Surgery on a coconut!
May3
If you follow me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/barb.sackel –> shameless plug), you will have seen this post last week
“Yesterday, hubby and moi went to a very posh grocery store just for fun. I saw Truffles…$399. a pound. They juiced Tangerines right in front of you…yum and I bought a coconut. Does anyone know how to get into a coconut?”
Yup, I bought a coconut. I got a boat load of suggestions on how to get into it, but finally settled on what my Facebook buddy Jen Eskridge had to say:
“My parents always used a drill, then a hammer.”
Got it…a drill and a hammer. There’s one slight problem…I not that handy with non-sewing type tools. So I called in my team. My husband Grant and my Dad were the surgeons. My Mom and I assisted.
The surgical team assembled in the operating room...Grant, Mom & Dad
We got the patient comfortable on the operating table.
- The patient on the operating table.
Let the operation begin. You never knew DeWalt made surgical equipment, did you?
- Drilling into the patient. No anesthesia required!
Now it was time to, um, drain the patient. Ewwwww….now that sounds just icky when you think of the coconut as a patient. It makes me sound like a vampire or something.
- Draining the um, nectar from the patient.
Time to taste! I was voted the “tasting technician.” It was a little shocking at first, a bit oily with a nutty aftertaste (I make it sound like a fine, wine, don’t I?). I’m wondering how Gilligan and mates survived so long on that island with coconut juice as a mainstay.
- Interesting taste…..
Enough tasting, it was time to finish the procedure. Dr. Dad secured the patient in a vise.
- Applying persuasive pressure on the patient.
Not a bad job Dr. Dad! The patient was now ready for the final part of the procedure, the HAMMER!!!
- “Dr. Dad took the hammer and gave the coconut 40 slammers.” (Apologies to Lizzy Borden)
The patient is, ah, cured! Yeah, that’s it! Cured!
- Cured!
So, that’s how this surgical team cracked the coconut and” saved” the patient! Now the next question is, what the heck do I do with it??? Macaroons anyone?
The final result!
what to do with the coconut pieces?? why, eat them as-is! I remember going through the exact same procedure when my parents bought coconuts! After the shell is cracked open, just extract the coconut in bits & pieces and slices and eat them! Wonderful stuff!
Oh, yeah, you could shred them for macaroons …. but that’s just a whole lot of extra work!
Enjoy!