical and usually found in most American households.

OP's house guest is being difficult. #gavel.

The avocado doesn’t have to be “perfectly ripe.” There’s a broad window and usually you can buy some softer ones at the store. Then put it in the fridge.

I buy avocados frequently but there is still a bit of luck to timing it. Go early and they are all overripe to the point the fridge won't help. Go later and they are rock hard. Sometimes you can time it right, sometimes you can't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is regional. Not a big deal in some parts of the country and a crazy high maintenance you must be a socialist if you eat this in other parts.

You could ask a midwesterner for a slab of ham, pounds of greasy hash browns, pound of bacon and gallons of whole milk. This is how we roll! Would be the response. Ask for avocado toast and they would be horrified because you know eating something green for breakfast makes you gay.

I think there's a lot of gray area between what you describe and the other extreme.

We like avocados a lot in our house. We eat them a lot, including on toast. But I feel like there is always an element of avocado roulette. Will they be ripe? Will they look good inside? When will they be good? So, I find myself checking the avocados before each meal. If they're ripe? Yay, let's make toast, or another food with avocado. If they're not? That's OK, we can try again next meal.

Because of this, I would not plan on serving avocados to a guest. If they happen to be there on an avocado day, then I'd say "I had planned on pancakes, but we could have avocado toast instead if you'd like?" or "Does anyone want a side of avocado with their eggs?

Now, my sister can plan for avocados. She'll say to me "can you make that salsa for the party?" and I'll say "I don't know, I can't plan on avocados" and she'll say "I will stop by that morning with some" and they will be perfect. She is gifted. I am not.

I'll also add that I agree that bacon is also a stressful ask. We eat bacon regularly too, but I would never ask a host for it.

Give the avocado a roommate - an apple or banana and place in a paper bag, the ethylene gas from the fruit will ripen the avocado. I really miss marks and Spencer’s, where you could buy a 3 pack of avocados - one perfectly ripe, one that would be ripe in a day or two and one that would need 3-4 days. It was like magic. They also sold these mini cauliflowers, that were perfect.

[Anonymous]

If you are that nice to make them breakfast! then it is a 100%. It is not the same thing at all.

[Anonymous]

No, that is disgusting.