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Reduce Browning in Avocados & Other Fruits by Switching Your Knives
food-hacks.wonderhowto.com ^ | 12/17/2015 6:02 pm | By Heather Fishel

Posted on 03/21/2019 12:37:05 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

I have a large plastic knife, use it to cut up lettuce (mostly iceberg by the head). It seems to make a difference as to reduced browning and longer-lasting greens.

I don’t think the plastic would be sharp enough for cutting apples and avocadoes, but maybe the ceramic would work? I have had decent results with lemon juice on apple slices, without rapid browning, but am careful to store them in “airtight” container in the fridge as soon as possible.

As for avocadoes, can’t you just take a new thin slice off the top, and it looks good again? Sort of like with moldy cheese.


21 posted on 03/21/2019 1:04:05 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: carriage_hill

Crocodile
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22 posted on 03/21/2019 1:04:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
The best tool for opening an avocado is a bird's beak knife:


23 posted on 03/21/2019 1:05:04 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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To: NEMDF

Tried that, didn’t work for us...............


24 posted on 03/21/2019 1:05:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Also, plastic and ceramic knives can’t be detected by stuff that detects metal.

Not that that’s relevant here.


25 posted on 03/21/2019 1:05:27 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Red Badger; All

Are there certain kinds of plastic knives to avoid?


26 posted on 03/21/2019 1:05:56 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: NorthMountain

I thought it was the carbon. Why do they advertise ‘high carbon steel’?...............


27 posted on 03/21/2019 1:06:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Amendment10

Yeah, the ones from Kentucky Fried Chicken..............


28 posted on 03/21/2019 1:06:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
Split avocados. Remove pit. Remove skin. Place on tray in freezer. When frozen, vacuum seal them.

I have several vac sealed packs in the freezer that show no brown and are almost 8 months old. They taste fresh a new when thawed...and still no brown. Problem solved.

29 posted on 03/21/2019 1:07:56 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Academia is where totally useless, parasitic ideologues and idiots go to hide from reality.)
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To: Larry Lucido

I just read a murder mystery that had a woman get revenge for being raped by a man. She snuck past the metal detectors with a ceramic knife...................


30 posted on 03/21/2019 1:08:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Our freezer has no more room!................


31 posted on 03/21/2019 1:08:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
Heck I thought this was about guns...............

Knives a second best....

32 posted on 03/21/2019 1:09:12 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Teflonic

Never saw one!..................


33 posted on 03/21/2019 1:09:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Not that I would want to give anybody any ideas.


34 posted on 03/21/2019 1:09:52 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: NEMDF

My wife has a plastic scissors thingy she uses for lettuce.................


35 posted on 03/21/2019 1:10:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My thoughts as well!


36 posted on 03/21/2019 1:10:21 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Red Badger

I know that if you pull apart an apple with your thumbs, it usually won’t turn brown.

The fruit, not the computer.


37 posted on 03/21/2019 1:10:47 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Red Badger

I halve avocados with a plastic knife. They brown just as fast as they do when I use a metal blade.


38 posted on 03/21/2019 1:11:27 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Larry Lucido

The computer won’t either....................


39 posted on 03/21/2019 1:11:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Osage Orange

Never bring a gun to a food fight.....................


40 posted on 03/21/2019 1:12:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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