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Article: It's a Guac-Off: He Says Serrano, She Says Lime Juice
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- The Washington Post
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- January 30, 2008
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An occasional series in which staff members share a recipe that
we turn to time and again:
With a mere five food shopping days left till Super Bowl XLII, we
both know where we're headed: the pile of Hass avocados in our
grocers' produce departments. It's guacamole time.
And not surprisingly for those who remember our chili smackdown
last year, our go-to recipes come from different playbooks. The
Texan (Joe) might think he would have the edge with a Mexican
dish. His plan is to stick with a Diana Kennedy classic, so pure
that no spritz of lime juice is allowed to defend against a threat
of brown oxidation on that lush field of green.
"An incentive to eat it all before the halftime show," ...