How do you open a coconut with your bare hands?

Answer 1

I think I got this one...I live in Hawaii so I better know how to open a coconut with your bare hands..Bang it against a hard surface until the skin gets soft enough to pull back with your hands...Banging the top part, which is the widest end of the coconut, makes peel easier. After all that skin is peeled off, then just crack the hard shell once or twice against the hard surface to release the juices..I usually just pour it in my mouth from one of the cracks. I then brake it up even more to smaller pieces so I can eat the coconut inside.
Hope this helped.
Aloha & good luck

Answer 2

Are you ready to learn how to open a coconut? Then let's get crackin'! You don't need much to start. A towel, hammer, large nail, and of coarse the coconut we are going to open.

Take the hammer and drive the nail through each of the holes. I usually do all of them. Depending on the type of coconut you ace the coconut over a container and give it some time for the juice to drain. If nothing is coming out you can drive the nail through the other side of the coconut to allow air to enter the top while the liquid drains from the bottom. If your nail bends try using a slimmer one (or even a drill), the hole doesn't need to be big.

Take the drained coconut and place it in the center of a towel that is large enough to be wrapped completely around it.

Wrap the coconut up in such a way that all of the loose ends are secured underneath of the coconut so that when it breaks open no pieces will go flying.

Time for some fun! Grab your hammer and bash away! I wouldn't recommend doing this on your counter, you will need to hit it rather hard. Do it on the floor, or better yet on brick or concrete. Some coconuts have grooves partially cut along the sides to make opening easier. If you have one of these, instead of wrapping up the coconut you can use the opposite end of the hammer and whack it around the groove until it splits in two.

Once it's cracked open you can hit it a few more times to try and break up the larger pieces some more. This will make separating the meat from the shell easier.

Using a small knife, pry the meat away from the shell, be very careful not to cut yourself! Better put on some music, this could take a while.

The thin layer of shell that will cling to most of the coconut meat shards can be cut or scraped away with a sharp knife. Again, be careful. This will take a while to do so don't try and rush.

Whew, all done! Go ahead and rinse off your pure-white coconut meat and marvel at its delicious glow. Mmmmmmm. Your storage options include:

Refrigerator (2-7 days)
Freezer (1-3 months)
Shredded/Grated and dehydrated (6-12 months)

For a pictorial detail the most common method of opening up a coconut along with pictures of the process go to: http://www.howtoopenacoconut.com

Answer 3

Learned this on the Food Network--it really works--I've done it a bunch of times.

First drain the coconut water by drilling holes in the "eyes"" of the coconut. Use a corkscrew.
Then hold the coconut in both hands and breath out while you turn the coconut , so that your breath has made an imaginary line around the circumference of the coconut.
Then, throw it hard on the ground, and it should split cleanly in 2 halves.
Really works, admittedly it's a Jamaican method....Brown coconuts only, not green ones.

Answer 4

Repeatedly smash it against your forehead until either A) it opens, or B) the neurological impairment will stop you from asking such questions.

Answer 5

Smash it against a hard surface repeatedly until it cracks open.

Answer 6

The Dim Mak. Death Touch.

Answer 7

Only with years and years of practice!

Answer 8

With extreme difficulty

Answer 9

Slam it against a stationary hard pointed object. Or slam against anything hard.

Answer 10

Smash it against a rock?