Why else would he put his name to this unnecessary new product: a tool to scoop out avocados. Yeah, start laughing now, cuz that is one stupid invention. Not as ridiculous as the taco holder the good folks at LATaco brought to our attention, but certainly in the same league. Alton Brown, hater of the Uni-tasker tool, ought to kick his ass. It’s sad mostly because Bayless actually has some decent Mexican cookbooks, he really should know better than promote this gringo product. I’ll make you a bet he doesn’t even use this drawer space waster, it looks as if you have to learn a new way to use a bent spoon, certainly more effort than necessary. Like the rest of the world, he most likely uses a spoon..
..because its so easy any menso can do it. Cut the aguacate in half like this with a knife, don’t go out looking for a damn Avocado Slicer Machine. You can get the pit out easily by tapping the sharp edge of the knife into it and then twisting it out.
Shove a spoon in between the skin and the meat of the fruit, like this.
Work it around the rest of the fruit. This isn’t some delicate origami fold, con ganas cabrones! You’re probably just going to mash the hell out of it anyways, bruise it up if you must.
Sas, que magia!
If that seems problematic, you might need to see a therapist about that eye-hand coordination. Or give me $15 and I’ll send you a big bent spoon myself. Nah, just kidding, I’d just keep your money and laugh at how stupid you are!
Now I’m off to make some guacamole taquero!
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Alton Brown’s awesome… (Makes me almost miss cable TV.)
I don’t know what to say about that ridiculous spoon.
This tool would go great with one of those retarded avocado slicers that they sell. You too can clutter your kitchen drawers with a multitude of single-use tools that you’ll sell for pennies at your next yard sale.
I used to work with a woman who owned an $80 titanium garlic press, and who couldn’t stop shouting to the mountains about how necessary and life changing it was. Sheesh!
I’m not sure how that scooper works because you still need to cut the avocado. If marketing was done properly it should come in a package with an avocado cutter or special knife.
The taco holder makes a little more sense. Ya know some people apparently have to see 3 tacos filled at one time right next to each other. They can’t fill one taco at a time and put it on there plate. haha.
hijole!
hey Chanfles, please e-mail me.
Hmmm… aguacates (said in a Homer Simpson lusting after donuts voice). I feel weird about liking aguacates so much after reading the Ask a Mexican book and learning about the meaning of the Nahuatl word aguacate comes from.
i got some really nice $1 aguacates from the farmer’s market in downtown (the one that is on the lawn at city hall).
Have you seen this?
http://www.chefsresource.com/oxo-mango-splitter-slicer.html
It is a mango splitter.
Oy vey!
Spoons rule.
That is a ridonkulous tool.
Chavo!! I am here to DEFEND Rick Bayless. I saw one of those PELA AGUACATE chingaderas the last time I was in Mexico. The Mexican vendor was selling it in the mercado and it was sitting right next to the Mexican lemon/lime metal press like this one: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Images/presses.jpg
I passed both up. Why would I need a lemon/lime press if I can squeeze the lemon or lime by hand as god intended.
Seriously, I like Rick Bayless and his show. Very informative and entertaining. Looks like a dumb product, but who knows, I haven’t tried it. Maybe it works like a charm.
Before I even started reading the post my mother and I started laughing at the Photo of the Avocado Fork.
I don’t like Rick Bayless. Yeah, es cierto that he has introduced Gabachos to real Mexican Cooking. Yeah, I’ll give him credit for bringing in real Mexcian cuisine that isn’t Taco Bell Tacos or Del Taco Burritos.
My problem is that he’s a white guy. I mean come on. I watch a lot of cooking shows. You got Lidia Bastianich and Mary Ann Esposito of “Ciao Italia” They do Italian Food and they’re Italian. You have Ming Tsai of “Simply Ming” and Martin Yan who’s had many shows doing Chinese food and yeah, they’re both Chinese.
Who do we get promoting our comida???? Some pasty faced, yuppie white guy from Chicago. Come on PBS. There’s got to be some Latino chef somewhere who can speak for us.
Come on now…Julia Child wasn’t born in France either. A good chef is a good chef no matter the color or ethnicity. Beside I’m sure there’s room for a Latino chef on PBS
Sorry EL LALO..
Latinos DONT sell shows, as sad and simple as that.
BTW Ricky has lived in Oaxaca and is a great chef,way better than most in the Food Chanel not Mex but a very good Chef non the least.
I wand to serve a drunk guy soup with that spoon.
The avocat spoon has another use, apparently. Mi novia takes it to bed and swears by it. She hands them out to all her girlfriends. I do not think they are making guacamole.
The tool is probably as useful as this blog. What are you, the Glenn Beck of the avacado league?