It is absolutely hilarious to me how many of you think there is a specific recipe for avocado toast. It's toasted bread, with toppings. This topping is some kind of avocado, smeared onto the bread. Some people put other stuff on it. Some people think you should only use perfectly ripe avocado or else what, it no longer counts as avocado toast?

And the lady who would scrape off the "guacamole" aka "avocado spread with other stuff in it" with a chip - what is the difference, to you, between the piece of toasted bread and the chip?

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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

I put guac + tomatoes on toast all the time. It's really good!

I am happy you've found something you like but I'd hate that so much. I would be scraping the guacamole off with some tortilla chips.

Anonymous wrote:Guys this is not necessarily the guest’s fault. I bet it was something like the host said “what do you like to have for breakfast” and the guest said something like “oh, anything! Oatmeal, avocado toast, eggs. I’m also happy to do a Starbucks run.”

OP guacamole will not work. Get a few avocados the day before they come, if you want to. They can make the toast, if they want.

This was my thought as well. OP never mentioned the context of the request. I doubt someone said "Thanks for inviting us over, Aunt Larla! We expect you to make us avocado toast in the morning!" I'm sure it was something more normal like above. And if so, it's on OP to say "I've never made avocado toast. Is that the same as guacamole?" And then the guest can say "Don't worry Aunt Larla, we'll just have cereal."

If one makes avocado toast all the time, this is an easy request. If one doesn’t (as OP seems not to), it is a big request. Generally better to err on the side of caution as a guest and let your host take the lead in offering possible options.

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

I put guac + tomatoes on toast all the time. It's really good!

Anonymous wrote:I've never eaten or ordered avocado toast. I was planning to use sturdy bakery bread for the toast, Whole Foods guacamole smeared onto the toast, topped with sliced fresh tomatoes, and little bit of everything bagel seasoning on the tomatoes.

Is that okay or do you really need to use fresh avocados?

Of course it’s okay.

You can also just buy a container of simply avocado. It's already mashed, ripe, and you don't have to time it for your guests. No other ingredients, so you can add whatever you want for avocado toast.

I like sea salt, arugula, and a poached egg.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people are weird about cilantro so I probably wouldn't use guacamole.

If these guests don't like cilantro but request avocado toast...

then what? It's not as if avocado toast normally has cilantro. People who hate cilantro have a gene ( OR26A is the genetic SNP (single nucleotide polymorphisms) that makes cilantro taste like soap, bitter and excruciating — almost painfully metallic and horrible) in a way it doesn't for most.

While I would not request it as a house guest, I am a frequent consumer of avocado toast. As noted by most, you CANNOT just use guacamole.

Your bread sounds great. I would just buy some avocados a few days ahead of their arrival and have some cherry tomatoes, honey and sea salt on-hand for toppings.

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

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.”

An easy request for breakfast is something like cheerios and milk that doesn't require ingredients that have to be perfectly ripe.

You need fresh avocadoes but it's also okay to just say you're not a restaurant!

Avocado toast is just about the easiest thing to make. You need actual avocados. Ballsy to ask for a specific food as a guest though.

I don’t understand why you would buy guacamole when it’s cheaper, less waste, and just as easy to buy an avocado. Just get it a few days ahead while it’s ripe.

Sounds like you have all the other fixings for a delicious breakfast for your guest. If the issue is squishing up the avocado just ask them to show you how they do it. It takes me 30 seconds to slice one open and squish it onto bread with a fork. So much easier than cooking an egg or making pancakes or even prepping fruit and granola!

Cannot use guacamole for avocado toast.