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Originally Posted by pj3000
You're lucky. Avocados were pretty much a rather exotic thing in the northern/northeastern US until guacamole became a household snack dip, and then with the adoption by millennials, it was discovered that the fruit itself could be used for delicious concoctions rather recently.
We've long had it down in Miami, thanks to Cuban cooking. But for greater "middle America", it's still somewhat of a recent novelty.
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Yeah, I grew up with avocados. It helped too that my parents have an avocado tree in their back yard.
For my sister and me growing up, during the summer my mom would make a pitcher of mashed avocados and milk, with a bit of sugar in it, and it'd make a nice refreshing cold drink. We also had popsicle molds, and we'd use that concoction to make avocado popsicles. Mmm, memories!
I've heard people joke that in California, people will ask to add avocado to a dish at restaurants... but that's often the case! Like a salad with avocado, or a burger/sandwich with avocado...