It's best to chop up the green coconut. The outer fiber skin is all water, which is easy to cut. Generally, the knife is cut from the bottom of the coconut (opposite the fruit base), about one third. The shell of the green coconut is softer than the firewood knife, and it is easy to cut. Just cut a thumb-like hole and then drink it in any way, whether it is through a straw or directly into your mouth or a big bowl.

The skin of the old coconut loses moisture and turns brown. Some of them are difficult to cut. Coconut water is much less than olives. After opening the coconut, you will encounter a thick layer of white pulp on the inner wall of the coconut shell, which is hard and chewy. And it is not easy to eat with some tools. Old coconut pulp is the best raw material for making all kinds of coconut candy, and the pulp can also be sliced and fried, which is a good drink.

Old coconut is very particular about opening, because the hard shell is wrapped in dried skin. First of all, the skin of the head and tail should be removed with a knife (one third does not hurt the shell), so that the coconut can be turned into a cylinder, and then cut along the head and tail with a knife (this is mainly to remove the skin). The second knife and the first knife are about three fingers apart;

The distance of each knife in the future is the same. After each knife, pry the skin loose with a knife, so that the side areas of the cylinder are always separated and relaxed, and finally peel off the skin by hand. If you can't peel it off, you can gently split it with a knife and finally get a coconut shell, which is complete and contains water and meat.

Extended data:

Coconut juice and coconut meat contain a lot of protein, fructose, glucose, sucrose, fat, vitamin B 1, vitamin E, vitamin C, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Coconut meat is as white as jade, fragrant and crisp; Coconut juice is cold and sweet. Coconut meat and coconut juice are delicious fruits for all ages. Every 100g of coconut, the energy reaches more than 900 kilojoules, protein 4g, fat 12g, dietary fiber 4g, various trace elements, and the content of carbohydrates is also very rich.

officinal

Coconut is sweet and flat, and enters the stomach, spleen and large intestine; The pulp has the effects of tonifying deficiency, strengthening body resistance, invigorating qi, expelling pathogenic wind, eliminating malnutrition and killing insects. Long-term consumption can moisten the face, benefit people's strength and resist hunger, and treat filariasis and Jiang Ye's disease in children. Coconut water has the effects of nourishing, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and quenching thirst, and is mainly used for thirst caused by summer heat and body fluid deficiency; Coconut shell oil cures tinea and bayberry sore.

economy

There are more than 360 kinds of coconut comprehensive utilization products, which have high economic value. All parts of the whole plant have uses. Coconut can produce different products and be fully utilized in different industries. It is a unique renewable, green and environmental protection resource in tropical areas.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Coconut