The Test Kitchen: How to Crack a Coconut - Gourmet Magazine

[bwu734]

I dropped from 2 floor way faster:)

[nmar00]

lol i like to use a wine opener

[TdoubleJ13]

@nmar00 it works

[Mammadooo]

but you just cooked the coconut by putting in the oven!

[Maliw4321]

The best video I saw to open a coconut safely and quickly.

Thanks for posting.

[richi1782]

theres 2 other ways to open or crack a coconut

1st thru the hole put a dinamite into tht nd blast (boooooooooooooooooooooooom) there u go coconut meat :D

2nd take tht coconut out side nd use ur damn .9mm pistol , carfully pull the triger there u go COCONUT

lmao

[1candyflossxCP]

awww look at its face (O mouth ) OoO lol soo cute

[sibeguev]

20 minutes to open a coconut???

[SoothingPine]

Great .... Thanks

[Meriouu]

i put coconut to tea towel and smash it agains the ground or wall... works perfectly ;)

[IcePickSnowmanzzzz]

easiest way to crack a coconut is to cut inside the soft eye with scissors and apply pressure on the outer shell from the inside and comes off like a charm.i never cracked a coconut before but guess im a natural

[IcePickSnowmanzzzz]

got mine on the firs eye but the juice was fuckin oily like most of the cheap ass mexican coconuts i get im getting quality ones, fucking mexico

[TheOGZanY]

go damn, i just spent 20 minutes in my backyard using a corner of the brick wall =/

[mibabco]

This is very inefficient. In the time it takes you to puncture the eye and drain the coconut, you can crack open several coconuts by using the blunt side of a cleaver around the middle -- just hold it over a bowl to catch the liquid. In Thailand in the markets they crack a coconut open in about 7 seconds with a machete.

[beyondbelief360]

I have been told I eat food weird. I guess I open bananas backwards, I eat a kiwi with the skin and now I just ate the skin of a coconut, lol I learn something new every day. I just used a pointed screwdriver and a small axe to open mine or you could just get chuck Norris to yell at the thing.

[FoodOrFail]

Forget the oven.

1 - Screwdriver

2 - Hammer

3 - Knife

4 - Peeler

[mrhannahandhaley]

me and my nan tryed this and it didn't work at all getting the milk out workd but not the oven part

[ZavorXS]

I once threw a coconut down the stairs. It cracked open, but then everything was drenched in coconut water. If I only had known that one of the three "eyes" can be poked...

[fe0910]

@ZavorXS I just threw my coconut down the stairs after letting the milk out. Worked wonderfully

[princeicio]

Hot? I don't think so cold is much better

[FoodOrFail]

@princeicio Agreed. Fresh, uncooked is best. More delicious and more nutritious.

[princeicio]

not three eyes actually they're two with a mouth as well!

[mufmaxtv]

just smack the coconot in a circular direction around the coconot vertically. jeez

[Deadlykisser1]

haha :) your smile at the end made my day :P

[ronnelsbc]

a coconut peeler will work also in less than 20mins.

[Fridaysucks1]

Thank you :)



[raghavajay]

His head just resembles a coconut !!

[jmoney97ful]

If it's sweet and coconutty it's good lol

[jakeboy588]

thanks baldy

[Trollfacer]

I'd rather have a cold coconut than a hot one.

[EvanDSandora]

your so cool man, thanks for the lesson. keep up the good work!

[clarittana]

thank you it was simple and clear

[9puppys]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! i needed that help the milk was yummy

[tillhayas]

I'm kind of disappointed. Usually I'm stuck on a beach or somewhere with loads of coconuts but no tools when I want to open a nut.

[shark8789]

Thanks a lot, it helped! :)

[fsschrikell]

should see the Polynesian open the coconut with one hit with a rock ,it splits in half and it won,T shed the milk

[sunil3OO]

I can understand which one is the soft eye by just looking at it. I don't need a screwdriver for that. And millions of Indians can do that.

[jsluvsall]

@sunil3OO

Why not share something that you know instead of just boasting about what you know? That would be more helpful.

[sunil3OO]

@jsluvsall yes. among the three eyes one eye is bulged towards outside that is the third eye or soft eye. you can easily remove meat there.

watch?v=sDP2sRhncJY

[sunil3OO]

@anoopkashyap07 countless videos on 'How to break coconut' here in youtube.. LOL...! I think all Indians watching this video are laughing.

[sunil3OO]

hahaha.. funny video!

[151515gogators]

@anoopkashyap07 how can I crack a green coconut and not spill milk?

[151515gogators]

@anoopkashayap07 how can I open a green coconut without spilling the milk?

[151515gogators]

@anoopshyap07 how can I open a green coconut and not spill the milk???

[Dukesy50]

lmao as bent as a circle haha

[jjames3469]

@anoopkashyap07 Thanks for sharing how cool you are. We're all really impressed with your 20 second coconut opening skills. I wish you idiots would quit talking about the Indians and how they do it.  Are you saying I should go out a grab a rock to open up the coconut so I don't disappoint the Indians??? The other reason for putting it in the oven is to make getting the meat out easier. If you can only criticize a video with a stupid comment go do something else with your miserable life

[MMlaif]

I can open Coconut  in 2:40 mins :P

[metalhead33]

oh wow

u dont need to bake it and kill some of the nutrients, just bang on it with a hammer a few times and it will crack open

[dsifreak10]

The coconut has been owned

[gunut4]

When i got my dad to get me my first coconut, we didnt know how to open it at first, then he split it wit an axe on our balcony, LMAO.

[blunham2oldstn]

@gunut4 ahahahhaah that made me laugh

[BeiriBeiri]

@gunut4 lol my dad took a hammer to it and it took ten minutes to get the sucker open!

[bubby1flapjack]

This video was verrrrrrrrry help! Thanks a lot!!!!

[AndGz7]

the best help for how to open a coconut

[andreasfr1]

bald man cracks coconut, I find funny :)

[voxelboy]

helloooo, there's no meat inside coconuts!

[noodleoo69]

@voxelboy Lmao, are you serious ?

[voxelboy]

@noodleoo69 lol i guess this is bad news for vegetarians!

[xDarkFieldx]

@voxelboy The white part is called "meat"... What were you expecting? A steak to fall out?

[MrRussEllis]

Thanks you so much!

[dude12po]

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The Flying Arrow!

[D4vid100000]

All he said was 400 degrees nothing all I heard it loud in clear

[DragOzze]

400 °C ?0o wtf... my oven doesnt go that high

[MrHeavymetallord]

@DragOzze it's not 400°c it's american ° .4OO american ° is something in 200°c

[gaudetjaja]

@DragOzze probably fahrenheit...

[godsgirl410]

Such a fun and informative video, thank you so much!! : D

[ste309w]

I would never have thought of putting it in the oven. Might give that a go

[exbattery]

400 °C, 400F or 400K ? :))

[exbattery]

How many degrees? I don't understand... :(

[Mituhori]

@exbattery 400  1:17

[floppie88]

does putting it the oven, makes it easier to separate the flesh from the shell?

or only to crack it?>

[dirtbag58]

this helped me SO much!!!!!!! thank you Ian

[sweet25251325]

wow....great!

[TanJianWei92]

those are old coconuts , some sells young coconuts which is kinda white color then rather brownish

[ponnu1984]

cool video!

[ELIshei]

good tutorial. We don't usually do that in Asia., It's manual indeed. Very informative..

[therandomawsome]

Is coconut meat real meat?

[ponnu1984]

offcourse not... hes just saying the layer of white inside as meat...

[mEtal0796]

coconut meat???

[mandokamine]

I know that in kenya, they have a trick for cracking them smoothly with bare hands and a rock. I am sure it is the same wherever coconuts are not imported.

But we in the west need two tools, an oven and a video explaining how to do it.

[ponnu1984]

thats true!

[chobitloves]

@mandokamine can you help by telling us the kenyan way.

[myk0lo]

fanx

[LalaChick30]

what the fuck is wrong with you?

this vidio is about a coconut?!

[puffnpluky76]

@LalaChick30 This video was very helpful.

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@LalaChick30

uhh duh... for those of us who dont know how

[industab]

thx- realy helpful

[stule77]

beat em and eat em

[bgaj123]

now i want some raw coconut meat!!

[turboet]

Thanks very helpful now i can enjoy coconut

[GetToTheChopperAhh]

thanks a bunch! This worked phenomenally!!

[bumeyes1000]

THANK YOU. This was totally the most helpful of all of these coconut videos.

[IanKnauerGourmet]

Glad to help...happy cooking!

[postwhatever]

I totally agree, the most helpful video out here,

[meowludo]

Thankyou for this video. Very informative and well made.