I was back home visiting my family last year and I noticed my mom struggling with an avocado. She had the skin about half peeled off and was trying to hold onto the slippery inside while peeling the rest of the skin off in little chunks. I asked her what she was doing and she answered “peeling the avocado” like it was some ridiculous question. About this time my wife noticed what was going on and started cracking up laughing. She finished peeling and awkwardly slicing it while we discussed the fact that we had never seen anyone do it that way and on the next one we showed her the “cut it in half, remove the pit, and scoop it out” method. She was blown away. Apparently she has just always peeled them and never questioned if there was an easier way.
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Is your partner a raccoon?
There's certainly commonalities, yes.
Ahhh... mine is the same way. I'd never seen bread opened from the side before we got together...
Your partner is clearly a psychopath!
Wtf, that's so wasteful
No. They have a partner who will eat literal trash to avoid food waste, and they know it.
Dude at least they attempted to scoop it out. My better half cuts it in half and SQUEEZES it out because she's decided it's better/easier than cutting it out properly. Now I walk into the kitchen and find the mutilated remains of our avocados.
It takes literally 1 second to do with a spoon.
But I've learned not to have those arguments with my wife.
I've started squeezing it out more often. saves me having to clean a spoon and if it's the right firmness, doesn't really leave anything behind.
what I'm saying is that your partner has a skill issue.
now, there is a trick to it - slice the flesh first. don't just grab a half and start squeezing - you have to give it structure that wants to easily slip out. do a grid pattern and the pillars just pop right out. this is, in my experience, the least effort method to get avocado into a nice guac situation. slice and dice, squeeze into bowl, mash with fork. minimum number of utensils.
The ragebait equivalent like someone taking a way uneven slice of pie or cake.
well at least you don't have to worry about having enough money for retirement. congrats on marrying wealthy
Are all the spoons dirty or something?
Also, are they eating avocado with butter?
I think scooping it out with a butter knife might be a cultural thing, especially when the avocado is not super ripe.
And the butter was probably for a different sandwich.
Microwave it for like 15 seconds before scooping/scraping if its underripe
There's a better way to use a butter knife, which is to slice a grid into the half avocado, after which you can use a spoon or your fingers to pop the cubes off into a bowl. Then you can put those in a bag in the freezer to have ripe avocado anytime.
I eat almond puree with butter. It's tastier and you also eat a sugar topping (jam) with butter.
Is your partner a prehistoric giant ground sloth by chance?
I had a coworker who came in one day and said he made guacamole and had never bought an avocado before - he said he boiled the avocado. He got it and it was hard, so he figured like a potato you cook them so they get soft. Apparently it worked and he made the guacamole, and was shocked when we told him no, you just wait and they get soft enough.
Does your partner hate doing dishes? Because I've done similar things to avoid using a plate.
My partner does this too. As those bits are probably the best part, I grab a spoon and go to town.
Avocado is amazing it is the only fruit that comes with its own serving bowl
Are passionfruit and kiwi a joke to you?
Such wastage.
It's so easy to slice around the pit to split in half and then crush out the flesh. No left behind bits. It comes out as a few lumps and then paste.
What if you're just eating some avocado?
As in you want to eat just 'some' and save the rest? You wrap it up or containerize it just like you would with any other method. As in you what to 'just' eat avocado, as in not with or on anything? You squeeze it, bite off chunks of flesh, like with anything else, and then squeeze the pasty parts into your slavering maw. Nomnomnom. Easy.
I have one of these. Complete game changer. Avocados are easy now. Highly recommend.



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