What does these measurements mean?

Hmmmmmmm, never used a recipe for making guacamole. Just put it all together until it tastes good. Some gringos don't like taste of cilantro so taste it first or as you add it. Or just buy some salsa and mix a few avacados with it.

We dont measure just keeping mixing and adding to your taste. It's simple don't over complicate it :)

Casinojunkie wrote:
Have a recipe that calls for
2 col avocados
2 - g chopped cilantro,
1 - g diced tomatoes,
1 - 2 g lime juice.

What does the col and/or g stand for?

I don't know what the "2 col avocados" part means but I suspect the rest reads this way:

2 - grams chopped cilantro
2 - grams diced tomatoes
1 - 2 grams lime juice

Maybe the "col" part stands for a variety of avocado common to wherever the writer of this recipe comes from originally?

Best I can think up.

Hardly think it would be grams.

Most of the world uses metric measures, not random american sizes.

Here is a conversion chart or two.

It would certainly not be grams. 2 grams is a very small amount of anything.

Helimech wrote:
Hardly think it would be grams.

Most of the rest of the world measures by mass not volume as the USA does.

Still that could make one scratch their head over the lime juice unless the recipe's writer having already weighed out the other ingredients opted to do the same with the juice. That would be similar to the way some grandmothers (at least one of mine:D)measured everything using a non standardized teacup belonging to her household. If your teacup was bigger or smaller at least you had some idea of the ratio, LOL.

Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
It would certainly not be grams. 2 grams is a very small amount of anything.

You have a valid point when it comes to the measurement being a small amount.

Here's a gaucimole recipe written in grams using only one avocado:

To make 1 serving of guacamole:

1 ripe Haas avocado (The flesh from one avocado at our restaurants weighs 200 grams and this recipe is built around that number, you may need another avocado to get your quota of flesh if they are on the smaller side.)

10 grams of fresh green cilantro leaves

10 grams of freshly squeezed lime juice

3 grams of salt

20 grams of sweet pickled jalapeños, cut into a small dice

20 grams of minced white onion

The comparison in amts is startling.

My favorite quick guacamole recipe just uses avocado, green salsa and a bit of garlic powder. The green salsa has enough acid that the avocados don't turn dark, and using green salsa instead of red means that the salsa stays green.

I don't ever use a recipe for guacamole...just the above or if I make it from scratch, I just keep adding things like lime juice, cilantro, garlic, green onions, tomato, etc., until it tastes right. I don't add salt to the mixture, though, as the salt from the tortilla chips is usually plenty.

There must be hundreds of Guacamole recipes, and many of them use U.S. measurements. Here's a link.