Risking My Fingers Opening A Water Coconut | Fruity Fruits

[@CharisSunny]

My Jamaican self spent the entire video shouting “You need a machete!” 😂 🇯🇲🥥

[@PrincessBlumie]

Miami FL here- I was thinking the same thing! Machete and I like doing the top with a clean drill bit

[@danielchilson6972]

Or a cane knife...

[@guillermoroque9524]

Same! I'm from Mexico and we use machetes too. 🥥🏝️

[@nikkimarie6916]

Right, I was like you need a machete for that jelly water 🇯🇲

[@evan_ramlie99]

My dad uses a machete too and I'm from Indonesia. But at least Emmy was using cleavers, not a kitchen knife

[@Debora_9x]

I've recently discovered that there are old species of fruits (like old varieties of apples, plums, etc) that are being reintroduced and brought back to consumers at least in Italy/Europe; I wonder if there might be something similar in USA, that could be a cool episode for fruity fruits! P.s. Have you ever tried mulberry?

[@imirrawashere]

She probably has. Mulberry trees are extremely common and grow wild in the US. :)

[@melhawk6284]

There are! At least 1 anyway. The Lost Apple Project! I want to try an Arkansas Black apple, very badly! They are literally a red so dark it is nearly black, and supposedly sugar sweet and keep for a hot minute in winter.

[@alphabetsoup6681]

@@melhawk6284 I have seen the apples in Harris Teeter. They are seasonal of course and I don’t remember exactly when I saw them.

[@melhawk6284]

@Alphabet Soup truly?! I believe I must needs look up that establishment!

[@alphabetsoup6681]

@@melhawk6284 the kids were doing a science class experiment and needed different kinds of apples. They liked the Jazz apples because they tasted like apple candy.

[@CuttoothsRoom]

Ahhh the memories. Growing up we had a couple coconut trees in the backyard so I grew up eating green coconut. Here (Hawaii) the soft meat was referred to as "spoon meat". I remember my dad scooping out a bunch of meat and blending it up with the coconut water then passing it thru cheesecloth to make coconut milk. He'd always use that to make haupia or add it to squid luau. Thanks for the memories!

[@deannearmaya8090]

I was thinking that the yellow one tasted different because it was just a little bit older. Is this correct? Or do different varieties taste different. I spent a few years in the south pacific Islands and don't think I ever tasted 2 young coconuts that tasted exactly the same. I always put it down to age not variety. But I'm sure you have a lot of varieties in Hawaii, so you may know the answer to this question.

[@rebeccaavega2298]

I have a fruity fruit I can almost guarantee you have never heard of. They are called Salmon Berries. The shape is similar to a raspberry but with a flavor that I can not adequately describe. Absolutely delicious and unique. It’s a treasured treat by those of us who know about it.

[@beckys2825]

I grew up in Seattle and I LOVE salmon berries!

[@mari0.o.o]

Nothing to do with what you wrote but you post your comment 22h ago and this vid was published 10min ago or sum. Im trying to figure out how the hekk that works

[@TracyShead-Stamey]

I loved picking them when I lived in Oregon. They are mild but sweet.

[@mzgrey]

​@@mari0.o.o op is probably a channel member and has early access to videos. 😊

[@dartagnantaft5918]

I remember those when I was young living in Washington.

[@jahbern]

My mother in law still makes her own coconut milk for her curries, like she did growing up in Malaysia. She won’t use canned coconut milk. Fortunately, she has two sons who are willing to help scrape coconuts for the payoff of her homemade curry 😂

[@MaxOakland]

Does homemade taste different?

[@jahbern]

@@MaxOakland yes. It’s very much based on what you are used to - I don’t consume much coconut milk, so it doesn’t really matter to me whether it’s fresh or canned. It’s kind of like Mac and cheese for me, to use the whitest possible analogy. You can tell the difference between Kraft and homemade, but people who have only eaten Kraft don’t know what they don’t know. And some even prefer Kraft because it’s what they are used to 😂

[@troyramadin5772]

I love fresh coconut! Even though I’m from Brooklyn, New York, I grew up having these a lot in the neighborhood of Crown Heights. The jelly part is so yummy! And yes the coconut vendors do have forearms of steel, they also use machetes (otherwise known as a cutlass) to cut open the coconuts.

[@kyokoyumi]

A machete is not a cutlass.

[@troyramadin5772]

@@kyokoyumi please do your research. In the Caribbean they use the word “cutlass” for the word “Machete.”

[@TheRealHappyG]

I grew up in the tropics, and usually, we just handled opening a coconut with a machete and a dog who loved ripping off the husks 😂

[@shoebaglady8374]

I’ve been watching you longer than I like to admit. Your recipe for congee is still one I use to this day! You seem to not have aged at all! I love your fruity fruit series! (…..and who can forget Winston!) ❤

[@annadickens9245]

I just LOVE Emmy and the Fruity Fruits series so much!! She always brightens the day!!

[@Gorgeouss_Court]

Pleaseeeee do more fruity fruits videos! There’s are my favorite! I love the Hard Times and MRE tasting videos too but there’s something especially great about how you show and explain all these unique fruits for us! I learn something new every time 🤗

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

This brings back memories of my childhood growing up in Miami. Coconut trees grew everywhere down there. As a child I would always get a coconut and a hammer and screw driver to pop a hole in it and drink the coconut juice.

[@vannessamarie]

That seems like a great idea! Screwdriver and hammer!

[@tomawen5916]

Glad you came out of this with all your fingers intact! I have seen those coconut chopping videos and those guys just whack whack whack with those machetes!

[@tylergoodwin9408]

A new Emmy video! My day has been made :) P.S. Fruity Fruits is my favorite series from you.

[@emzadia]

Yes, I'm always jazzed when I see a fruity fruits video in my feed!! 👌

[@leanneoberrymcguire8021]

😂There are sooooo many "that's what she said" jokes in this video 😂😂😂. It's too funny. Love you, Emmy!

[@Gnif572]

Thank you so much for being so wholesome. When I can't feel anything else but despair, I know if I can watch one of your videos that it will soften it at least a little

[@shannondore]

Yay!! Fruity fruits! I love the fruity fruits theme song it's so catchy. I love coconuts but I also love the Coquito nuts. They are super tiny and look and taste like coconut. Really hard to find but when I do I snatch them up they're (like you say) so stinkin cute.😊

[@뽀잉뚝딱]

Emmy with two gigantic clevers, that could be a killer game character

[@yeshayaamichai1512]

Best electrolyte!! When I lived in Africa and Hawaiʻi, if I felt a bit "off" would just buy one off the street with a straw and it would really help. 👍🏻🌴

[@javithecreator5641]

which country did you visit in africa? i’d assume somewhere tropical🥰🥰

[@yeshayaamichai1512]

@@javithecreator5641 Lived in Sierra Leone

[@brittanyagm]

Emmy have you every tried paw paw fruit? It grows in the US but it's a wild one hard to find commercially

[@debgeisler4568]

Yay, fruity fruits! This was fascinating. It would be cool to see the mature, brown ones, too, and to get a sense of how much liquid is in each type by measuring the difference. But thank you very much for piquing my curiosity about one of my favorite fruits!

[@kareny5438]

There's very little to almost no liquid in the brown ones. The liquid is tasteless at that point. The delicious jelly part turns into the hard oily coconut meat you see in stores as shredded coconut.

[@debgeisler4568]

@@kareny5438 We used to get the brown ones at the grocery store when I was a kid. My Dad was fond of fresh coconut from his time in the navy, so he’d get cravings. (They showed up rarely in a small town grocery store in Ohio in the 1960s.) He always got the liquid out by hammering a Phillips-head screwdriver into two of the three “dots”…then pour the liquid from one while the other let air in…then crack the nut for the meat. Some of the meat would go into savory dishes (esp. with pork or shrimp), and some would get shredded, mixed by Mom with melted chocolate, and turned into OMG haystack candies. I remember the liquid as more flavorful than the stuff we can buy now in cartons - and which comes out of the green coconuts. It is fine - and great for hydrating - but different from the older liquid..in my memory, anyhow. (Mostly, I’m just curious what the liquid losses and changes are. Science!)

[@nisargthakur]

My parents have a couple coconut trees. We generally let the fruit fully dry before we open it. They are a bit of a pain to open lol when dry. Generally we buy cut fresh coconuts from the street venders and drink then water using a straw. It’s just so much better than packaged stuff.

[@bethlovesthings]

I have been blessed to visit Sri Lanka and have been enlightened to the world of coconut and the different kinds / sweetness. Such a cute video

[@CeeBee781]

Love this series! Just learned of a new, very interesting sounding fruit I’d live you to try! It’s called the Red Custard Apple and apparently it has similarities to soursop

[@c0ldlight1]

I love the fruity fruits song so much, Emmy. I learned so much about coconuts!

[@Witchy_Woman55]

I absolutely Love the Fruity Fruits series, I learn so much

[@thepaperwar00]

I find it much easier to open with the heel of the cleaver, because it’s more of a hacking motion, rather than a slicing or chopping motion.

[@laniehrlich9271]

I learn so much from Emmy! I feel like this is what they should be showing to kids in school or what they should be doing with kids in school

[@rebhart54]

I love all Emmy's videos! I always stay tuned to the very last second to see what funny ending Emmy comes up with 😄

[@rosanekirinus12]

Love, love the Fruity Fruit series! How about trying Akee (sp?). My favorite breakfast when in Jamaica is salt fish and akee. The akee is presented in a way that it’s indistinguishable from scrambled eggs. Delicious!

[@Amsayy]

I used to get these chopped open at a market in Toronto in the summer. Amazing ❤

[@TomO.3678]

I had fresh coconut as a kid. It tasted nothing like a Mounds bar! Excellent vid, as always, Emmy! 🥥🍫😄✌🏻☘️

[@maetaylor5677]

Coconuts are incredible my fav fruit/nut.. Interesting enough the bladder in our bodies holds about 2 cups of liquid. 2 cups is about how much water is in a young coconut. Coconut is clearly gods design of the ultimate Gatorade electrolyte drink!! So So amazing I think!!! And theres so much else you can do with the meat shell etc..

[@nukiesduke6868]

coconut coir is an awesome byproduct from coconut farming. Makes for some really good soil amendments.

[@guccideltaco]

My husband gardens and grows micro greens, and his favorite store-bought soil has coconut coir added to it. He doesn't like to use anything else for his micro greens.

[@jenninstitches]

Coconut husk is amazing for polishing wood floors. Learned that from a Barbadian friend. I could eat coconut every day because it is absolutely my favourite flavour in the whole world.

[@KT-Kaboom]

One of my favorite treats in southeast Texas was young coconut that had been stored in an ice chest before opening! So good!

[@ApotheosisDivine69]

Lovely video, Emmy!! Great anatomy lesson also 👌

[@tonyp6631]

I love the educational bits in your videos. Your channel rocks.

[@ToukoWhite]

This is all I ever thought of when I thought of coconuts probably from growing up in Florida. 8:32 "I had to use a rock" ahh yes that's what I was waiting for all paths lead here

[@Drgn8DDragonsDungeon]

"I'm not going to bother cutting off the bottom..." *begins cutting off the bottom* 😂😂😂 you are too adorable, your videos are always fantastic

[@msshorty7633]

Hey Emmy I Love Your Videos !! Never miss them...

[@aidan32112]

Love this series Emmy ❤

[@vm974]

This is my favorite series! I love fruity fruits, and young green coconuts are my fav! ❤❤❤

[@simlover00]

I've always eaten coconut that was hard and ready to eat but once my mom bought one that was slightly younger than usual. The flesh was just a little softer and tasted so much better 😊

[@sissinoklahoma2057]

Love Fruitty Fruits!! Thank you!!

[@beauvogames]

People who have played Super Mario Sunshine may also be familiar with the green coconut 😊 (Thanks for fantastic explanation and another fun video as always Emmy)

[@paulahillier1390]

Only Emmy would have "sentimental cleaver."😄 Also, no Fruity Fruits song??

[@AJCF0801]

I, sadly, cannot eat, let alone drink, coconut, but I’m enjoying watching you hack it. Must be very satisfying 😂❤️

[@ms.ongnipotent]

Oh Emmy I wish you could try Thai/dwarf coconut- it has a pandan smell and flavor. Also the tree is short so no need to climb 😂

[@debrabowen4276]

Only Emmy would own a sentimental cleaver! Gotta love this girl!

[@melaniefisher8823]

I lovvvvve this series, I am ALWAYS HAPPY when this Playlist is updated!!! Have you tried pawpaws? I can't remember?

[@margueritepeaden3445]

Love to see fruity fruit videos. Get to learn how to eat things I don’t know how or what part or learn of fruits I’ve never heard of or seen.

[@TheKlacroix96]

I missed all ur fruity fruit videos I love them so much

[@HMMC101]

I love this series, Emmy! I hope you don’t run out of fruit, ever!! You teach us so much ❤❤

[@bethenecampbell6463]

One of my earliest memories is of the young men ofthe Philipino national guard climbing the coconut palm in our backyard to get some coconuts down for us. They whacked a cross into one end of the coconut and then used a stake with a large nail in it to pry the shell apart. It seemed like everyone had a machete close to hand as they used them for everything.

[@greenquartz]

I've just heard about these French strawberries called Gariguette strawberries in a Sorted episode. It would be really cool to hear your description of them. They looked beautiful ans delicious! They also tried a Cedro lemon from Calabria Italy that is used more for the pith and the whole time I kept thinking, I wish I could hear Emmy describe this one! Lol, maybe you could find a recipe or two for it.

[@meihelaniitaaehau1539]

I LOVE the fruity fruits series!!

[@lynniev]

I love all the fruity fruit videos!! Are these the same as a sprouted coconut?

[@jamirelistorres5421]

Sprouted coconuts are mature coconuts it’s like “the final stage” it comes after the brown hairy ones you see at the supermarket

[@christophe5114]

Love, Love... Love you and Fruity Fruits and yes do tried them all... google say there are 2000 types... Get cracking!

[@laurametheny1008]

My grandson got to go down to Brazil twice and have these by the ocean. Yum! I really want to try some. Thanks Emmy🙏🥥

[@lauramaldonado5591]

So fascinating, I never knew that about coconut milk. I love your videos! Not only do I learn to cook new things, but also new information I feel so educated! ❤

[@davidsmith3263]

Emmy classic. The best. 😊

[@christinevenner183]

It was so interesting to see a young coconut being opened. I had no idea there were different varieties, my experience with coconuts has always been the brown hairy ones that are already out of the fruit. I've never tried coconut water, I'll have to try it one day. Great video :)

[@imperfecteclipse]

They’re hard to get because they’re only ripe for a very specific, short, amount of time but you should try and get a Pawpaw! I personally do not like them but many do. We have a whole festival for them here in Ohio lol

[@amypaperlady1210]

She has! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6ewlp2ooLSHiJI

[@megancaldaia6708]

The Red Paw Paws are supposed to be much nicer than the green/yellow ones.

[@minakorei]

Emmy has a pawpaw video! It's like four or five years old now, but I'll never forget it because it's the first time I'd heard of that fruit!

[@imperfecteclipse]

@@minakorei oh! I'll have to look it up!

[@gilbertalejandro7992]

i love watching your videos while I sesh. it's really relaxing

[@LunaSkye64]

So happy to see Fruity Fruits back!

[@NaturalMackie]

We buy them by the box of late. My husband loves them, so do I and we have fresh coconut water daily. A sharp machete does the trick really well.

[@blank5210]

I ordered a tool from Amazon for this purpose. It's a handled blade with a mallet . Makes opening coconut very easy

[@jimgilbert9984]

I lived in Hawaii from age 6 to 8. I got to eat all kinds if coconuts, and mangos, papayas, pineapples, as well as poi. You ought to get the ingredients to make poi so that you can try it.

[@TnT_F0X]

I had one of these in Texas... I wish it wasn't so expensive to ship! never have them this far north, and bottled coconut water isnt as good.

[@rj1620]

Nicely done, Miss Emmy!

[@xxRabiiixx]

Would love to see you do a fruity fruits episode featuring the fruit of the monstera deliciosa plant. It looks so interesting.

[@Remixtiere]

Try snake fruit ! And the white Mango aswell ! And the monstera deliciosa fruit !! ❤

[@O2life]

Love this series, even when it's stressful AF to watch. Another dangerous fruit you should try is guineps, also called Spanish limes, quenepas, and many other names. They're amazing!! so delicious, possibly illegal in the US, but I bought some in new york.

[@louisejohnson6057]

I've been happily re-watching past episodes of Fruity Fruits over the last few days, also your episodes featuring anything mochi. Your enthusiasm for life and food, and chickens, is lovely to see.

[@mr.raydio8039]

You need a kitchen band saw. Lol. A bolo and a trusting swing is perfect Philippine coconut opener

[@karlaglover9693]

How interesting have never seen a coconut in that state. Thank you for sharing. Please Stay Safe Happy and Healthy Have A Wonderful Day

[@rosechardonnay5351]

She has another video from a while back where she ate a sprouted coconut, which is a coconut that has sprouted and is starting to grow a coconut palm tree, all of the liquid inside solidifies and creates a spongey (and tasty) interior. Check it out.

[@nekoroogami]

I live in Florida and have so many coconut tress and you have no idea how hard it is to open these😂😂 as a kid I opened and pealed one only with a rock and my hands

[@bubbyanne2]

I’ve heard sprouted coconuts are like candy. I’d love it if you could try one for us.

[@MajorMel]

Love this video type, but I would love to see you use the fruit in a recipe :) Also, you could totally do a vegetable version of this too!

[@Myebayvideoschicago]

I loooooove young coconuts, but they’re like $7 here *and* I’ve only been able to open them with the claw side of a hammer! Oh-and I think the young coconut meat often has a buttery taste.

[@jomsies]

Emmy you need to try green coconut water with condensed milk! And shred the meat to mix in the drink. Serve with ice. So good ❤

[@iisadragonborn7128]

Awesome shirt. I love the common ground fair.

[@triffus]

lol, You need a machete like they use in Jamaica/Thailand/Wherever coconuts grow

[@Spetia]

1:08 I freaked out for a second looking at the background, because I thought the little black fibers hanging down was a GIANT SPIDER, it looks so much like one!

[@t.michaelbodine4341]

What a fun and creative channel. I love it.

[@blumberg1982]

I love you!! You are the best Emmy!

[@MeToo-rp6ny]

Are you going to do a follow-up video about how the yellow one tastes vs. the green one? If the water was so different, I'd be interested in how the meat is, and whether or not it's different as well. I really hope you do.

[@carmomille7679]

I live in SE Asia and I've never seen anyone extract the coconut water like that. Most folks just hack the whole top open with a cleaver like Emmy did to her second coconut around 11:00

[@atopodentatus]

I’m brazillian and love fresh coconut! Thought the ones in your video look a little too ripe for my taste. I like it when they are a bit greener, so the water is less sweet and the flesh is softer. I usually open them with a knife and wood pestle. I’ve never seen the yellow variety though!

[@brightsidexchoke]

A box of 9 from Thailand is about $12-20 here in California. SoCal is $12 and NorCal is $20. 99 Ranch has it.

[@Paola_C_Nix]

Emmy! Please try to get ahold of some Jaboticaba fruit! I’d love to see you try it ❤

[@stehole]

Tried bottled coconut water from 7eleven once and was not a fan, wan't to see if I like water straight from the nut better. Very educational video.

[@TweetyPAK7]

Fruity Fruits! My favorite! That's a lot of work!

[@shivi5561]

Here in Mumbai, India its currently the perfect time for having coconut water. You just walk to the coconut-cart guy and he takes his super sharp knife to quickly open it up, puts a straw in it and gives to you. You can also specifically ask for coconuts with more flesh than water.

[@punklejunk]

Emmy vs Coconut ! Had to take it to the ground, but results were sweet.🥥

[@Aluciel286]

I got an ad right as you grabbed the bigger knife and started chopping. What suspense. 😂

[@luc123abc]

coconut meat is a really good fish substitute for vegans, the texture is similar to raw salmon. you can even make vegan ceviche with it or just eat it with soy sauce, like a sashimi. would love to see you trying it, emmy!

[@aFreakingSpongebobReference]

I still really want to see you try Swallow's nest, I saw it at costco recently so I think it's easier to get now!

[@SerenaWhatever]

I am absolutely obsessed with the idea you going off to college with a cleaver lol