Avocado Hand

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Apparently people are injuring themselves cutting their hands when opening an avocado, and this is becoming common. I mean how hard is to to cut an avocado, carefully, and prise the stone out with a spoon?

The actor who plays Martin Fowler in East Enders did this. He had to appear for weeks with his hand/arm in a huge cast and sling and some ridiculous storyline about injuring it falling over drunk.

[[http://lifestyle.one/closer/celebrity/news/eastenders-star-james-bye-rushed-aande-avocado-accident/ quality reporting here (not DM)

I've done it!

Stabbed my ring finger with a knife when getting overenthusiastic with an avocado (oo-er)

It was bloody painful! But I learned my lesson.

I distinctly remember Avocado Hand featuring prominently on MN in a thread entitled Middle Class Injuries a while ago. I think it might be in Classics. I immediately thought of it when I heard this story in the news. I bet Avocado Hand is more of a pressing issue for A&E departments in Chelsea or Weybridge than it is in Blackburn and Burnley General.

My best friend severed the tendons in her little finger about a year ago cutting an avocado...she had surgery but now her little finger is permanently bent. It's like a little reminder to use a board like a sensible person

Not a uniquely British idiocy - one of my Swedish colleagues was sporting an impressive dressing on her hand for a couple of weeks following an encounter with an avocado.

..it made me feel much better for the only 2 times I have cut myself badly enough to go to hospital - one was cutting butter (small but deep injury to hand, much like avocado hand) and the other was falling down an escalator (not recommended - surgery and large permanent scar)

Avocados no problem. Separating frozen beef burgers with a sharp knife is another matter!

I am one of these...in my defence, the knife was not sharp, I just managed to force it through my hand. Very common according to surgeon

Yikes, I eat a lot of avocado and hadn't realised that I was risking serious injury.
I shall take extra care from now on......

I have never injured myself on an avocado.

However, I have impressive potato-peeler related scars on both hands...

i did exactly this a few years ago

I'm just surprised people get the stone out with a spoon, surely that absolutely massacres the avocado?! Spose better than your hand though. Just never seen anyone do it another way than the machete method!

Avocado cutter. Cuts, removes stone and neatly slices. They sell them in John Lewis.

I thought everyone had one?!

I have a blunt avocado knife with a little bend at the tip that makes it really easy to remove the stone with zero damage to stone nor flesh.

I eat loads of avocados and i cut round them longways then prise the stone out with my fingers. Never had any accidents yet.

Er so I actually did this and the knife went through my hand and out the other side (well the tip of the blade did) Had to get it stitched and everything. I have been destoning avocados this way forever. Only after going through my hand did I stop to think what a complete and utter dick I've been. Can't believe it's apparently such a big issue, thought I was the only idiot!

Goodness, is it the most middle class injury ever? I've got a contender, I once tripped over the dog (Labrador, natch) and as I fell forwards, put my hand down on the open hot plate of the Aga. Really, really hurt.

It is quite a middle-class and embarrassing injury, but I've done it. My hand has never been the same since and it was about 3 years ago. I am not stupid, but I was in a rush trying to make a sandwich for work at 6am, had the avocado in my hand, tried to de-stone it and the knife went through the stone and into my hand. The moment it happened, I suddenly couldn't feel the end of my ring finger and it's never been the same since! I did have an operation but I think the op made it worse. The consultant said he sees the injury all the time - either from avocados or people trying to prise frozen burgers apart. I do regret it and feel a bit stupid now as the damaged hand can't grip as well and aches in cold weather!

I always put the avocado.on the board cut round it length ways then pull the 2 halves apart. I then easily get the stone out with a teaspoon. Doesn't damage the avocado at all.

Been there, done that, got the scar to prove it. My surgeon also told me that it's the most common cause of hand- knife injuries after frozen burgers. My injury wasn't quite the same as the widely reported one but was because of an avocado. Be careful folks, the are a hazard! All I wanted was guacamole and I got six hours in A&E, 2 hours in theatre and 12 weeks of physio!

This is a thing? I've always done quick slice round lengthways, followed by machete-style whack into the stone. Now I'm scared!

Who would poke a sharp knife into a hard stone when you can just turn the avocado half on its side and take the stone out with your own blunt, safe fingers?

This machete style whacking sounds like sheer lunacy .

honey I've never managed that, the stones always seem to be stuck fast

I did it before it was fashionable. Working in a kitchen when avocados were fashionable the first time.

Of course the knives were like razors. It wasn't the cutting it in half or getting the stone out, it was slicing / scoring the inside with the tip of the knife and it went through skin of the fruit and a cut across the palm of my hand. Hurt like fuck!

Nah, the middle classes wouldn't be seen dead in Iceland. *

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