@Louisa @nsmckinnon roasting avocados is fine

@SanfordianPhil @Louisa OH MY GOD DO I SINGLE-HANDEDLY HAVE TO FIX YOU GRINGOS ON THE SUBJECT OF AVOCADOS

@nsmckinnon @Louisa food can be prepared however you want there are no rules

@SanfordianPhil @Louisa it's not even that I disagree with this, huge fan of preparing food in nontraditional ways here

it's more that given what avocados are made of, roasting them makes negative sense

@nsmckinnon @Louisa hmmm I've had warm avocados is there something about heating them that messes them like... chemically?

@SanfordianPhil @Louisa warm avocado is fine, I grew up eating a couple slices with a lot of meals, but sticking an avocado in the oven is roughly the vegan equivalent of trying to roast cream cheese

@nsmckinnon @Louisa so you're saying deep fry it??! Or like pan fry it? To sear it?

@SanfordianPhil @Louisa Louisa mentioned a pretty good grilled application which I could actually see being good, but I'm assuming it was direct heat

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil you say this like it's not EXACTLY HOW YOU MAKE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

@Louisa @SanfordianPhil the cream cheese goes IN the mushrooms, though, you don't just put a fuckin block of neufchatel in there and crank it to 400

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil maybe YOU don't

@Louisa @SanfordianPhil right, because I'm not trying to get myself called to the Hague for crimes against humanity

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil my parents are not good cooks but I always liked the mushroom caps with cream cheese, bacon and scallions in them they made for parties, the browned top of the cream cheese is very good

@Louisa @SanfordianPhil I think the fact that the cream cheese is contained within the mushroom is important to how it cooks

but I agree that the metaphor isn't 100% bang-on, it's just that it's the closest thing I can think of in terms of "mostly fat, creamy texture, should remain cool"

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil I don't disagree, I just LIKE disagreeing

@Louisa @SanfordianPhil makes two of us, poor Phil is now in my usual spot of being caught between two decided contrarians

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil *Phil voice* I'm just here to have fun

@Louisa @nsmckinnon I'm just already happy to be here

@Louisa @nsmckinnon also stop stating up later than me Louisa you wake up earlier

@SanfordianPhil @nsmckinnon I'm here for a good time not for a long time, Phil

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil *whispering* watch this, Phil

Uh Noah did you know you can make pudding by mixing avocado with cocoa powder and sugar

@Louisa @SanfordianPhil yes, I did, and given what they're made of, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE

so does baking them into brownies, which you can also do with a few more ingredients

what you cannot do is roast a plain avocado

@nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil oh, can't I? I think you'll fine I can, and it's bad 😌

@Louisa @nsmckinnon @SanfordianPhil oh shit~
*takes cover behind a barrel

@SanfordianPhil @Louisa @nsmckinnon

Like, getting Jeffrey Ross to tell some offensive, yet vaguely affectionate jokes about the avacado?