Figuring Out How To Open A Coconut

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You may have tasted the sweet and delicious treat of fresh coconut once or twice and decided it would be a good idea to enjoy fresh coconut more often. There is one problem with this, however: coconuts can be interminably difficult to actually get open! While it looks like a piece of cake on movies and on television shows where people show you how to survive, none of this seems to translate to the kitchen.

YouTube is another place where opening a coconut can look easy, as people post videos with their tips and advice. While many of the methods these videos show - such as using a blunt object to crack the coconut open, or finding the "weak spot" around the top of the coconut, or even putting the coconut in a towel and bashing it open with a hammer - there is a much simpler and much more effective way!

The first thing you will want to do is empty the coconut of its water, even before you try to open it. Locate the "eyes" - the three softer spots on the bottom that are grouped closely together - and you will be ready to get at the water. Get a bowl or a cup ready to drain the water into (remember, it's good for drinking!), and then poke a hole in each of the three eyes using either a corkscrew or a hammer and long nail. Once the coconut is emptied of water, there is only one more step, and it could not be any easier. All you have to do is "bake" the coconut in your oven at 350 degrees for 15 to 25 minutes. When you take the coconut out, it should already have some cracks in it, and these cracks will open fully with a couple solid taps from the blunt end of the knife!

The coconut is full of vitamins and minerals, and it has about 1400 calories, making it one of the most beneficial fruits. But if you are unable to get your coconut open, you will never be able to enjoy it; follow this simple procedure, however, and you will not have any problems!