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Sept. 16, 2026

National Guacamole Day.

National Guacamole Day.
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National Guacamole Day: avocados, Mexican cuisine, and foods with unexpectedly fascinating histories.

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Calaruga shark media Hia Mark Ellison In today's theme is

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National Guacamole Day, Avocado's Mexican cuisine and foods with unexpectedly

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fascinating histories. Question one. In the United States, National Guacamole

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Day is observed on the same date that Mexico commemorates

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its Independence Day. What is that date? Question two. The

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word guacamole comes from a Nahuatal phrase that literally means

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avocado sauce. What two Nowatal words combined to form it?

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Question three. The world's dominant avocado variety bears the name

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of a California mail carrier who patented it in nineteen

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thirty five after nurturing a seedling in his yard. Who

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was he fo Many cooks swear that guacamole made in

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a traditional Mexican mortar and pestle carved from volcanic basalt

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tastes better thanks to its rough, aromatic grind. What is

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this tool called? Question five? Which popular taco style featuring

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marinated pork cooked on a vertical spit and shaved into

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tortillas grew out of the influence of Lebanese shiauarma brought

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by immigrants to Mexico in the twentieth century. We'll be

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right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back.

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Question one, What date is National Guacamole Day? Answer September sixteenth.

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September sixteenth marks the anniversary of the eighteen ten Greeto

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de Dolores that launched Mexico's independence movement. The US holiday

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is unofficial, but lines up perfectly with a day of

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Mexican pride and guacamole. Question two, Which Nahuatal words make guacamole? Answer? Ahuacado,

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avocado plus moley sauce. Guacamole derives from the nahuatl ajuacamole,

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a blend of ahuacata and molly, reflecting its Aztec roots.

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Spanish speakers adapted ahuacado to aguacat, which became avocado in English.

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Question three who patented the has avocado? Answer? Rudolph Has.

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Rudolph Hass's nineteen thirty five patent helped popularize the pebbly

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skinned Hass avocado, propagated from a mother tree in Lahabra Heights.

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Its rich flavor and sturdy skin made it the leading

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commercial variety worldwide. Question four, name the volcanic stone mortar?

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Used for guacamole. Answer molcahete with a tejolote pestle. A

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molcha heete is a basalt mortar paired with a tejo

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lote pestle. Its porous surface crushes chili's garlic and herbs

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to release essential oils, yielding a more fragrant, textured guacamole.

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Question five, Which taco style has Lebanese roots? Answer tak

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al pastor. Lebanese immigrants introduced spit roasted meat techniques that

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evolved into Taco's Ara base in Puebla and later Al

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Pastor in Mexico City. The vertical spit trompo and method

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come from Shawarma, while the seasoning is distinctively Mexican. That

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concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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