How To Remove an Avocado Pit with a Chef’s Knife — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Removing the pit from an avocado is one of those supposedly “easy” food prep tasks that we think could actually use a little explaining. How do you hold the avocado still? Do you have to use a chef’s knife? How do you keep from cutting yourself? If you’ve never done it before, all of this can definitely feel a bit scary! Well, here’s a close look at how we do it so the next time you’re faced with an avocado, you know exactly what to do.

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5 Ways to Use Up a Bunch of Scallions

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Scallions (a.ka. green onions, a.k.a. spring onions) tend to languish in my fridge. I know you can keep them fresh for quite a while and even regrow them once they go limp, but still — my crisper drawer can be a dark and scary place.

The problem is really that most recipes only ask for one or two scallions at a time — what to do with the rest of the bunch? Let’s collaborate. Here are my top five ways for using up those green stems, soon to be duct-taped to my fridge door. What are yours?

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