"hc" > wrote:
> Opening the Coconut
> The brown coconut you may find in the grocery store has been removed from
> its packing crate. The coconut palm grows nuts that are amazingly equipped
> for ocean voyaging - able to withstand days or weeks at sea, the crashing
> of
> waves, and ultimately being storm tossed onto a distant shore. You think
> opening one is going to be like peeling an apple??

I've seen a much easier way to get the husk off at my brother's place. He
gave the coconuts to his three dogs to play with. They were Jack Russell
terriers. The older male dog would go wild with the coconut, grabbing the
husk with his teeth and shaking his head back and forth like he had a rabbit
or something. Eventually he would strip all the husk off the coconut, so
that it looked just like the ones in the supermarket. It was quite a sight
to see. I always wondered why he didn't get splinters in his lips from doing
this.

The dog is elderly now and his coconut husking days are over. It's just as
well, because the source of coconuts is gone, as they came from a tree at my
parent's house which has been sold.

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