December Own the skills initiative

Yeah, but where's the fun in that? I could use a conch shell, hollowed stump and hot rocks, or any number of found objects. I think the spirit of the challenge is to make something. I think I'm gonna coal burn my next one. Personally, I won't count the fire I use to boil the water unless it's friction fire from found materials. I know that's not necessary but it makes the challenge more fun for me.
 
Nive Work MD.. on both counts...
Ken.. It does not have to be portable
I'd prefer different materials.. But if you think you need to do something twice to get the hang of it That;s fine to.. but "extra points will be given for varied materials.
 
Well, guys sorry I don't have any pictures but this is how it went and a couple important things to point out.

First, I cleaned all the stuff around the coconut to be sure it wouldn't catch on fire, then I carved a small hole on the soft top of the coconut and drained all the juice. I didn't carve the "meat" (Big mistale IMO). I filled it with just a little over 400 ml. of fresh water and put it over/inside a pile of rocks right next to my campfire, then I covered the small hole with a flat rock.

After about 35-36 minutes I removed the coconut from the fire (mainly because the side closest to the fire was kind of burning already).

When I opened it the water was indeed hot, not boiling, just very hot, but the meat had kind of disolved with the hot water and the result was some kind of coconut soup.

So, if you want to try it, I suggest you remove at least some of of the meat, although this might reduce the heat resistance of the crust. To avoid this, I tried to let the meat on other coconut dry over night but instead it grew fungi, so that is not an option, any ideas?
 
OK Sorry for the delay I got caught up in the Holidays

Noone actually completed this challenge but the Prize goes to mdv25 for Best effort
PM me your address Buddy and I'll maile the condor bush lore out
 
Noone actually completed this challenge

Thanks Bro but I'll have to decline based on the above quote. I think your challenges are great and sure hope you make another one soon. I think everyone, myself included, got caught up with their holiday schedules.

P.S. did my email go through? having hotmail issues and I just found out that some of my replies were not sent.
 
I failed to even attempt this challenge. Sorry. I feel crappy about that, but I'll not make excuses. At some point I'll just do it, and maybe take some pictures if I'm successful.

Congrats to Md 25v, and thanks to Riley for continuing to challenge us!
 
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