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I disliked guacamole growing up. I was only exposed to the supermarket and cheap restaurant versions though. Then one night my wife and I went to dinner with some friends, all of whom were either cooks, bakers or restaurant managers. They raved about the guacamole at that restaurant, but I was still hesitant. That is until our waiter came back and prepared the guacamole at our table. He cut the avacadoes, tomatoes, onions cilantro, garlic, and squeezed the lime right there. It looked fresh. good and inviting, and my reservations about prepackaged and mass produced guacamole didn't apply, so I tried a little. I ordered another serving for the table because my wife and I were eating so much of it. We are now guacamole experts.

When we have friends over for dinner that haven't had our guacamole, we like to use the same approach. We will wait until most everyone is there and then make the guacamole right in front of them. We have converted a few non-guacamole friends to the green side. We live in GA so we like to use Vidalia onions.

We like to eat it with steak. For some reason it is a perfect pairing.

3 Has avocados, diced
1 medium tomato, diced
½ onion, diced (sweet, Vidalia, or red)
½ lime or 3 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbs cilantro, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped (optional)

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and stir.

Serve immediately or refrigerate for 1-2 hours for flavors to combine.

I definitely miss goody's, but Nice Green Bo, fka New Green Bo on Bayard (across the street from the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory) has really really great soup dumplings. And everything else.

quite a few choices for soup dumplings especially during lunch when the line at joe's is not so bad. was goodies that good?

Thanks!

Thanks, Emmab and Gastronomeg!

Eszarets, I've never had or seen rose hip jam, but the idea of it excites me. As I understand things, rose hips are actually the fruit of the rose flower, as apples are the fruit of the apple blossom, and rose hips are high in Vitamin C, which gives them a more tangy, acidic quality than their floral forebears. That said, I suspect that rose hip jam is more fruity/tangy and less floral/rosey than rose petal jam. Still, I imagine that the rose hip jam would be a lovely addition to the apple tart in place of the petal jam, or maybe paired with a citrus curd or clotted cream on a fresh scone or biscuit or sampled with a sharp cheddar maybe. Yums!

So I mentioned bacon salt to my Other Half this morning, and off he went to our local Stop & Shop shortly thereafter. He returned all chuffed and proud of himself, bearing a bottle of Hickory flavoured bacon salt!

Tonight we had a pizza night. I made two small pizzas, a tomato sauce based cheeseless pizza with caramelised onions, garlic, peppers, sausage and turkey bacon for my OH, and pizza bianca (olive oil, mozzarella and pecorino romano) for myself. We both sprinkled our respective pizzas with bacon salt, and I have to tell you, I loved it! Since my pizza was relatively plain, it really gave the bacon salt a chance to shine, and I loved the subtle smokiness that it added. I was very pleased, and so was my OT.

I'd second Eisenberg's!!! Looove that place! Please go support!
I love the fried bologna sandwich on rye.

I wanted to like this...I really did. I bought the "original" today. Was hoping to find the Natural, but the store said they wouldn't have that until the next shipment. I tasted a bit, just plain, to see if it was truly bacony and wonderful.

Sadly, I can taste the MSG. This does not make me happy.

I'll still try this on veggies or something, but I'm not as giddy with joy about this as I thought I would be. I may still but the natural, since that doesn't have MSG, but I'm sooooo glad I didn't buy the whole collection.

OMG. This stuff is actually sold in the town I live in...at a Pool and Spa store. Not a grocery, not anything food-related, but a place that sells swimming pools and spas.

I gotta go there. It's too weird.

I have to say; if it wasn't for this site and you awesome folks, I would feel like a mushroom. ;-D I learn the most amazing things!

Wow! Yet another food discovery thanks to SE bloggers! I just ordered the 3-pak. DH has cholesterol issues, so bacon is out for him. I just made his day.

Natural Bacon Salt is just as great!