Re: /opening coconut/Re: green coconuts

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Super..Just heard it's a great mercury detox....There is a German doctor who

has researched this. When I have a chance I will translate next week and

send it over the groups!!

in Germany

/opening coconut/Re: green coconuts

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> > On the subject of coconuts,.... I have just bought one and don't

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> > get the cocowater out without wasting most of it. Any ideas!!

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> > Many thanks,

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> > (I cannot find my trusty machete at the moment.)

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> I'm pasting below something I wrote in the past for another list.

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> Mike

> SE Pennsylvania

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> The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay

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> i've never tried using an old coconut, but for young coconuts it's a

> breeze, and a cleaver (expensive) is not needed. just buy a cheap

> ($10) small hatchet and a cheap ice-pick ($2). it requires very

> little effort to tap a hole through the outer layers with the ice-

> pick, and you can use the hammer side of the hatchet. poke two holes,

> one anywhere you want and the other far enough away somewhere for air

> so the coconut water will drain out quickly. to catch the water i

> use a pyrex glass measuring bowl that fits the coconut just right.

> after the water drains out, just place the coconut pointy end up (on

> a cutting board, the ground, etc) and give a good blow or two through

> the middle with the hatchet to split it into two halves. then just

> scoop out the meat with a spoon. so easy it can be done on the go as

> a snack.

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> also, with young coconuts you can just put the meat and some regular

> water in a blender to make delicious coconut milk. about as easy as

> it gets. and of course the best part is that you get a good amount

> of coconut water to drink by itself, fresh or kefired.

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