Wednesday, December 4, 2013

I Like The Color Green But Not That Much!

One of the basic rules of art is knowing your colors. Primary, Red, Yellow and Blue and from these colors the Secondary Colors are made, Violet, Orange and Green.
    I have been working in produce Cut Fruit now for over a month, and naturally the Primary Colors, Red strawberries, watermelon ,raspberries, Yellow pineapple and Blue blueberries.  Secondary Colors close to Violet blackberries, Orange cantaloupe and...Green avocados, come across my way, thus...guacamole!
    I like the color of green but not that much, recently I had to learn how to make this guacamole dip with fresh avocados.
    Seasoning, garlic,lime juice, onions, tomatoes,green and red peppers go into mashed avocados.  After this creation, I look down at my apron and notice what almost looks like small green paint balls had hit me but its avocados smeared on me. It is very messy at times.  I also have to beat the air pockets out of the containers after I fill them to make sure that the guacamole will not turn brown inside of them.
    It takes me back to the days when I was in High school art when we worked with clay.  The clay couldn't have air pockets otherwise it would explode in the oven.  So we would wedge the clay against the table to ensure that there wouldn't be air-bubbles.
    The dip tastes good, but I can do without the mess.  The main thing though is it sure was nice to be able to learn something new and if I have it get a little "Green" in the process, well that will be ok.  Its all good and its a good art medium as well.

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