First lesson when destoning avocados: put down the knife

Plastic surgeons say they are treating more cases of ‘avocado hand’, or injuries caused by people using sharp knives to remove the stone in the popular foodstuff. The umbrella organisation for plastic surgeons NVPC does not have the exact figures but surgeons have reported seeing ‘several cases a week’ and the increase is such that a warning is in order, the association says. Using a sharp knife to remove the pit from the slippery fruit can lead to serious accidents, plastic surgeon Annekatrien van de Kar said. ‘It was already popular before the virus hit but now people are even more aware they need vitamin C to cope with infection,’ Wilco van den Berg of trade organisation GroentenFruitHuis said.