To Crack and Peel Fresh Coconut

• 1 fresh brown coconut

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Pierce softest eye of coconut with a metal skewer or small screwdriver and drain liquid into a bowl to sample.
3. If it tastes sweet, the coconut is fresh; if it tastes oily, the coconut is rancid and should be discarded.
4. Bake coconut in oven 15 minutes.
5. Break shell with a hammer or back of a heavy cleaver, then remove flesh with point of a strong knife, levering it out carefully.
6. Remove brown skin with a sharp knife or vegetable peeler.

brown coconut

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/to-crack-and-peel-fresh-coconut-105044 (may not work)