Whats the best way to open a coconut?

Answer 1

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with the sharp metal bars (don't know the english word for them sorry) + carpenter's hammer in the 3 holes,pour the juices out and then you can just bash it open carefuly

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Ok I will also watch Gilligan's Island, thanks to all

Answer 2

break it on the floor...?
or hard counter

Answer 3

stab it with a big sharp knife. then you just cut it open :D.

Answer 4

Crack Hillary upside the head.

Answer 5

i use a cork screw through the wee dip in the top then that is a good fracture sight when you hit it using a screw driver and hammer lol

Answer 6

First dehusk it.....after fully removing the husk you hold the coconut in your left hand and strike it across with a iron rod it will break in to two halves

Answer 7

If store -bought it's probably just the nut with dried meat inside (no juice), so go ahead and whack it anywhere with a hammer / icepick, anything that works.

If fresh -- with the husk still on and juice inside -- first keep it upright then hack at the top with a machete or other heavy blade all around the top until the nut is exposed. Using the tip of the machete (or a hammer and icepick) open the nut at the top just enough to drink from, or to pour out the juice.

Islanders will typically drive a sharpened stake into the ground at an angle, then fast pitch the coconut at the stake, splitting it open. Safer, but takes practice and space.

You can also buy coconut juice and coconut milk in cans.

Good luck and be careful with that machete :)

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travel in southeat asian and micronesia, living in Japan

Answer 8

Drill or poke out two of the eyes and remove the milk first.

If trying to be neat, you can score around or cut it through with a hacksaw. If in a hurry, place it on a cutting board and give it a good whack or two with a hatchet. (If need be, you can steady it in place by putting it on a clean bunched-up dish towel on the cutting board.)

Striking it with an iron rod like someone said sounds good too, but in the end, I don't know how many households are equipped with hack saws, hatchets, or iron rods.

Good luck.