But have you tried amigo's method? I saw my uncle doing it the other day and was amazed. He does it with the avocado sliced into four - I'm not sure how the performance varies with the number of slicestrapster wrote:amigo - nothing easier than a big metal spoon to get the skin off an avocado
It can take a bit of practise to get right - the trick is to turn the skin inside out as you peel it off.