Does anyone have any tips on how to get the pit off the knife?

  • Captain Poofter@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    the most confusing part of this process is no clearer in this graphic. “wack knife with heal of hand and twist” and all it shows is the knife sitting on top of the pit? wtf does “wack knife with heal of hand and twist” mean? where do we wack the knife? twist what? the knife?? god i hate this post

    • moakley@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      You’re digging the knife into the pit to get a grip on it without damaging the avocado flesh around it.

      To do so, place the knife as shown in the picture, then hit the back of it with your hand to drive it in. I usually just take a swing at it with the knife itself, but it’s probably a little more consistent to do it this way.

      Avocado pits are slippery. You can’t usually just grab them with your fingers.

      So just do what the picture shows, and then do what the instructions say, in that order.

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        13 hours ago

        i already know how to cut an avocado, i was saying these directions are not great at the one specific area people have trouble with, the pit removal. the graphic and instructions do not help and are confusing unless you already understand the method. “firmly embed the blade into the pit by hitting it downward with your palm, then twist the pit out once it’s attached to the knife” is more in line with what they need to hear. not “wack knife with heel of palm and twist” with a photo of a knife simply hovering above an avocado. if you don’t already know what to do, this is not helpful.

  • SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    Find it more efficient to scoop the entirety of the halved avo out with a spoon, then slice it.

  • Alsjemenou@lemy.nl
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    1 day ago

    People are idiots andll try to whack that seed full force with a blunt potato peeler.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Just don’t go all Conan on the pit when you chop it. A light tap with a french chef knife is all it takes to embed the blade. After twisting it free of the avocado I sort of wipe the pit into the top of whatever empty milk carton I’m using as a compost container. It drops off the blade very easily.

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    I’m so confused about the whacking a knife with your hand, so you are presumably holding the knife with the other hand into a fairly hard object, nestled in another unsupported round object. You should hold the half with the pit with a light strike of the knife then twist.

  • flynnguy@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    So take the knife, put your thumb and index finger on either side with the web of your hand on the blunt side of the knife with the sharp side away from you. Squeeze the back of the pit and it should pop right off.

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      1 day ago

      I usually pinch the knife (from the dull side) with my thumb and finger right up against the pit, putting pressure on it just until it pops off. Very similar to your method

  • mrmule@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    This is the method I saw all over Mexico. You can also skip the slicing part and just use a spoon to scoop/slice out small pieces.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You need to demonstrate this knowledge, along with how to properly roll a burrito, to graduate high school in California. I can personally attest.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I just grip the put with a lipless bite looking like squidward trying a krabby patty. The pit isn’t that hard, it’s just mounted in a mush