What's the best way to...

[TopSecret]

open a coconut???

Usually I use a hammer and a screwdriver but I'm too lazy to go down to the shop and grab that stuff.

So? Tell me!
And no, we don't have a machete somewhere...

 

[IJ.]

Do you want to save the Milk inside?

If not crack it on the corner of a Step or Kerb!
<edit> Is it just the nut or does if have the Husk on it still?

 

[souprat]

my dad used to drop them out of his third story atic onto his driveway when he was a kid. otherwise i think a 1/4 stick of dinamite would do just fine.

 

[TopSecret]

LOL

the milk is already out... and the husk is still on it... thats the problem (the hard work).

 

[IJ.]

LOL damn!

really can't think of an easy way to do it then!

depends how dry the husk is you might try backing the car onto it !

 

[jprsullivan]

a big, heavy knife. butcher knife.

 

[TopSecret]

Our knives suck

 

[GrimJack]

Drill a hole with a drill. Then cut it open with a jigsaw.

 

[drunk_medic]

When I went TDY to Guam, we had a typhoon that knocked down alot of coconuts from the trees. I collected many. I found alot of ways to open them, but none were as easy as my improvisation - the outer husk, I would slam onto the edge of a road guard rail. It would cleave right into the soft husk. Do this a few times, then slam it onto the rail and leave it there. Then, push and pull on it and it will peel the outer part away. Then you will have the hard inner brown shell surrounding the milk and meat. If the milk is out, breaking the rest is easy. Throw it or beat it on the ground!!! If you are worried about it getting "contaminated", put it in a heavy trashbag or two and swing it around and smash the ground or something. Then you can pick the contents out of the bag and chow down.

 

[SupraMario]

Burn the husk off, then smash it like donkey kong.

 

[Topher E]

Firecrackers! Those are great!

 

[TopSecret]

i was thinking about eating it... not blowing it up.

 

[SupraMario]

i was thinking about eating it... not blowing it up.

so ur new to chared coconut.

 

[GrimJack]

Do you think it would explode in the microwave??? Hmmm.... I have a microwave at work...

 

[TopSecret]

yeah, i think it would.... lol

 

[shaeff]

hacksaw? wood saw?

-shaeff

 

[GrimJack]

Bandsaw!

 

[csr ma71]

At the flea market the guy just chopped it in half with big butcher knife.

 

[TopSecret]

ya i know, when i was in cuba they used a machete... wish we would have one.
well, anyway, the coconut is open and very yummy

thanks for ur help, guys.

 

[SupraMario]

ya i know, when i was in cuba they used a machete... wish we would have one.
well, anyway, the coconut is open and very yummy

thanks for ur help, guys.

Google is good for all.:biglaugh:

http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/crackcoc.html

http://www.bestplaceshawaii.com/tips/big_kahuna/coconut.html

[font=Arial,Helvetica][font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. If you strike the stake off center or too aggressively, it slides up the coconut and into a hand or arm.
LOL love that part. if you want the insides of a coconut u have to risk missing a finger.:biglaugh:, ill stick with a bannana, or apple.
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