Culinary Experiment 8: Ru's Cowardly Guacamole

I like avocados. Yes, big surprise. In particular, I like avocados in sandwiches. Avocado, some tomato and onion, and melted motzarella? Mmm, tasty. The problem, however, is the fact that avocados, like apples, quickly brown and go icky upon being cut. Lemon juice, however, seems to stay this process. Lately, when I wanted to have avocado for lunch at work, what I've had to do is basically take a lemon-soaked avocado half to school with me, and peel and cut it at the table. It's not only impractical, but quite messy.

So, I got to thinking, what if I were to take guacamole? It'd certainly be less messy. So I bought some guacamole and took some with me to work. Unfortunately, it didn't work too well--it still turned brown, and I didn't care much for it anyway, since it had jalepenos in it. I'm not fond of the insanely spicy.

Therefore, I went to plan b: If I can't find a ready-made guacamole that satisfies me, why don't I make some myself? I could mix in lemon juice to keep it from going brown, and I could season it myself so it isn't flamingly hot. The result was a mix of avocado, garlic, chives, pepper, and lots and lots of lemon juice. Unfortunately, it didn't mix very well, I think perhaps because the avocado was a bit underripe, but it was certainly functional, so it went with me today.

The good news is that the avocado stayed perfectly green. The bad news is that I felt like I was eating less avocado and more Pine Sol. So I definitely need to ratchet back the lemon juice, and maybe use an avocado that's a bit riper (although since it was going onto a sandwich instead of being used for chips, I didn't worry too much about the texture). I can probably also mess with the spices a bit too. I'm hoping I can come up with something functional. ^_^

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Oh, also.

I am certain now that one of the true joys of life is eating fresh fruit. *Really* fresh fruit. Fruit that was bought at a wee produce stand, or hand-picked, or something along those lines wherein they weren't artificially ripened with doses of ethylene.

From what I can tell, one of the profs in the horticulture department works with watermelons. I'm guessing he/she had some extra, as they were being given away to anyone who wants them. So, of course, I got one. This was a *fresh* watermelon. It was still warm, and had dirt on the bottom of it, and everything. I cut into it a little while ago, and uhnnngod. So good. It was still a little warm, and was dripping juice so bad I had to eat it over the sink, and delicously sweet. It was almost sacriledgeous to put it in the fridge where it would loose that wonderful warmness.

Watermelon love. <3 <3