Husk a Coconut; Make Coconut Milk

Coconut Milk is different from coconut juice. The milk is made from the meat of the coconut and really looks like milk or cream. It contains fat. The juice is a clear or cloudy liquid that contains no fat. It just runs out of the coconut when you chop it open or poke a hole in it.

For more ways to eat a coconut, try
Coconut Juice and
Eat a Sprouted Coconut

Step 1 Get a Coconut

Climbing coconut trees is dangerous. Even professional climbers fall and die.
Star demonstrates a good safe way to get them.
Her pruning clipper has a pole that extends about 15 feet. She stands on a ladder to get high enough to reach these nuts. She cuts the stem the coconut hangs from and makes sure she's not standing right under it.

Comments

[Edminster]

 Neat! I knew you could do the same thing with almonds, but I never considered doing it with coconuts.

[TheInventor1997]

 can you make an instructable about the pancake-like coconut meat probably a few pictures?

[JellyWoo]

cool, very nice!

[DEC-CCTV-Tracy]

HAVE GREAT FUN!

[JellyWoo]

thanks...

[Atsinokangakaya]

If you do a lot of coconut milk making, it is best to make a bag for squeezing the shredded coconut meat. It is best to use synthetic cloth like those used for making sports jersey. equip it with a draw string. Make several passes with the sewing machine on all seams so that it will not break when you wring and squeeze out the milk. Believe me, you will have to to get the most of it. Here in the Philippines, we use a lot of coconut milk and there are already motor driven coconut shredders, as well as hydraulic press for squeezing out the juice where you buy the bare coconut nut... But the instructions here are a lot better than what was shown in the cookbook, The Joy of Cooking where you are instructed to hit the nut with a hammer. ha ha Nice job!!!

[Lt. Duct Tape]

Only if you drink two coconut's worth every hour

[skunkbait]

Good job! We did it this way when I lived in New Guinea. WHen you get used to EVERYTHING cooked in coconut milk, it's hard to do without.

[thematthatter]

Is the traditional way to use your underwear to filter out the coconut? Also i heard drinking coconut milk or maybe juice causes diarrhea because its so rich, is that true?