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Guacamole is an avocado-based relish or dip
originating in Mexico. In addition to avocadoes, it often includes tomato, onion, lime juice or lemon juice, chile pepper, cilantro, garlic and spices. It is usually eaten with totopos, corn chips, although it
can be spooned onto or into most any Mexican dish. The name guacamole comes from Mexican Spanish via Nahuatl AhuacamOlli, from Ahuacatl (="avocado") + mOlli (="sauce"). In
Spanish it is pronounced IPA
[wakaˈmole] and in English it is pronounced US
[ˌgwɑkəˈmoʊli] or UK
[ˌgwękəˈmoʊli].
In Mexico and southern California it is a very inexpensive, everyday, side dish. Nevertheless, wherever avocados are
expensive, guacamole is considered a delicacy; therefore, sour cream or
mayonnaise is mixed in to reduce the cost per serving, but such preparations
are often considered inferior because they dilute the flavor of the avocado.
It is especially popular in the United States as a snack food. Claims
that avocado sales around the Super Bowl account for a large percentage of the
annual avocado sales are an urban myth.
Guacamole is often served as a condiment, especially with hamburgers.
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