How to Cut and Peel an Avocado

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:53:59 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: can be tricky at first, but SO good and worth it!

1 Grip the avocado gently on one side with one hand. With a large, sharp knife in the other hand, cut the avocado lengthwise around the seed. Open the two halves to expose the pit.

hold the avocado half with the pit. Gently tap the pit with a knife with enough force so that the knife edge wedges into the pit, but not so hard as to cut all the way through it.

With the edge of the knife, twist the pit out of the avocado and discard.

3b To make avocado slices, use a knife to slice the inside of the avocado halves into sections. Don't worry if you cut right through the peel.

4 Use your fingers to separate the avocado segments from the peel.

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Links:
What's in a Name? The Avocado Story - how the avocado got its name, from NPR
www.avocado.org's Guacamole Central - more versions of guacamole

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How to Cut and Peel an Avocado