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How do you open a coconut?

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gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:43

It has been sitting in the fruit bowl for a week now, and we haven't a Ray Mears knife, machete or otherwise. Short of a powersaw, I don't have a clue.

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moondog · 27/10/2005 21:44

Throw it onto concrete.

startingtobehalloweenylover · 27/10/2005 21:44

bash it with a hammer

oh but use a drill or something to bore the holes in the top and drain the milk out first

katymac · 27/10/2005 21:45

a strong corkscrew will drill a hole to drain the milk

Snips · 27/10/2005 21:45

Find a big stone (rock more like!) in the garden, and try and crack the brown shell on the stone. Once it cracks it should be very easy to take it all off. I love fresh cocnut.

screwyslittlegoblins · 27/10/2005 21:46

Have no idea bought one last year but ended up throwing it as couldn't get it open dh has bought one today for some reason and its sat in the fruit bowl....he says he will find away of getting into it....am looking forward to watching his methods , will be better than corrie or eastenders

Will be watching this thread with interest so I can turn around and say 'all you have to is...'

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:46

Screwdriver through the eye in the top first to drink the water (which could be a bit soapy if it's been hanging around for days.)

Make a hole in one of the other eyes too,or the vacuum created will make it difficult to drink.

(Grew up in the tropics-know about coconuts!)

RottenRhubarbWitch · 27/10/2005 21:46

How many Mumsnetters does it take to open a coconut.......?

screwyslittlegoblins · 27/10/2005 21:47

?

flamebat · 27/10/2005 21:47

Whack a hammer on top of a screwdriver.

allhallows · 27/10/2005 21:47

drop it from the balcony (say bombs away first)

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:48

If you want two neat halves though,then hit it with the back of a machete or a big meat cleaver,turn it a little,bash again and so on,creating a seam all the way around.

RottenRhubarbWitch · 27/10/2005 21:48

One to open it and the rest to stand on the sidelines telling 'em how to do it.

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gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:49

Moondog, that sounds like a great stress-reliever! Do you think my paving slabs will crack?

Am off to find the corkscrew now..... will report back.
What do you do with the watery liquid - mix it with Malibu?? hahaha.

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allhallows · 27/10/2005 21:49

hmm, now where did i put that machete?

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:50

Shouldn't do.I've done it plenty of times.

LadySherlockofLGJ · 27/10/2005 21:50

Why would you want to ??

My Darling Dad always told us that a coconut held monkeys wee wee

God, we were sooooooooooooooooo gullible.

allhallows · 27/10/2005 21:50

machete a definite must-have kitchen utensil

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gingerbear · 27/10/2005 21:50

No, I am sure Moondog is Ray Mears now.

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flamebat · 27/10/2005 21:51

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! It always bounced when I tried hurling it at the path.......

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:52

lol
The water is lovely (it's not 'milk' by the way,that comes from grating the flesh and squeezing out the liquid.)

I was a right little Robinson Crusoe in my time.

LadySherlockofLGJ · 27/10/2005 21:54

Yes........ but I drank it before he imparted this pearl of wisdom.....

moondog · 27/10/2005 21:55

lol at your norty father!

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gingerbear · 27/10/2005 22:12

corkscrew to make hole and drain, followed by throwing at patio - didn't work, but hammer did, and a nice clean break thro middle, so I can use the 2 halves as bird feeders.

Thanks all!

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moondog · 27/10/2005 22:13

Eh?
Aren't you going to eat it??

allhallows · 27/10/2005 22:15

bird feeders??? all that trouble for birds?