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

  • SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee
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    1 个月前

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

  • Fermion@feddit.nl
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    1 个月前

    The trick to getting the pit off the knife is to not whack it in to begin with. Hold the knife parallel to the first cut and use the point on the dude of the knife near your hand to pry the pit up. It doesn’t take much force and the pit pops right out without sticking to the knife.

  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    1 个月前

    I take off the pit by rubbing the knife against the sink so it pops off in the sink, and doesn’t dirty anything I can’t clean easily.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    1 个月前

    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.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    1 个月前

    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

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    1 个月前

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

  • mrmule@lemm.ee
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    1 个月前

    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.

  • flynnguy@programming.dev
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    1 个月前

    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.

  • Captain Poofter@lemmy.world
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    1 个月前

    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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      1 个月前

      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.

      • Captain Poofter@lemmy.world
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        1 个月前

        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.