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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Just consider the relative hardness of your flesh versus the pit. And the fact that while you intend to hit the pit straight on, imbedding the knife, if it slips sideways, by the time it hits your skin it's going to be moving in a slicing motion, which obviously makes penetration of skin and tendons easier. What's so difficult about laying it on the cutting board? You're still allowed to hold the end of it for stability, just don't put your palm behind it.

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