Yummo....November 14 is National Guacamole Day!!! Here are today’s five thing to know about Guacamole: 1.Avocados are native to Central and South America, where they have been cultivated for over 10,000 years. 2.Another name for the avocado is the “alligator pear,” so-called because of its alligator skin texture and pear shape. 3.The Aztec word for avocado was ahuacatl, which means “testicle tree”. 4.Spanish explorers could not pronounce ahuacatl, so they called the avocado aguacate. This is the origin of the word guacamole. 5.The origin of guacamole is the Aztec avocado sauce called ahuaca-hulli.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:14:17 +0000
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