One of the huts was the Coconut Candy Hut. At this hut, we would show the how to husk the coconut, open the coconut, grate the coconut, make the coconut candy, and how to make coconut oil. There are two tools we use to do these things and they are called the kumzu and the hagow. The hagow is a three foot long hard piece of wood, carved into a two inch thick piece. We first have to husk the coconut, so we take the hagow and use that to pierce through the coconut husk and pry the husk from the shell. Once the shell is free of the husk, we use the hagow to break the coconut shell by holding the coconut in our palm and repeatedly hitting the shell with the hagow while turning the coconut between hits. Once we have broken the shell, we must either put the coconut milk in a container, or throw it away. Once we have the two halves of the coconut, we have to use the kumzu to grate it. The kumzu is a wooden stool with a sharp metal blade with spikes on the end of it. We use that by sitting on it and grinding the inside of the coconut shell with the meat on the blade with the spikes. When we are done, we have a plate of grated coconut. To make coconut candy, we must heat up a pan and pour a cup of sugar in. We continuously stir the sugar until it is a brown caramelized liquid. We then pour in two cups of grated coconut and stir it with the liquid until it is a sticky golden brown candy. To make the coconut oil, we have to have a plate of grated coconut, which we use our hands to squeeze until we have about a cup of coconut milk. We boil the coconut milk until we see the oil and the water separate. We then scoop out the oil into another pot to boil. Once the oil and the water has separated again, we scoop out the finished product.
Last part coming soon!
Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
Me.
Simply, a seventeen year old.
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