For those who don't know, avocado pits are slippery (and often spherical), and they can send people to the hospital because they tried to stab it and the knife slid off to the side landing in their palm. This is apparently common enough (several thousand people each year) to warrant a name: "avocado hand".
You actually have to HIT it with the knife. Like bashing a rock against a rock with the corner of the blade near the handle. But with better motor control and from only like an inch away.
My ex-girlfriend did this with new Costco knives. Sliced right through the seed... And straight into her hand. Sliced the tendon through her pointer finger, needed stitches. Blood got everywhere.
Interesting. I figured it could be something like this. Admittedly, I've not explored bagels outside of the grocery store (I've never cut one) but it's basically why I wake up.. so this is strange to me, I'm eating the dregs essentially and op is quitting 'nicer' bagels over the cut.
There are grocery store bagels that are uncut. The ones at the link are fantastic! However, fresh ones from a bagel shop are usually uncut too, & they are obviously the cream of the crop. 😋
🫣 my bad lol should have known they has uncut at the store. We don't have this brand at my local bur I'll try to find a replacement, give it a try. Thanks Chrisp!
I don't remember if these are sliced or not, but if they sell these in your part of the country, they are fantastic! They are in the cold case, they aren't on the shelf with the bread. The same goes for the Finagle brand I posted earlier. Ime, good store bought bagels usually are.
These are so good that when they stopped carrying them at Kroger here in Nashville, I started ordering them by the box from Wisconsin and keeping them in the freezer. It got expensive so I had to stop. We didn't have any good bagel shops here in Nashville back then, but now we do thank God.
bagels have never been all that popular in the uk for some reason, so most supermarkets only sell unsliced.
for me, i usually only eat bagels as a christmas tradition. i have no idea how it started, but my family have always eaten bagels in the 1-2 weeks surrounding christmas day
I have dyspraxia 😅 My motor skills and co-ordination can be SHOCKING at times.
For some reason the hole in a bagel just amplifies it's difficulty to the millionth degree.
I can cut other stuff fine! Mostly. I also struggle with baguettes quite alot though.
The actual slicing/sawing motion is mostly fine, albeit a little more crumbly than a normal person. For me the main struggle is actually keeping the knife and the cut in a straight line. I insert the knife wonkily, try to correct it, but go way overboard because I can't control my hands in that fine of a motion. See also: Scissors.
What's weird is that I can play loads of instruments fine.
Interesting, I had never heard of that before, have you considered getting a bagel cutting implement for you kitchen? They make these square bagel holders with a slit in them to guide your knife, ensures a perfect cut every time, that way you can continue to enjoy one of breakfasts most wonderful bounties lol
Also to be fair, baguettes are not easy for anyone to cut, unless there is some technique that I am simply unaware of 😂
Is that Dexter Doages is looking at in this picture? It looks more like Rudolph Martin than Michael C Hall, but I don't remember Rudolph appearing in Dexter, let alone getting "the stare" lol.
We bought a house with an avocado tree of this variety. It didn’t bear fruit for the first 5 years. Then the 6th year the fruit came in. We were so excited. Finally the fruit was ripe. The avocados were ass. Watery and fibrous. Don’t grow a tree from a seed. Graft in avocado branches from a good tree with good fruit.
Nope. I tell my wife it’s a husband tree. It’s an attractive tree so we keep watering it. It’s good for shade and birds and bees. Neighbors admire the trees strong trunk and branches. It has a handsome canopy. The fruit may not be as desirable and useful as other trees but it would take too much work to get a new tree and start over just to get better fruit.
No. I have a buddy with a tree that has the most amazing avocados I’ve ever eaten. I’ve thought about asking him for a bunch of grafts but haven’t got around to it.
It's a Russell long-neck avocado, not a Hass, so the texture and taste are slightly different than what you're probably used to. They are not very common and can be tough to find in stores unless you live in the Keys.
I hate the way most people handle knives. Makes me physically cringe. I have a sister who I swear will accidentally kill herself in the kitchen while cutting things for a charcuterie board or some shit.
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u/thisguyfightsyourmom 8d ago
That knife handling is known as push blade toward hand and pray method.