The Two Whos

As you may remember, Cece has trouble  opening certain packaging.  Remember her 4 hour attempt to open the packaging on her new GPS? Here is a summary of the first 2 hours:

“  ……I contemplated calling the bomb squad to blow it open…but I kept telling myself to be a big girl and struggle through it…to take some cleansing breaths….and that this packaging would not get the best of me! I contemplated using my teeth, but my mother told me never to use my teeth as a tool! I tried knives,…both serrated and regular, a screw driver, scissors, a butter knife to try to pry it open and finally after several attempts with a serrated mega shear….I was able to almost sheer it open,…and glory be, I did not cut myself in the process!”

And so, it was with great trepidation, that Cece contemplated opening up her fresh coconut. Did you know that coconut water is a wonderful source of electrolytes? It is the purest liquid second only to water.  It is chock full of calcium, potassium and magnesium and can be used in an emergency to replace IV fluid for hydration.  It can be used to break up kidney stones, can replace blood plasma,  is antibacterial and can kill HIV, herpes, the flu and other forms of bacteria.  It also controls vomiting.  WHEW!  What  a super food!

Believe it or not, there are directions on Cece’s coconut!  It tells her in several different languages to “insert a straw at the indicated place.”  She keeps looking for the X.  She is not sure where that indicated place is!  She imagines it is those dark “eyes” the coconut has!  Then step two tells her how to open it.  It says to “put the coconut in a plastic  bag and throw it on the floor.”    Cece is laughing out loud hysterically…. thinking of her downstairs neighbor  who has trouble enough with her early rising and her flamenco dancing…never mind coconut throwing.

OH Well, it looks like she will have to wield a screwdriver and a hammer.  A very scary prospect on a round object!    OH.  She forgot step 3:  Get the pieces out of the bag and take the pulp off the bounced coconut with the proper tool.”    She will try.

PS.  Yes!  She did try organic coconut water that comes pre-packaged, but it tasted horrible.  Cece will attempt the fresh!

Post Script: Cece was able to open up the coconut without incident!  There was a lot of water in the coc0nut…about 16 ounces….AND it was absolutely delicious!  There was NO comparison between the organic coconut water in a container  and the fresh.  The fresh was sweet and coconutty…..very refreshing! The organic in the container was undrinkable.

This is a good “back to basics”  lesson.  Whole foods are always better…they may  take a little more time, but whole foods are usually better for you and more tasty than processed.

Cece waited until about 9am to put the coconut into a bag.  Then she went  onto her landing outdoors with her hammer to finish up the job!

Post Post Script: Well on Wednesday, Step 3 above got the best of Cece!  What IS the proper tool?  She  just finished applying first aid and a butterfly bandage to her thumb which she sliced across the joint with a serrated knife…you guessed it…cutting the fleshy pulp of the coconut off the hard  nut part.  Coconut with blood on it is not a pretty sight…the white and red….NOT!  She thinks that she will revert to using her teeth as a tool !  Much safer!

“Bye for Now” from The Two Whos