Q&A for How to Hollow Out a Coconut

It's harder to pull out when uncooked. Some small pieces will be left, but after cooking, not as much is left.

Smashing a whole coconut on hard concrete ground into pieces, then using a hammer to break any large pieces, makes it easier to pop out coconut meat. If the coconut looks dark brown when you buy it, it is an older one and the meat is hard to remove and not tasty. A younger ripe coconut will have a light brown husky exterior. This meat is sweeter and easier to pop out.Therefore, selection of coconut is important.

The thin brown skin on coconut meat is edible and provides good fiber. In some cases you can peel it off or scrape it off if you only want the pure white meat. However, shredding this thin woody casing only adds fiber to your diet and does not affect the taste of the coconut.

You could out a clear, safe coating on it. There are coatings/varnish that are safe to use for utensils, plates and cups.

Some people think that the natural taste of unprocessed coconut is soapy, so it might just be that you don't enjoy the taste.

It was likely a young piece of coconut. The young coconut's meat is soft and jelly-like, while the shell is somewhat greenish in color.

Coconut water should be as clear was water. If it smells or tastes bad, it's spoiled.

Yes, a coconut's flesh is white and it is the most safe when it is white.

No, not exactly, What you can do is try to crack it open on 2 pieces then, get the meat out. After that use a strong glue like gorilla glue and glue the shell back together.