On May 12, 12:25 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> We've started to have our first really warm weather
> a few days ago, so I made one of my favorite drinks.
> The ingredients a
>
> 1 young coconut
> 1 container of frozen pineapple juice
> 1 bottle of Trader Joe's Charles Shaw Sauvignon Blanc wine
>
> First, peel the husk off the coconut,
> and open the eye that is easy to open.
> There are three eyes -- the one which
> is further away from the other two is
> the thin one which is easily opened
> with a paring knife. Pry off the shell
> over the eye and enlarge the hole through
> the coconut meat.
>
> Empty out the coconut water into a plastic
> pitcher. Right at the beginning, you have
> to shake the coconut to get the water
> started running out, but after enough
> airspace develops inside, it'll run out
> on its own.
>
> Accidently drop the coconut into the
> pitcher, where it wedges itself about
> half way down. Try to get a grip on it,
> but just manage to drive it in further.
>
> Fortunately, the coconut landed in the
> pitcher with the hole facing up.
> Stick the end of a spoon handle into
> the hole to try to lift it out. When
> that doesn't work, try grabbing the edge
> of the hole with a needlenose pliers,
> which only manages to break a chip off.
> Man, that thing is really stuck in there.
>
> Try hooking the edge of the hole with
> the screw of a lever-action corkscrew.
> Using the edge of the pitcher, try
> levering the coconut out of the pitcher.
> The corkscrew makes a notch in the edge
> of the pitcher, darn it.
>
> Try again, with a better grip on the
> edge of the pitcher. This time, the end
> of the corkscrew breaks off. DANG!
> Goddamsumbitchcoconut! Look around the
> kitchen. There's nothing else that can
> open a wine bottle!
>
> Go back to the needlenose pliers. After
> much struggle, extract the coconut and
> drain the remaining coconut water.
> Put the pitcher in the refrigerator and
> go to the store to buy a new corkscrew.
>
> After examining every style of corkscrew
> in the store, choose the worst one.
> They all looked like the same Made-in-China
> crap, but until I tried to open a bottle
> with the one I bought, I didn't realize the
> tip at the end of the screw was bent up
> and away from the cork. I bent it down with
> the needlenose pliers, but it's not going to
> last -- it'll break off with only a little
> more use.
>
> After getting back from the store, continue
> making the refreshing drink. It's important
> to drain the coconut into the pitcher first,
> because if you have a bad one, the water
> will be pink. If it's the first ingredient,
> you can dump it. If it were the last
> ingredient, you'd have to dump the pineapple
> juice and the wine, too. Also, you might not
> notice the water was pink, if you were
> draining the coconut directly into the other
> ingredients.
>
> Add the container of frozen pineapple juice.
> The directions say to add an additional three
> volumes of water, but I add only two.
>
> Add the wine, and stir. My pitcher has a
> stirring plunger thing ideal for this purpose.
>
> http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid...tml?prodId=HPP...
>
> It's also just the right size to wedge a
> young coconut halfway down. I did not know
> that.
>
> At this point, you really deserve a refreshing
> drink!

Down here in the keys we refer to people like this and myself as
"Island trash" .
Loved this post and it reminds me of yesterday. Errr at least I think
it was yesterday that I husked a nut with a hammer claw, barefeet, and
a stone. No water down here so the nuts are dry! =) Yeap it
definitely was 4 weeks ago like I said.

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