TheBanyanTree: Quasi-performance/pseudo-freshness

[Pam Lawley]

okay, so I said it to the Tree.  And call me nepoliptical, but it's true!
 :)

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Pam Lawley <pamj.lawley at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> oh sash - I LOVED this story!!!  And I love how Monique added her own story
> to it!!!!  And I'd say that in the tree, but it seems it would
> nepoliptically gushing!  :)
>
> anyway... quacomole is one of those things that I'll probably never learn
> to make since nobody in my house but me would eat it - and why bother?
>  Remind me when I next visit - one of you can make it for me while *I*
> watch!
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> What our sash failed to mention is that I am one of those who uttered
>> those
>> words, "They make it right at your table," which seemed to me, at the
>> time,
>> to convey something, though I'm not sure what. I'm not a huge fan of On
>> The
>> Border. Some of it is okay, and some of it seems as if it's a vague sort
>> of
>> attempt at an ill-defined food group that is most certainly not Mexican.
>> (But it is, isn't it?) But I do love me some guacamole, and they do make
>> it
>> at your table, and I'm not sure why. So we can see what's in it? Perhaps
>> that's not such a bad idea.
>>
>> "Hey! I'm allergic to peanuts!" Helpful if peanuts are standard in
>> guacamole, which they aren't.
>>
>> Not only that, but guacamole is best when it's had a few minutes to meld
>> together, all those disparate ingredients.
>>
>> I am a victim of marketing. When they (and they is vaguely defined) tell
>> me
>> something is good I accept it, because why would they lie? I'm too
>> trusting.
>> "We make it in front of you!" So what? Well, they do start with whole
>> avocados, which is how I start when I make it. In fact, I make pretty good
>> guacamole myself, so why even bother with them?
>>
>> Last year when we were in California we stayed at my brother's house, and
>> they had a bag full of ripe avocados sitting around. People do down there.
>> They come off trees, and they hand them around like us less fortunates
>> hand
>> around zucchini. Not that there's anything wrong with zucchini, but it's
>> not
>> avocados, which is definitely a strike against it. My sister-in-law
>> claimed
>> she didn't know what to do with them all, "I don't know how to make
>> guacamole," she said.
>>
>> Really? It's not as if it's complicated. So she asked me to do it, to make
>> up a big batch for the family coming over later. The pre-funeral family
>> thing.
>>
>> So I did. First I couldn't find the knives. They have grandchildren, so
>> apparently they hide the knives. I eventually found something that would
>> work well enough. Then I couldn't find a cutting board, only a small
>> glass.
>> My kitchen is full of knives and cutting boards. I theorized that perhaps
>> she just doesn't cook as much. Now that all the kids have moved out it's
>> just the two of them, after all.
>>
>> Andrew and I made guacamole. Onions, garlic, salt, pepper, a bit of salsa,
>> lime. It's not as if it's complicated after all.
>>
>> I didn't make it in front of anyone for their viewing pleasure. But it
>> still
>> seemed to be satisfactory. Would it have been better if I'd waited until
>> everyone showed up then made them stand around me in a semi-circle while I
>> made it?
>>
>> No doubt. Then they could tell me how I was doing it wrong, and wasn't
>> that
>> too much or too little of something, and what was that neat trick with the
>> knife anyway?
>>
>> No, I think it best I not have an audience. Then again, unless I'm doing
>> cartwheels or stand-up I find I do best without an audience, and
>> cartwheels
>> are all in the past. So's stand-up, for that matter, but you never know.
>>
>> Let's go have guacamole next week. You're all invited. Let's see if the
>> table side performance adds anything or if we're being taken for a ride.
>>
>> Monique
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM, auntiesash <auntiesash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > For the second time in as many days, I have heard(*) the sentence "They
>> > have
>> > great guacamole. They make it right at your table!"
>> >
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