What do you use to open a coconut?

[DitmasPork]

Take your pick. The last one also doubles as a coconut grater—genius.

 

[daveb]

Is that last one a CM?

Open the coconut and rasp the edges.

4K

 

[DitmasPork]

Is that last one a CM?

Open the coconut and rasp the edges.

4K

Yes, CM.

Another method is just getting a coconut crab.

 

[marc4pt0]

Or a Kato.
Oh Wait, never mind. The workhorse isn't so workhorsey..

 

[DitmasPork]

Or a Kato.
Oh Wait, never mind. The workhorse isn't so workhorsey..

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Whao. That gang of Kabocha really gave Kato WH a beating.

 

[Hz_zzzzzz]

I’m actually impressed by that Kato. Only 3 chipped spots after a bunch of Japanese squash.

 

[tostadas]

Yes, CM.

Another method is just getting a coconut crab.


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Where can I get one of these crabs?

 

[blunt_cutter]

This is the only way I know.

 

[cotedupy]

Am I missing something here... don't you just smack it against the ground in your hand? Why would you use a knife?!

 

[cotedupy]

Am I eating coconuts wrong? Is this going to be like it was with kiwis...?

 

[Twigg]

Yes, CM.

Another method is just getting a coconut crab.


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Is that crab edible? Looks like it might yield a decent amount of meat. Is that the crab that is being wiped out by crazy ants??

 

[D J]

It's been around 15 years since I tasted a coconut. A real one that is. We used to visit friends in Tully. A town in North Queensland. Mission Beach is not far from there. There's heaps of coconut palms along the beach front. We'd get as many as we could carry. I used a small hatchet to get the husk off then tap around the hard shell until it broke in half. Recently that memory came to mind and while at the shopping centre I bought a coconut. It was terrible, I don't know how long they are stored or in what conditions. It was already de-husked. Maybe I got a bad one, it was sour and put me off store bought coconuts

 

[D J]

Is that crab edible? Looks like it might yield a decent amount of meat. Is that the crab that is being wiped out by crazy ants??

I have heard that coconut crabs are threatened. Not sure by what, crazy ants are threatening a crab from Christmas Island. It's a red land living crab. Can't remember what it's called

 

[cotedupy]

Is that crab edible? Looks like it might yield a decent amount of meat. Is that the crab that is being wiped out by crazy ants??

They are edible (I haven't), but as DJ says above they are increasingly endangered. Mostly I think from loss of habitat from encroachment by humans. I haven't about the crazy ants, but I wouldn't rule it out either. It's the kind of thing that happens down here