I drop a lot of time essay to find an easy mode to open a coconut when I was a kid .

I tried chopping it with a panga , saw it with a steak knife , hammering at it with a hammer and self-aggrandising screwdriver and other scrupulous pursuits .

The best way seemed to be to rationalize a serial publication of cuts from the stem portion of the nut down the sides through the husk and in towards the hard wooden center , then to pull chunks off .

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Then I figure Kent at The Fruit and Spice Park demonstrate that method acting much more elegantly than my machete hacking attempts of the past times . He graciously allowed me to film his demo and gave me permission to put up it online .

go over out his well-heeled method for opening a coconut :

Nowthat’san easy way to open up a coconut .

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I happen to absolutely get laid coconut palms and go for to soon inhabit in a more tropic locating where I can grow them on my property . If you ’ve only try dry , stale coconut tatter , you have no idea how hearty and delicious a fresh coconut can be .

The biggest matter is just getting the darn thing open .

I in reality ownthe KaBar knife that Kent mentionsin the video . It ’s marvelous and would make a great Christmas present for thepsychopathknife enthusiast in your life .

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Check it out :

I should review this knife at some tip . Just seeing it on Amazon makes me require to buy another one . It hold an edge amazingly ( I ’ve used it for butchering chickens and cony ) , plus it ’s got some heft and thickness to it that is stark , as Kent tell , for opening coconut meat .

Where was I ?

I got lost in knife land for a minute there . bad .

Anyhow , that ’s   the well-off way to open a coconut .

If you missed my late video from the Fruit and Spice Park , you could see that here .

And if you know anywhere that ’s tropic , I hope you ’re grow at least a couple of coco palm palms . The coco water is a health soda pop , the nutmeat is delicious , and nothing says “ tropical ” like medallion frond swaying in the snap .

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