https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:07:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-thai-coconut-advice#post-696483 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:37:57 +0000 VanillaBean 696483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We grew up eating young coconut. My father would peel the top layer with a sharp knife, then he would take a butcher knife and place it at the very top of the coconut and use a hammer to hit the knife firmly, this would remove the top of the coconut so that you can get to the flesh and still have the coconut water intact. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-thai-coconut-advice#post-695765 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:26:03 +0000 MrsH 695765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: thanks! I wonder if that makes it easier to get to the flesh after you drink the water?</p> <p>@bunnylove08: just the various knives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-thai-coconut-advice#post-695597 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:36:06 +0000 wheres_c 695597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/cocoKnife-Coconut-Opener-Young-Water/dp/B00BED6ELQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/cocoKnife-Coconut-Opener-Young-Water/dp/B00BED6ELQ</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-thai-coconut-advice#post-695595 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:33:29 +0000 wheres_c 695595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have spent many hours and you tube videos on opening coconuts. I ruined several knives. I found a tool on amazon I plan on buying and trying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-thai-coconut-advice#post-695558 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:08:04 +0000 bunnylove08 695558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you try a screw driver and a hammer? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-thai-coconut-advice#post-695194 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:13:43 +0000 MrsH 695194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, so perhaps it goes without saying that a coconut is going to be hard to open but I just spent the better part of a half hour trying to open this stupid coconut. I used five knifes (from huge butcher knife to butter knife) as well as a corkscrew trying to get it open. I watched two YouTube videos and read the directions and still it took me forever. </p> <p>Does anyone have any advice in case I stupid enough to buy one again in the future? In all seriousness should I have tried to go lower on the cap? Was my coconut not as young as it said it was? What the heck?</p> <p>Eat: so angry I just wasted thirty minutes on a stupid coconut! </p>