• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Reminder: put the avocado half DOWN on the table before whacking the pit with the knife. What’s the matter, no cutting board? Afraid you’ll accidentally whack the knife into the table? Let that sink in…

    • KarmaPolice@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      I’ve heard of this before, and I don’t understand… How far back do people bring their knife to whack the pit?

      I bring my knife a couple of centimeters up. I don’t think I bring it down hard enough to do any serious harm to my hand… But the way people talk about this, it seems everyone is doing an anime stance of pulling a sword from their sheath, going as far back as they can, and scream while trying to cut the pit in half with their oversized sword. Obviously missing and cutting off their hand in the process.

      • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        The problem as I understand it is that people try to dig/slide the pit out of the avocado with the knife and their hand slips. The safer way is what you described - choose a knife with a bit of weight, draw it back a few cms and give it a nice whack, then with the knife firmly embedded, twist to release the pit.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        13 days ago

        Sounds like you’re describing surgical failure in Rimworld “alright just removing the infect finger… And…ah shit I accidentally stabbed him in the face 25 times and killed him”