Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Tonight I went to Whole Foods and bought a Thai Coconut to make my first coconut milkshake , a rare occasional treat . My chefs knife got stuck in it and it looked terrible . By the time I got to the water coming out of it I was lucky to catch most of it . Is there a device in cooking that maked opening theses quite a bit easier ? I finally enjoyed the half of glass or so I finally retreived ..I just cant believe all the work it was , three of us it took to get to it . The taste reminded me having my first one recently at a favorite raw restaurant in Florida .All you experienced coconut openers out there , I am asking for your help . People in New England usually just stare at these strange things in the supermarket and say , what are you going to do with this ? Then they add , I always wondered what they were . Does opening a coconut Have to be so frustrating and difficult ? I shy away from redipes also calling for coconut for this reason . Ztarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 > > Does opening a coconut Have to be so frustrating and difficult ? > I shy away from redipes also calling for coconut for this reason . > > I have a young coco a day, I love them. The site youngcoconuts.com has a nice picture display of how to open them. I use a large knife and go around at the bottom of the cone shape slicing to the nut. Twist the knife toward the coco point after each cut so that the nut is visible a bit. go around a few times. then slide the knife inside the cut toward the point of the coco. the " hat " of coir should slice right off. clean the surface up and put the tip of the knife between two eyes (softer there) and tap it in a bit. twist the knife and the top pops off. At first I struggled, now it just takes a minute to do. Worth every bit! Enjoy Deb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Ztarf, It is very easy, can you see those three dark spots? Just one of them is suitable for this purpose: You can make even with scissors a little hole in it and then drink a milk. After that just throw the coco nut on the ground. It will break and you can eat it, too. Katarina rawfood , ztarf <no_reply> wrote: > > > Tonight I went to Whole Foods and bought a Thai Coconut to > make my first coconut milkshake , a rare occasional treat . My > chefs knife got stuck in it and it looked terrible . By the time I got > to the water coming out of it I was lucky to catch most of it . Is > there a device in cooking that maked opening theses quite a bit > easier ? I finally enjoyed the half of glass or so I finally retreived > .I just cant believe all the work it was , three of us it took to get to > it . The taste reminded me having my first one recently at a > favorite raw restaurant in Florida .All you experienced coconut > openers out there , I am asking for your help . People in New > England usually just stare at these strange things in the > supermarket and say , what are you going to do with this ? Then > they add , I always wondered what they were . > > Does opening a coconut Have to be so frustrating and difficult ? > I shy away from redipes also calling for coconut for this reason . > > Ztarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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