Comments on: Guacamole Reaches Beverly Hills 1931 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:08:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rachel Laudan http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-312 Rachel Laudan Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:04:10 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-312 Well, I guess it shows just how successful the California Avocado Association has been! Well, I guess it shows just how successful the California Avocado Association has been!

]]> By: Kay Curtis http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-305 Kay Curtis Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:55:29 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-305 I'm not sure just how culinarily relevant this is but I just saw in the NYT that more than 100 million avocados are consumed in the USA on Super Bowl Sunday. I’m not sure just how culinarily relevant this is but I just saw in the NYT that more than 100 million avocados are consumed in the USA on Super Bowl Sunday.

]]> By: Kay Curtis http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-262 Kay Curtis Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:27:17 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-262 I don't know. I never saw it mashed, only sliced and chopped on any salad and many other dishes -- especially soup as in MX. I don’t know. I never saw it mashed, only sliced and chopped on any salad and many other dishes — especially soup as in MX.

]]> By: Rachel Laudan http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-257 Rachel Laudan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:35:34 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-257 I had no idea that the Pacific coast used the term palta for avocado. Do they also use it for guacamole? I had no idea that the Pacific coast used the term palta for avocado. Do they also use it for guacamole?

]]> By: Kay Curtis http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-246 Kay Curtis Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:02:28 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-246 English, French, Italian, Spanish, Port ----- the word is similar enough to recognize. When traveling in Chile one needs ask for palta. Curiosity sparked, I asked, "Why?" and found this: Francisco Gardiazabal Irazabal Dept. of Agronomy Catholic University of Valparaiso Quillota, Chile The Inca Indians of Peru spread the avocado, a fruit they called "palta," throughout the Pacific coast of South America. This fruit was given this name, according to Garcilazo de la Vega (1605), because they came from the province of Palta in Equator. It was from this place that the Indians took the "palta" to Cuzco. This is the name given to avocados in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile. http://www.avocadosource.com/cas_yearbooks/cas_85_2001/cas_2001_pg_113-128.pdf English, French, Italian, Spanish, Port —– the word is similar enough to recognize. When traveling in Chile one needs ask for palta. Curiosity sparked, I asked, “Why?” and found this:
Francisco Gardiazabal Irazabal
Dept. of Agronomy Catholic University of Valparaiso Quillota, Chile
The Inca Indians of Peru spread the avocado, a fruit they called “palta,” throughout the Pacific coast of South America. This fruit was given this name, according to Garcilazo de la Vega (1605), because they came from the province of Palta in Equator. It was from this place that the Indians took the “palta” to Cuzco. This is the name given to avocados in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile.
http://www.avocadosource.com/cas_yearbooks/cas_85_2001/cas_2001_pg_113-128.pdf

]]> By: Adam Balic http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-216 Adam Balic Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:14:17 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-216 Very true, although I would be surprised if any existing avocado recipes would be excluded from the selection. and there is a largish selction of "Mexican" dishes and ingredients. I found online annual reports of the "California Avocado Association" which date back to 1915 and there is certainly plenty of references to avacados in California at the end of the late 19th century. Getting back to the CAA annuals, there are a number of recipes given, mayonnaise is a relatively common additive. Haven't found a recipe for Guacamole in these notes yet, but haven't looked very carefully. Have seen a 1922 Los Ang. recipe from "CASTELAR CRECHE COOK BOOK Edited and Compiled by Board of Directors for the benefit of the Castelar Creche, A Home for Homeless Babies" . These are interesting links: http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_02_1916/CAS_1916_PG_067-071.pdf http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_01_1915/CAS_1915_PG_75-77.pdf http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_01_1915/CAS_1915_PG_77-81.pdf http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_02_1916/CAS_1916_PG_105-144.pdf Very true, although I would be surprised if any existing avocado recipes would be excluded from the selection. and there is a largish selction of “Mexican” dishes and ingredients.

I found online annual reports of the “California Avocado Association” which date back to 1915 and there is certainly plenty of references to avacados in California at the end of the late 19th century. Getting back to the CAA annuals, there are a number of recipes given, mayonnaise is a relatively common additive.

Haven’t found a recipe for Guacamole in these notes yet, but haven’t looked very carefully. Have seen a 1922 Los Ang. recipe from “CASTELAR CRECHE COOK BOOK Edited and Compiled by Board of Directors for the benefit of the Castelar Creche, A Home for Homeless Babies” .

These are interesting links:

http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_02_1916/CAS_1916_PG_067-071.pdf

http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_01_1915/CAS_1915_PG_75-77.pdf

http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_01_1915/CAS_1915_PG_77-81.pdf

http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_02_1916/CAS_1916_PG_105-144.pdf

]]> By: Rachel Laudan http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-212 Rachel Laudan Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:26:51 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-212 I did the same. Of course it's difficult to tell because the editors did not reprint the whole cookbook. What one has to remember is that from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s (and probably longer than that) the Mexican elite saw the way forward as eating French Cuisine. I did the same. Of course it’s difficult to tell because the editors did not reprint the whole cookbook. What one has to remember is that from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s (and probably longer than that) the Mexican elite saw the way forward as eating French Cuisine.

]]> By: Adam Balic http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html/comment-page-1#comment-211 Adam Balic Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:34:59 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/01/guacamole-reaches-beverly-hills-1931.html#comment-211 I look quickly at the Mexican-Californian "Ecarnacion's Kitchen" (first published as "El Cocinero Espanol", 1898) and can't see any mention of the avacado. How interesting. I look quickly at the Mexican-Californian “Ecarnacion’s Kitchen” (first published as “El Cocinero Espanol”, 1898) and can’t see any mention of the avacado. How interesting.

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