If you're like me, you are constantly looking for something that will get your crabs to come out from their cave and get excited, well, as excited as a crab can get. A coconut is a treat that will get your crab's attention and is pretty fun to get ready to serve. I like coconuts because they can be used in three ways. You can serve the meat and the milk and you can make the husks into cocohuts.

Take the coconut and place it in a large, non-breakable bowl. Take the bowl to a hard surface (preferably concrete, like basement or sidewalk). Grab a hammer and tap lightly on the edges of the score line the manufacturer places in the sides of the coconut. It should crack open and the milk should leak out the crack into the bowl. Pry the coconut open and prepare to serve.

You have several options. You can shred some coconut meat and serve it in a dish. You can serve the coconut as is. You can soak it, you can bake it, you can steam it. I like to take a chunk of raw coconut with husk attached and pop it in the microwave. This warms up the coconut oil and releases delicious tropical fragrances. Remember, crabs love things that are smelly. I like to make a depression in the substrate and use the coconut piece as a bowl. I filled this one with shrimp, cuttlefish, and octopus. I place a small amount of coconut milk in a separate shell for them to enjoy. [By the way, that is NarNar's salsa mix in the background, a HUGE hit!]

After that is all set up I put the leftover milk in a ziploc and freeze it and wrap the coconut remains and freeze them as well. The coconut in the crabitat gets removed after a day or so because it will mold quickly.

To make a cocohut use a dremel or other small hand tool to shape the coconut half after the meat has been scraped out. You can sand off the "hair" or leave it the way it is.