How to open a coconut without effort and trauma?

For inhabitants of our latitudes coconuts are exotic and interesting fruits. Few people, after watching a beautiful advertisement or a film about life on the island, did not think about what a coconut taste.

Some, satisfying their curiosity, buy "bounty". But if a well-known bar is sold at every step, then where and how to get coconut milk - it is a natural product

In fact, coconut milk is also sold,though only in large stores. But the fact is that an ordinary tetra package and an ordinary candy kill all the charm of the moment. Therefore, the day comes when a person decides to buy the cherished fruit. Joyfully brings him home and ... understands that he has no idea how to open a coconut.

In the course are all the materials at hand. Unfortunate walnut (dry drupe, to be more precise) is drilled with a drill, sawed with a hacksaw, thrown to the concrete floor with a swing, pounded with a hammer. Knives, axes, chisels, chisels, nails, screwdrivers, scissors - everything goes into action. It happens that the ill-fated coconut can not be opened, or the result of the effort is scattered throughout the kitchen pieces of shell, angry neighbors and sprayed juice. The desire to communicate with this fruit is lost forever.

To prevent this from happening, let's look at the simplest ways of getting to a delicious pulp.

Extraction of coconut water

Yes, it is coconut water, not milk. Milk is an artificial product that is made from milled pulp and water.

Any method that describes how to open a coconut,always begins with the pouring out of coconut water. Otherwise, when it is opened, it splashes, and you will not be able to try it. However, if the nut is very old, it may not be. But such a coconut is not worth eating at all, since the absence of a liquid inside means that it is of little use.

So, wash the coconut and find on it three darkspeck. It is necessary to make holes in two of them. These are the most vulnerable places, however, it is still not easy to pierce them, so be very careful, do not hurt yourself! One of the spots, by the way, is softer than the others, but it is still more convenient to pierce two, so that the juice will flow more quickly.

You can use a knife, a large nail and a hammer,corkscrew, as a last resort, a drill. After making a hole, turn the fruit and pour the liquid into a glass. Or you can insert a straw and drink some water directly from the coconut.

Now, when we have deprived our fruit of "life-giving moisture", we will find out how to open a coconut.

Method number 1

The most civilized. Take a good knife, measure about 1/3 of that side of the coconut where the "eyes" are, and separate this part by an imaginary line. Holding the coconut in one hand, strike along this line with a knife, gradually turning the coconut around its axis. Sooner or later the shell will crack. If it is not removed immediately, just do a few more tapping movements and carefully remove the shell.

Apply the method only if you are sure of your coordination! You can put the coconut on the chopping board. Instead of a knife, you can try hammering.

Method number 2

You will need a knife, a hammer and a cutting board. Put the fruit on the board, again measure 1/3, as in the previous method, attach to the imaginary line the blade of a large durable knife and strike it with a hammer. Should appear a crack. Repeat the procedure by rotating the coconut in a circle.

The result was two neat halves (someone did notvery neat, but everything comes with experience). Now we extract the flesh. As a rule, it is very tight against the shell, so you have to poke it with a knife or spoon. To simplify this process, put the chopped nut in the refrigerator for an hour or two.

Method number 3

You will need a towel (bag, plastic film) and a hammer.

Wrap a nut with a towel or a packet, startbeat him with a hammer in a circle, hitting right in the middle (at the widest point). If it does not work out, try simply to properly "chisel" the coconut into a hammer, brick or other heavy object. But in this case it is better to do this on the floor, preferably concrete. But do not expect that you get two equal halves, as in advertising. However, all the same for the use of coconut will have to grind, so do not get upset.

These were the most popular and simple descriptions of how to open a coconut. Of course, you need a little skill. But, having tried a couple of times, you will see that it is quite simple.