Sorcha in Micronesia

A small how to guide on making coconut oil for beauty purposes  Step 1: Gather 5 copra coconuts Step 2: Husk the coconuts Step 3: Open the coconuts Step 4: Grate the meat out of the coconuts – most people use electric graters but many still do it by hand  Step 5: Make coconut milk – See this blog post Step 6: Filter coconut milk Step 7: Boil coconut milk Step 8: Once boiled add flowers for sent Step 9: Allow it to cool Step 10: Filter to separate solid and liquid  Step 11: Enjoy 

Step 1: Gather copra (brown husked) coconuts and chop them in half with a machete.  Step 2: Use a coconut grater to grate coconuts into a bowl. Step 3:   Once all of the coconuts are grated put a handful into a piece of cloth and squeeze as hard as you can. Discard the squeezed coconut gratings into another bowl and repeat. Step 4: Once all of the coconut gratings are squeezed use the cloth to filter the milk.                                            Step 5:  Enjoy your fresh coconut milk :)