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Coconuts
Does anyone have any idea how to get the outer husk off of a coconut? I'm not talking about the brown hairy part, but the green 'shell.' Also, how long will they ast without taking the juice (milk?) out? I got one from South Florida a few weeks ago and I want to preserve it.
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Usually I just hit the green shell with a large knife or machete, and then peeled it off the coconut...watch you fingers though! If you wait for the husk to turn brown it will peel off easily. The real difference between the green and ripe cocoanut is the consistency of the meat and the amount and strength of the cocoanut water.
As for lasting, I haven't kept a ripe one out of the husk for more than two weeks.
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Are you planning to just keep it as decoration?
As for lasting, I haven't kept a ripe one out of the husk for more than two weeks.
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Are you planning to just keep it as decoration?
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Years ago, when I lived on my grandfather's sugercane plantation in Belize, one of his hired hands showed me an easy way to peel one if you don't have a machete handy. Find a large sharp rock, preferably one that is lodged in the ground. Bash the side of the coconut until it splits and the skin lifts, then you just peel it away. Repeat the process until it is completely peeled. As for keeping the nut itself. I would drain it so that the insides can dry quicker. You will notice on one of the tips that there are three or four small dark indentions. Poke through one of them and drain the milk. It'll take a few months depending on how thick the meat on the inside is. If you got a young coconut with just a thin layer of gel, it'll take a few weeks. It shouldn't smell bad if you put it a dry and sunny spot.
Brings back memories. I used to love the fresh coconuts. We had four different varieties. Green big ones (easier to peel), small green ones(my favorite), orange ones (very sweet) and yellow ones.
Brings back memories. I used to love the fresh coconuts. We had four different varieties. Green big ones (easier to peel), small green ones(my favorite), orange ones (very sweet) and yellow ones.
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Originally Posted by NH-Hottie
Years ago, when I lived on my grandfather's sugercane plantation in Belize, one of his hired hands showed me an easy way to peel one if you don't have a machete handy. Find a large sharp rock, preferably one that is lodged in the ground. Bash the side of the coconut until it splits and the skin lifts, then you just peel it away. Repeat the process until it is completely peeled. As for keeping the nut itself. I would drain it so that the insides can dry quicker. You will notice on one of the tips that there are three or four small dark indentions. Poke through one of them and drain the milk. It'll take a few months depending on how thick the meat on the inside is. If you got a young coconut with just a thin layer of gel, it'll take a few weeks. It shouldn't smell bad if you put it a dry and sunny spot.
Originally Posted by NH-Hottie
Brings back memories. I used to love the fresh coconuts. We had four different varieties. Green big ones (easier to peel), small green ones(my favorite), orange ones (very sweet) and yellow ones.
I don't think I have ever heard of orange or yellow coconuts...know of any place in the states where you can get them?
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I'm not sure that there are any around here. I remember my grandpa saying that they were 'inhertos' in spanish, meaning they were hybrids of some sort. I know they are very small trees, maybe six feet high at the most. You can hand pick them with no special instruments or ladders.
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I'll have to start looking around for some. I've always loved coconuts & they are pretty good for you too!
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That green coconut isn't ripe. Wait until it turns brown.
Machete is not the way.
Use a metal rod like a stake or something. Put it the ground and hit the coconut onto it. Not the sides...hit it and penetrate right where the "stem" would be. Hit it so that you can peel off one side. This is done by having the spike/stake penetrate about 4-5 inches and them you push outwards to push the husk out.
Rinse, lather, repeat for the other side(s).
Easy. Coconuts can be husked in about 15 seconds if done properly.
I have plenty on my property, would you like a video?
Machete is not the way.
Use a metal rod like a stake or something. Put it the ground and hit the coconut onto it. Not the sides...hit it and penetrate right where the "stem" would be. Hit it so that you can peel off one side. This is done by having the spike/stake penetrate about 4-5 inches and them you push outwards to push the husk out.
Rinse, lather, repeat for the other side(s).
Easy. Coconuts can be husked in about 15 seconds if done properly.
I have plenty on my property, would you like a video?
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