Patterico's Pontifications

7/16/2019

Olé for Guacamole!

Filed under: General — DRJ @ 7:43 am



[Headline from DRJ]

Where’s the guac? Austin restaurants hit with skyrocketing avocado prices:

Do you love avocados in your tacos, fanned across a sandwich or salad, or coloring a dish of raw fish? The price of your affection might be going up at restaurants around town.

Wholesale prices for avocados imported from Mexico have more than doubled in the past month, according to Austin restaurant owners, leaving restaurateurs scrambling for ways to respond. Consumers are also seeing higher prices at grocery stores. The increases are caused by where we are in the growing season and a tightened supply, which is controlled by producers, according to industry experts.

I also wonder if suppliers and consumers bought extra last month, due to the possibility of tariffs on Mexico, and that impacted the market?

— DRJ

13 Responses to “Olé for Guacamole!”

  1. Must be Taco Tuesday.
    BTW, for anyone north of Seattle, Sol Food has a phenomenal Taco Tuesday and mojitos.

    Paul Montagu (fc91e5)

  2. Zocalo restaurant in Sacramento sells the best Mexican food in California, bar none.

    Avocado… the best ones have a buttery, nutty flavor, imo. A shortage would be a definite concern in my world.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  3. Why dont the southeastern coastal and not-coastal states start developing a better avocado so we dont have to hear these stories.

    Is the Zocalo neutral ground for Surs, Nortes, and Bulldogs?

    urbanleftbehind (5eecdb)

  4. Avocados from the Big Island are the best.

    mg (8cbc69)

  5. Zocalo restaurant in Sacramento sells the best Mexican food in California, bar none.

    I’ve got a bro in Carmichael. Good tip for when I see him.

    Paul Montagu (fc91e5)

  6. 3… so far, yes, ulb…

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  7. mr president donald would never allow failmerica to run out of guacamole because he loves us too much and you can bet he has emergency supplies of salsa stockedpiled in the white house basement too

    Dave (1bb933)

  8. How long can you store them before they go bad? When I buy them they only last a few days.

    Time123 (66d88c)

  9. Whether you can get good fresh guacamole or not, don’t forget pico de gallo. You ought to give it a try, oh! But don’t get it in your eye-oh! Pico de gallo.

    Beldar (a5097b)

  10. 8… store them in the fridge!

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  11. …and in the butter bin (with the plastic flap-door) to boot.

    urbanleftbehind (5eecdb)

  12. the small ones are too mushy,

    narciso (d1f714)

  13. It wasn’t too long ago Tom Selleck, famed actor and star of Blue Bloods, was caught stealing water to irrigate the avocado fields on his ranch in California. The county had imposed rationing due to a severe drought, so he had his workers drive a tanker truck to the adjacent water district and till it with a fire hydrant. Several times over months, even after he received a cease-and-desist letter from the district. He was sued, because it is illegal to transport water, paid for or not, from one district to another. The case was settled for $21,000. He did save the avocados though, so he’ll recoup the fine now that prices are rising.

    Gawain's Ghost (b25cd1)


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