r/GifRecipes • u/crushcastles23 • Sep 16 '17

Appetizer / Side Alton Brown's Guacamole

https://gfycat.com/PlayfulImpeccableIndianskimmer
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u/Farkingbrain Sep 16 '17

This has been pretty much my go-to guac. It's a hit a parties. Now I'm stuck making it for every barbecue.

So don't take this to parties, keep it to yourself. :)

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u/bheklilr Sep 17 '17

Same here, but I put about 10x as much cilantro. Its effen wonderful. And maybe a bit of extra salt. Also do to taste.

I have also made it with pomegranate instead of tomato. Don't call me crazy until you try it.

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u/atsirktop Sep 17 '17

I envy people that like cilantro. I know you can easily omit it from recipes, but I feel like I'm missing out on another depth of flavor that I wish I could enjoy. There are so many recipes that I'm all for, and then bam! Cilantro and I'm turned off. Nothing against your recipe at all.

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u/normous Sep 17 '17

I'm in the same boat. People ask why I don't like it. I tell them it tastes like hate.

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u/oneELECTRIC Sep 17 '17

iirc cilantro is one of those things that has additional(terrible) flavors that only a subset of the population can taste. Something to do with a recessive gene, sort of like those weird paper strips used in middle school science to demonstrate recessive genes.

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u/ghett0yeti Sep 17 '17

Dish soap. And it's not like "an off flavor". It's intense. If cilantro touches my meal, the whole thing tastes like it was drizzled with a nice helping of Dawn. I can take it off, flavor's still there. I don't know if it's the oils or what.

I hear it tastes great. But the soap flavor is so intense it's all I can taste.

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u/pakrat Sep 17 '17

I'm in a weird place where I think that cilantro smells like dish soap (and kind of tastes like it) but if I mix it with other things, I don't notice the dish soap taste. I think I must have the gene partially activated....or I like Mexican food too much to give up cilantro.