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Guacamole. I spent almost three years as a cook in a TexMex restaurant where I would make vats of the stuff. It was good then, but it's better now with my own spin. I'm pretty confident in that-- there's never any left overs!

The recipe:

2 Ripe Avocados
1/2 Medium-sized Red Onion
1-2 Jalapeno Peppers
1-2 Cherry Peppers
1/2 Lime
1/2 tsp Kosher Salt (keep more salt handy for adjusting)
1/2 tsp Ground Coriander Seed
1/4 cup Sour Cream (or dollop, whatever that is in your mind.)
1 oz (a shot) Tequila

Dice the onion and the peppers and set them aside.
Cut the avocados in half and remove the pits. Scoop out the avocado flesh with a spoon. Put the flesh in a bowl, add 1/2 tsp salt and mash with a potato masher to the desired consistency. Juice the lime into the mixture. Mix in the remaining ingredients. Add salt to taste.

Click image to watch:

Notes:
- The plant that grows from the coriander seed is known in U.S. supermarkets as cilantro. The taste, though, between seed and plant is completely different. Avoid the temptation to use cilantro in the guacamole. It is evil. Don't believe me? Visit http://www.IHateCilantro.com

- In the video I sample the guacamole with a spoon and then add a little more salt. If you are serving your dip with chips, though, you should sample the guacamole with a chip since chips, at least most of them, are salted. You could end up over-salting your dip.

- Adding tequila can bring out alcohol soluble flavors-- Mmmm. However, one thing soluble in alcohol is capsaicin-- that's the stuff that makes peppers hot. That means that the hotness of pepper lessens in alcohol-- which is partially why drinking a cold beer after eating some hot wings takes a wee bit of the edge off. So, if you like it hot, you may want to add an extra pepper.

- Which brings me to the peppers. Sometimes when I purchase jalapenos they are hot. Sometimes, they aren't so hot. When you're shopping, buy one or two more than you need just in case they're on the mild side. You can always add some ground cayenne pepper to the dip if you want it really hot. Just remember that spicy doesn't always mean good-- save that for the wing-eating contest. That's two mentions of wings now-- do I need to do a show on wings?