Guacamole

[spathiphyllum]

I tried to make guacamole but used Piccolo Cherry Tomatoes and it messed it up. These tomatoes left stringy piff / pulp from the tomato in the guac which was horrid as you can imagine.


What tomato should I have used? I seem to get the wrong one every damn time.

[ummmm]

OG - lots of food requires seasoning. Have you ever tried scrambled eggs without salt & pepper?

[ummmm]

Spath - they are good for you in any form but the more they are cooked the better.

[spathiphyllum]

People say scrambled eggs go well with salmon and avocado on toast or a bagel.

[spathiphyllum]

Ummm they taste best when they are cooked and blended into a Bolognese sauce

[Tilly2]

No, Spath, they don't.

[spathiphyllum]

mmm interesting! They are pretty boring then raw but when cooked they can become the most delicious sauces

[gingejbee]

IMO, you're not going to get a very good result by using any machine...the avocado should be lightly mashed.

[Mamyalynne]

I can make a meal of simmered tinned plum tomatoes till the juice goes thick with a dash of Tabasco, s+p and some crusty french bread.

[spathiphyllum]

I like my avocado smooth gingejbee not chunky unlike an "avacado crush" (very nice from tesco btw).
I understand what you mean though, trust me I do.. It's only the avacado i need smooth as otherwise i'm not it's biggest fan.

Mamy that sounds awful in my opinion but thinking of it.. it actually sounds like a wholesome cosy tomato soup maybe lovely.

[Old_Geezer]

I don't often try food at mealtimes without (additional) salt at all. Salt wakes up flavour.

[Tilly2]

Tinned tomatoes on toast is lovely.

[spathiphyllum]

You know what I like out of a tin that surprises myself?


Corned beef.

Love it.

[Mamyalynne]

Home cured corned beef is heavenly but expensive and time consuming.

Tinned is a good standby.

[spathiphyllum]

Home cured? Never knew it was possible.. certainly not for me lol

[retrocop]

Best stand by meal i know is corned beef hash with two poached/ fried eggs on top and brown sauce. Have it on toast and you have s??t on a shingle as the US navy cooks called their preparation. :-)

[spathiphyllum]

Would my Hendersons relish go well with a corned beef hash?

[diddlydo]

For the guacamole skin the tomatoes as it's the skins that don't liquidise and give you the "stringy bits".

[spathiphyllum]

diddlydo is this true?

[ummmm]

I like tomatoes especially baby plum tomatoes which are quite sweet (as tomatoes go)

[tiggerblue10]

As Ummmm says, you need to deseed and remove any juice from the tomato. Also reomove the skin buy placing toms in some boiling water for about a minite then cooling them in cold water.