Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Purchase a heavy sharp knife or a small hatchett Hit the top of the coconut,4 times creating a square on top this will allow you to drink and eat the jelly Bon A ppetite Lynda Carter C.N.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 For the past several months, I've been using an SW-3000, Smith & Wesson SWAT knife which I bought from discountknivesonline.com for about $34. This is the same knife sold by David Wolfe, Paul Nison and Rhio on their respective websites, often called a " coconut knife, " but for several dollars less. It opens young coconuts much more easily than a corkscrew, hammer or other methods suggested thus far on this list. The method is simple. Perforate the edge of the coconut's top with the tip of the blade on a 45-degree angle (diagonal), around the periphery in a circle. Then insert the tip into several (12-16) strategic points of the perforation and gently maneuver the blade to and fro till you feel it puncturing the shell where it touches the internal water. When you've made enough punctures around the periphery, you can easily remove the top. Be sure not to remove the blade too fast, lest you spill substantial water outside the coconut and allow it to be wasted. I usually find about 1.5 cups of water inside. Then I pour the water into a 4-cup measuring cup and usually save it for a smoothie. More on that later. Namaste, David Namaska7 wrote: >Purchase a heavy sharp knife or a small hatchett >Hit the top of the coconut,4 times >creating a square on top >this will allow you to drink and eat the jelly >Bon A ppetite > >Lynda Carter C.N.C. > -- " Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. " --Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 Impeach the Shrub! Regime change begins at home! ________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 The little hatchett shaped knife opens the coconut in about 5-10 seconds even my 16 yr old son and Josh's mom have no problem wiyh this method. After the water is out one swipe in the middle splits it in half. I usually use the jelly every few days or so and it takes about a minute or two to open up 5-6 without rushing. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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