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Summary: How to use scissors to pierce and open a coconut; get expert tips and advice different ways to use coconuts in this free instructional video.
Graduating from the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Chicago, IL with a degree in Culinary Arts, Gail Hoffman has spent the last thirteen years working as a chef for "top-rated"...read more
"Hi my name is Gail Hoffman, and I'm from North Reddington Beach, Florida, and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to demonstrate how to open a coconut. Ok, another way to get the liquid out of the coconut is just to use the scissors and again you want to find one of the eyes that you can pierce. And you just kind of twist your scissors into it. And sometimes if one isn't giving it enough, then you can try another one. You can feel it start giving way, and we have made a hole inside it, and then you can drain out the liquid."
eHow Article: Piercing a Coconut With Scissors