I Opened a Coconut!

I opened a coconut! Okay, doesn't sound that amazing, but it is. You see stereotypical coconuts on TV; you know: a brown roundish thing with three dark spots on the top. The TV character will usually take a straw and poke it right through one of the dark spots, and start drinking a white liquid called "coconut milk." It ain't true. Listen: coconuts do not look like brown roundish things. With the husk on, they are green or yellow, smooth, and oval shaped. Not small and brown. After you take this off of the tree, you take a machete (or any kind of really sharp knife) and rip the husk off. The inside is dry, and very course and fabricie (not a real word), like a rough carpet. It's tan in color. In the middle of this thick husk is the iconic coconut that most people who live in non-tropical climates are familiar with. No need to describe that. But you can't just put a straw through the dark circles! If you try that, you'll have a crumpled piece of plastic. The little sphere is crazy hard. It's so hard to get through, you have to use a hammer to crack the shell and pry it open. But you've got another problem when you crack it open. What about the juice? You have to get a cup and let it all drain out. And the juice itself tastes nothing and looks nothing like milk. It's clear, like water, and tastes slightly sweet. It is extremely refreshing. The white hard inside is another obstacle in eating your snack. I tried to use a knife to cut off the hard shell, but got cut and stabbed a couple of times. Don't try that technique. But the drink and the white insides is a great reward for all of the trouble. If you haven't tried real coconut (not the one in Whole Foods) then you haven't lived. SO GOOD!

Signing off,
The Traveler

P.S. I'll have to continue my story tomorrow. My Mom is kicking me off again.