Chapter 23. FRIDGE: GUACAMOLE I think it was pretty hard, doing all of that work in the last topic. Where I come from, programmers can get hungry just like anybody else. And when that happens, I think there's nothing better than a relaxing break, with a cool side of fresh guacamole dip. Don't you agree? Now. I'm going to divulge here my very own recipe for making guacamole. In my view, this one page right here is worth the entire price of the book. That's really what I think. I think you'll like it that much. Please try it out and tell me what you think. This recipe serves four people. Two, if you live in my family. Most importantly, you have to choose good avocados. This can be fun. First, you don't want the green ones; those are not ripe enough. You also don't want the totally black ones that mush a little when you pick them up, because those are overripe and will have undesirable black dots inside. Choose avocados that are a mix of green and black on the outside, and that feel firm but also give a little when you squeeze them. Now here we go: Get a ceramic mixing bowl and empty into it the fruit of four avocados. Mash the avocado with a big masher. Cut a lime in quarters . Squeeze the juice of the lime wedges onto the avocado. Take two tomatoes, still on the vine, and dice them. Make the sections large, though, like the size of a dime. Drop those into the bowl. Get a big white onion and cut it in half. Save one half for something else later; we don't need it. Cut the other half into dime-sized pieces just like the tomato. Not lame little tiny pieces. Good sized pieces. I might call them chunks . Generously add fresh ground salt and pepper. Stir all of this together. Here is the killer. Dice a chile pepper. One of those long, thin dark green ones. They're called serranos. If you can't find that kind in your store, you might want to consider moving to the desert like me. We have both Java and serranos here. Stir all this up together and serve with tortilla chips. It should be fluffy, fresh, cool, and perfectly delicious . It's a meal in itself. It takes about 35 minutes to make. This is one of my favorite things in the world, probably. | 