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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Using a chef's knife, cut around core and twist to separate halves. The core will remain stuck on one side.
Holding the side with the core in your off-hand, (gently) chop the knife into the core and twist to remove it from the avocado half. Reaching around the back side of the blade, pinch the core off with your fingers.
Scoop the avocado flesh from the skins using a large spoon, then slice/dice/mash as desired.

That's how I learned to do it (in a tex-mex chain restaurant), anyway. I think maybe we were supposed to use one of those cut-proof gloves for step #2, but nobody bothered.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Step 2 should be: Put the side with the seed DOWN skin-side down, and lightly whack the long sharp edge of the knife into the seed without risking your hand. If you're afraid of the avocado escaping, hold one end, but don't put your whole palm directly in the line of cut. A lot of people wind up in the ER because avocado seeds are slippery and may send the blade askew, or just because they missed. Twist to pop out the seed, and whack the handle on the edge of your trashcan to dislodge it into the trash.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I worked in the ED for a decade and this is very true. Avocado injuries might be the most common non allergic good injury. I do mine like this guy says. Usually 3 or 4 a day. I only use butter knives to cut them and the wacking the seed still works. I then take the knife and make either slices or grids in the fruit while it is in the peel and use a spoon to scoop out the pre cut flesh

[–] memfree@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So many injuries doing that:

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

¯\_(ツ)_/

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

However, people also tend to stab themselves in the hand as they attempt to use the knife tip to remove the avocado pit.

They're not doing it right. You don't stab the pit with the point of the blade, it's more like a chop.

https://youtu.be/eGd6GfHG77I

Of course, you could just use a spoon to remove the pit. Or I saw another variant where you push it out from the "back" of the side its stuck in once cut in half, no tool needed beyond the initial halving

[–] memfree@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Read the lines before that -- or at least read the "also" to notice stabbing is a secondary injury.

Mostly: just put the avocado down! ERs feel the need to warn about how common an accident this is, so why tempt fate?

People lose their grip on the avocado and accidentally slice their palms or fingers, doctors have warned. When this happens, there’s a high likelihood of people accidentally severing their nerves or tendons. However, people also tend to stab themselves in the hand as they attempt to use the knife tip to remove the avocado pit.

From the Sun:

Wolfe recommended holding an avocado down on a cutting board and slicing into it with the dominant hand, cutting around the fruit at the equator, then rolling it halfway over and cutting again, according to CBS New York.