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Does anyone have any tips on how to get the pit off the knife?
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
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.
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.
Find it more efficient to scoop the entirety of the halved avo out with a spoon, then slice it.
Whack the pit with another knife
It's clear from the image you throw it away
People are idiots andll try to whack that seed full force with a blunt potato peeler.
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.
That method is messed up. Just quarter, pop, and peel.
Here's a link skipping the intro: https://youtu.be/2tzmF9lEZi0?t=50.
That ? Should be an & https://youtu.be/2tzmF9lEZi0&t=50
No, it shouldn't. The query part is supposed to be delimited by a ? and multiple fields are usually separated by a &.
Well, the ? doesn't work on my phone but the & does. I don't know more than that.
Probably because there's a question mark earlier in the url?
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.
consider just cutting it like a tomato and removing the sliced pit.
You could also choose to do it like the "oh no, it opens both ways. I was here yesterday" guy from I Think You Should Leave and just keep applying force until you cut right through the pit.
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.
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
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.
You need to demonstrate this knowledge, along with how to properly roll a burrito, to graduate high school in California. I can personally attest.
First you must try to stab the pit and slice your hand. Then you can start doing it the right way.
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
You guys have avocados?
/j
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 back 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.
This method does not endanger your appendages. I disapprove.
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.
