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How to open a coconut

Most people are use to seeing brown hairy coconuts at their local supermarket.  These pictures are what coconuts look like when they are fresh from the tree.  When I first got to Jamaica the farmer that we stayed with brought us a big pile of fresh coconuts for  us to drink and eat the coconut jelly.  While the farmer and his staff can cut coconuts open with two swift cuts, it took about about 10-20 strokes and a big mess.

Two swift cuts opens a coconut.

Fresh Jamaican coconut milk taste like a flavored water.  While the coconut milk is rich it does not have an overpowering taste, just a perfect taste.  If you travel to Jamaica be sure to have a local cut open a coconut so you can give it a try.

Coconut milk is clear