How do you cut avacadoes?

[calvinbiss]

I need to slice 2 avacadoes and put them on a salad. I have enver dealt with an avavcadoe before, how do you skin it and stuff?

 

[Ryan]

One clean cut going around the Avacado (vertically), effectivly halfing it, then slide your knife under a area without a lot of meat, and separate the too

 

[loup garou]

Usually, I leave the skin on, and cut into it lenghtwise in the center. When you hit the pit with the knife, rotate around the length, cutting it all the way around. Pull the two halves apart and remove the pit, then slice each half. The skin should come off the slices real easily. Works best with a very sharp knife.

 

[HomerSapien]

ever cut a peach? slice in half(lengthwise), open up, take out giant seed, pull off skin, slice like apple or peach strips.

 

[Hammer]

you cut avocados in a circular fashion in half around the seed. then remove the seed.

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: Hammer
you cut avocados in a circular fashion in half around the seed. then remove the seed.

Thats what I do..

As for the skin I squeeze the meat out.. never really need it in a good solid form anyway, usually just mash it up for sammiches or burritos.

 

[oog]

slice lengthwise with the skin still on. the big pit in the middle will force you to cut around it. twist the two halves apart. the pit will stay in one half. tap the blade of the knife into the pit so you can lever it out. for each side, slice a cross-hatch pattern, being careful not to completely puncture the skin. then, with a spoon, scoop out the cubes of avocado.

it's easier to slice the avocado while it's still in the skin, rather than trying to deal with it after scooping it out of the skin.

 

[amnesiac]

Make sure the avocado is slightly soft before using. Unripe avocados not only taste nasty but have a bad texture and are hard to deal with.

1. Cut avocado all the way around lengthwise
2. Rotate both halves in opposite directions; if it's ripe it should come apart easily.
3. Pull out the seed
4. Peel off the skin
5. Holding it in the palm of your hand, cut into strips and fan out onto the salad.

 

[ggavinmoss]

You can also scoop it out with a spoon (after cutting it in half and removing the pit) and then slice.

-geoff

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: oog
slice lengthwise with the skin still on. the big pit in the middle will force you to cut around it. twist the two halves apart. the pit will stay in one half. tap the blade of the knife into the pit so you can lever it out. for each side, slice a cross-hatch pattern, being careful not to completely puncture the skin. then, with a spoon, scoop out the cubes of avocado.

it's easier to slice the avocado while it's still in the skin, rather than trying to deal with it after scooping it out of the skin.

Yep, yep good advice. After you cut the avocado in half, just tap the knife blade into the pit (like you're splitting firewood). Use this as leverage as you pull the pit away from the half of the avocado.

When you're getting the flesh out, I recommend turning the skin inside out after cutting the cross-hatch pattern. That way you can use a knife to cut the flesh away from the skin instead of a spoon (less waste that way).

 

[Macro2]

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[notfred]

Cut it in half the same way everyone else has said, then take a knife and slice up the fruit while it's still inside the skin. You'll have half an avocado with a bunch of slits in it. Then take a spoon, scoop out the insides, and it falls apart into a bunch of neatly sliced peices. That's how I've always done it.