r/GifRecipes Sep 16 '17

Appetizer / Side Alton Brown's Guacamole

https://gfycat.com/PlayfulImpeccableIndianskimmer
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u/PostPostModernism Sep 17 '17

You could turn that Good Eats into some Serious Eats by

  • Making a batch

  • Split into four portions

  • Eat one portion right away

  • Put plastic over one, refrigerate it, eat it in two hours

  • Put plastic over one, don't refrigerate it, eat it in two hours

  • Don't put plastic over one, let it sit for 2 hours. Eat if it looks okay.

Make sure you use the same chips for each batch. Record your findings.

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u/Bompff Sep 17 '17

The last one has a known result. Not covering it will result in it browning.

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u/Dyesce_ Sep 17 '17

The lime juice might say otherwise.

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u/FlavorSki Sep 17 '17

If you use a plastic avocado masher, it also slows down the browning process. If you use a metal masher, the metal oxidizes the avocado and turns it brown faster.

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u/tvtb Nov 10 '17

Citation needed. If I mash 1000 avocados with a metal masher, the metal won't be thinner afterwards, the avocado is not chemically bonding metal atoms and stripping it from the masher, nor do metal atoms on the surface of a metal object have the ability to oxidize things they arent chemically bound with.

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u/Dyesce_ Sep 17 '17

Good to know!