Why hobbit food you ask?

Have you ever wondered what hobbits eat? This question never occurred to us until one Sunday night where we used left over boiled, mashed up tubers to cover a hard boiled egg. We took this concept from a Guyanese dish known as Egg Ball. Which really is a hard boiled egg covered in a single root called cassava. After we fried up these tuber balls and were sitting down to devour them Tony said, "Sara, you cook like a hobbit and it's awesome" which then turned these tuber balls into hobbit balls. This also got us thinking, "what else have we cooked that's been inspired through the use of local ingredients and cuisine?" From this our blog was born. But if you're actually looking for foods that hobbits eat you won't find them here. But we do hope you enjoy our creations!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Guacamole de Guyana



Avocados are not called that here, they are called “pears.” At first this was quite confusing, considering we view pears as delicious fruits much like apples, but now it is much easier to transfer our thinking that pears = avocados (I almost wrote pears in the recipe, that would have been hilarious). Anyway, they are not very common throughout the country, but they are somewhat common in Linden. Recently a neighbor of ours gave us 6 massive “pears” and since we miss Mexican food with a vengeance, we needed to make some gorgeous Guac for our weekly “Taco Tuesdays.”



3 large avocados (# depends on how much you want to make)

4 cloves of chopped garlic

1 chopped medium onion

2 limes

2 tomatoes

*Salt


*optional



Take the avocado pits out of the fruit then remove the inside “meat” of the avocado, placing it in a bowl. Begin to mash the avocado pieces together adding the juice of one lime. Then, place the garlic and onion into the bowl while continually mashing the “meat”. Chop the tomato into smaller pieces then add it to the bowl. Add the juice of the second lime then mix well. Cover and place in fridge until it’s ready to use.


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