A real Sunday brunch must-have with its world-renowned version of the "avocado toast", the avocado is also one of the most dangerous foods in the world . Why ? Because despite its divine taste and texture, this fruit is the victim of a well-known curse of hospital emergency services - which has renamed it "the hand of the lawyer".
Indeed, injuries related to the cutting of avocados are more and more numerous and cause an increase in visits to the emergency room. Cuts, wounds, bruises… Some people even arrive at the hospital with a knife stuck in their hand. Moreover, 60% of household accidents are due to this terrible but delectable lawyer. Now ultra popular on our plates and in the emergency room, the lawyer also has an entire chapter dedicated to him in medical courses because even if he is small, he can cause serious injuries...
In a paper published in the Times in 2017, the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons warned against injuries linked to the consumption of avocado and communicates how consumers should peel their favorite fruit (and safely).
Often, accidents occur when trying to dislodge the pit with a knife. The result of this reckless cook knock who persists in 2021? "Wounds, with sometimes, in the most serious cases, a section of the nerves and tendons, which therefore require complex surgery and then a long rehabilitation work and which could be "avoided through prevention" , say the experts of the association.
To peel an avocado safely (drop that knife right now), check out our slideshow above.
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