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"A single avocado would blow a third of the budget for the whole day!"

Depends on location, season... I bought 4 last thursday for 79 cents a piece. Two make about "one meals worth" guacamole for four hungry people as a condiment so that's about 40 cents per person not $1.66 or whatever. Possibly in the depths of winter avocados are $2 each.

Take that guacamole, smear some on a tortilla, shove something into the tortilla like shredded carrot and heavily seasoned fried green beans, and its pretty tasty. Of course the stuff that goes into guacamole isn't free. Still a decent meal for maybe $1.50 or so, maybe $2.

Lately I've been using spicy guacamole as a condiment on meats. Strangely tasty on a burger.

[chc]

Probably true. I bought four yesterday for $1.50 apiece, which is the number I was thinking of. Pricy, but they can really make a meal, so I feel like they're worth it. Incidentally, either your avocados are a lot heftier than mine or your friends get a lot less hungry than my wife and I do, because two make barely enough guacamole to go with our quesadillas.