I would like to point out 'Super Bowl Sunday' is not a holiday (yet). It might serve to break it out since iirc the vast percentage of yearly consumption of avocados occurs on that day in the US. I don't have time to hunt down the reference so I will leave you here.

Actually, that's a myth. If you consult the external link, you would find that superbowl only accounts for 5% of yearly avocado sales, which less than 3 times as much as an average week. Hardly a "vast percentage". Nohat 03:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder how familiar guacamole is to people outside the U.S. The French I encountered when I studied abroad were just getting into tortilla chips and seemed to consider both sort of an exotic and certainly unfamiliar treat. Ckamaeleon 00:32, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well known and very common in Australia and the UK. Probably no longer considered 'exotic' though it might have been once. Graham 03:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In Venezuela we know it as "guasacaca". The recipe is very similar to the Mexican one, though.--RicardoC 22:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While green is one of my favorite colors, as well, I don't think anyone's color preferences are particularly relevant. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mr.aluminumsiding (talk • contribs) .

The comment was reverted. Thanks for pointing it out. -- Samir ∙ T C 04:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The words "discoloring" and "flavouring" were used in the same sentence. I also noticed that the British practice of putting the comma outside the quotes had been used, so I went ahead and changed "discoloring" to "discolouring". As much as I hate American spelling, though, I'm not sure that this article shouldn't be written in American English, as guacamole is fairly uncommon and largely, uh, improvised upon (to put it nicely) in English-speaking countries outside the US and Canada. -- Lomaprieta 09:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How much fat Guacamole contains?

Avocados contain monounsaturated fat, which is good for you, and which many people actually don't get enough of. It protects against heart disease, among other things. Fat content varies depending on the type of avocado used. As with most fruits and vegetables, the unhealthy comes from what you put into it. If you're adding lots of mayonnaise or sour cream, your guacamole is going to be a lot fattier than the basic avocado-lime-salt recipe. An average-sized avocado contains about 250-300 calories. Lomaprieta 05:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I made a relavitely minor change regarding black pepper. Having had guacamole all over Mexico and California, in homes and in restaurants, it's clear that black pepper is not a standard ingredient, much less large amounts of it. It does show up from time to time, mostly in American (non-Mexican) homes, so I've listed it as the first in the list of variations along with the note about it not being authentic to the Aztec tradition. But the only three ingredients that are always present are avocado, lime juice, and salt, so only those should be listed as the "basic ingredients." NickJA 20:49, 13 September 2006 (UTC)NickJA[reply]

Although it definitively NOT a mexican ingredient, a bit of strong blue cheese add a nice tang to guacamole. Don't put to much, because you would overpower the taste of the avocado.

Does anyone know how the avacado pit keeps the guacamole from darkening?

It doesn't. The only thing that keeps the guacamole from darkening is by preventing it from contacting air. If you spread plastic wrap over the surface of the guacamole and press to contact, it will do just as good a job of protecting it from darkening as putting the pit in, and as a bonus, it protects all of the surface of the guacamole, rather than just the part touching the pit. Nohat 05:24, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed this:

"Guacamole is one of John Foley's favourite foods. Southampton F.C. footballer Kenwyne Jones is also fond of the avacado based treat."

I see it's been reverted back and forth a couple of times. If there's any defense for its inclusion in the article, give it here. Mycroft7 03:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I really doubt that those three are ingredients for guacamole.