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Last week, my automatic coconut peeler (DeLonghi) finally broke after 20 years of hard use. I’m wondering if any of you have recommendations or thoughts on the subject of automatic coconut peelers. Thanks.
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My Black & Decker automatic coconut peeler works well, if you don’t mind a little noise. I’ve never managed to get the juicer attachment to work quite right however…
I have a prototype electric jawbone-of-an-ass with your name on it, Dan.
I made it for a St. Patrick’s Day parade killing frenzy I had planned a few years back. I didn’t want to be cliched and just carve “Suck it, Paddy O’Shea!” on there; I was looking for a name that showed some thoughtfulness, refinement, a disdain for base racial caricatureâ€â€but that still said “I’m on a personal campaign of ethnic cleansing.”
And that name was Dan Collins. Hell of a coincidence.
Now that I’ve stopped fucking Sinead O’Connor fans, I’ve lost the urge to kill the Irish, and I’ve got one too many heritage-specific scalping machines lying around the house. I’m sure it’d skin your coconuts just dandy.
And I’ll sand out the “Suck it” before I drop it at FedEx. If you want.
My wife and I continue to do it manually with a coconut paring knife, though we do concede to the advantages of an automated knife sharpener. The Black&Decker under-cabinet model we received last christmas works wonderfully, and we don’t mind the noise as we don’t use it nearly as often as you’d use an automated peeler.
I use a Braun “Cocohusker” automatic coconut peeler. It works just great, but is missing the thumb stop that the old Proctor-Silex model featured. That thumb stop that saved me many mangled thumbs (well, OK, at least two mangled thumbs) and just this morning, my wife lost a nail down to the quick. Because of that, I can only recommend the Braun unit if you wear a pair of thick leather gloves when you’re using the thing.
I just crunch ‘em up raw.
I let my coconuts freak flag fly. Peeling is so oppressive.
You mean there’s something of interest on the inside of a coconut? >:^p
There’s been a recall on many automatic coconut peelers lately. You may want to go to Microsoft support and try to troubleshoot your peeler from there. Sometimes the problem could be due to a virus or perhaps a worm getting caught in the peeler. It happened to my peeler recently, and I couldn’t log into my peeler for days. Kept trying to reboot the darn thing, but it wouldn’t start. Unfortunately, I’ve now got tons of coconuts sitting in my fridge. Can’t eat em with the peel and I don’t know what to do with them. Any suggestions?
BoZ,
Thanks, if you’re certain you’re not using it, I could use it as a backup, in case the power goes out and my Yamaha 5001K Mini-Garage-Fusion-Reactor goes on the fritz. It’s awfullly kind of you.
Take a figure skate and cut off the top portion leaving the sole. Tie the sole of the figure skate to a tree branch about three feet long. Wedge the coconut in a rock and whack at it with the figure skate stick thing.
Wilson!!!!
My Mike Tyson Coconut Peeler rocks the fucking house, and it’s solar powered.
I have no complaints, aside from the time it tried to rape my wife.
I still prefer the old manual coconut peeler. All those Marines can’t be wrong..
Dan,
Yahama customer service sucks. That why I switch to Mitsubishi Zero Point generator. Order it thru Amazon.
Dammit, I knew I forgot something on my list today. Eggs, rainbow twizzlers, a pack of slim twins, and an S80.
I’ve owned two Volvos. I’d have to be forced to dig my eyes out with spoons before I’d buy another.
I always use one of these peelers. They work great and you never need batteries.