keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) (11/15/83)
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From "Cooking Out of This World", edited by Anne McCaffrey,
published by Ballantine Books. Copyright 1973 by Anne McCaffrey, come
H. H. Hollis's instructions:
If you are the kind who lets the grocer pick your produce, do not
attempt a guacamole. The secret lies in selecting the avocado and
there is not a grocer anywhere in the world who knows how to do this.
"Here is two nice ones," they say with an engaging piratical smile,
"just right for eating tonight." The two proffered will, indeed, be
beautiful to the sight: sleek, green, polished like jade . . . and
of the same internal consistency. Sam Houston never ate an alligator
pear like that, and I do not propose to do so either.
The perfect avocado for the superb guacamole should yield to the
touch. It should not spring back fully. When the whole fruit is
enclosed in the hand and gently s-q-u-e-e-z-e-d, gently! it should
impart the sensation that a very little more pressure would cause the
object to burst. Remember, we are going to eat it, not mail it. Now
buy it and take it home.