Saturday 24 October 2015

I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts lalala

There are certain things in life that you just get used to buying pre-prepared and in neat little packages. Then when you see the whole product in its natural form they appear scary, complicated, even frightening.
I certainly felt this way about things like pineapple, coconuts and other exotic fruits.
So when the opportunity to try them out for Tesco came along I jumped at the chance and I am so glad I did!
Learning how to open and extract coconut took a little research I will admit. I was convinced I would need several kinds of power-tool equipment to open this fruit. Armed with a shed of equipment (not to mention the family owned hardware store) and hours of YouTube videos later I felt ready to tackle this seemingly daunting task.

But it wasn't hard at all! Find the soft hole the lady of coconut wisdom said and it really was that easy I didn't even need a sharp knife. A little poke with the arm of a spoon and we were soon drinking delicious coconut milk. Yum.
Drop it on the floor (after draining - i cannot stress enough how much you should complete the first step. Unless you like a coconut milk glaze to your tiling, who am I to judge?) and ta da two coconut halves. I followed another tip to freeze for a couple of hours and book easily peel-able flesh.

It was so easy and dare I admit it, FUN!!

Thank you Tesco for the opportunity to overcome my fears and enjoy some of your marvelous exotic fruits. I will certainly be trying them again in the future!


Although I had the opportunity to try the fruit for free for Tesco all the above reviews and opinions are my own x