/opening coconut/Re: green coconuts

[Guest guest]

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

know how to

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

>

> 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.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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.

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.