Vertical or Horizontal? How To Cut a Peach So It’s Easy To Remove The Pit.

Before rolling the camera for episode #41 of Should I Cook It? (Butter Baked Peaches), I decided to settle a question:

How should you cut a peach so it’s easier to remove the stubborn pit?

I had two peaches and one paring knife.

So, I cut the first peach by running my paring knife around the equator of the peach. For the second one, I ran the paring knife from top to bottom.

Here’s what I found: ⬇️

Removing a Peach Pit Without a Fight 🍑

Peach #1 – Vertical Cut: When I ran the knife around the peach from top to bottom, I was able to get the tip of my paring knife under the pit and lift it out of the peach – without making a messy scene.

Peach #2 – Horizontal Cut: This time I the pit didn’t surrender until I pressed down and outward on the peach flesh. Only then could I remove it with my other hand.

Verdict: I’m sticking with the vertical cut. I find it cleaner, faster, without a sticky mess.

What’s Your Go-To Method? Or do you simply go with how the knife lands? Let me know in the comments.

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