coconut provides a nutritious source of meat, juice, milk, and oil that has fed and nourished populations around the world for generations. Coconut is highly nutritious and rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. It boosts energy and endurance, enhancing physical and athletic performance.
You might be interested to hear Nathen that 160ml cans of Essential Coconut Cream are on offer in Waitrose for £0.48 - do you have a local branch in your part of the world ?
Originally Posted by Dedworth
I doubt it Dedworth.
Just trying to help him - he seemed a nice chap
I doubt it Dedworth.
See if you can spot his next appearanceJust trying to help him - he seemed a nice chap
well in all my years of being on this planet, 2 years ago i had a coconut at borocay and i was amazed, i always thought a coconut was hard and you nearly always broke your teeth scraping it of the shell that was how i ate them and seen then until emma let me share hers, it was beautiful and when i got back to england people did not believe me that they was soft inside
My ex (family are farmers) thought it was hilarious that we ate those dried up old coconuts, which of course to her were only of any use in making 'Copra'.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/136870/copra
Agreed.My ex (family are farmers) thought it was hilarious that we ate those dried up old coconuts, which of course to her were only of any use in making 'Copra'.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/136870/copra
Mind you copra is a reasonable business.
We had a reasonable coconut business for our family in Davao Oriental until this latest storm. Virtually all gone now, along with a few banana plantations.
We need to think very quickly how to pick them up again. But I know they'll do it by hook or by crook.
Sorry to hear your family was affected by the recent typhoon.
Copra used to be a reasonable business and if you had a little capital you could wait for the price to rise. Recently the price has dropped to about 14 pesos per kilo from a high of about 40 at the start of the year. A lot of the copra farmers are suffering because of this. The main market for copra is Europe so use products that have Philippine copra in them
Theres a guy on malapascua who will open a green coconut,fresh from the tree with his teeth,he has dentition like a shark,bit-power like a pitbull,he starts tearing off the husk,if your over there ask around for him.i always thought a coconut was hard and you nearly always broke your teeth scraping it of the shell
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That's very sad for them Peter. They are such resilient people there in the Philippines though, and do seem ready always to help each other out. Hopefully they'll soon be back on their feet again.
I remember when I lived up on the family farm in the mountains, the male relations building their Copra 'Kilns', fuelled by old coconut shells. That and the rice being a major part of their income.
The farm had 16 hectares of rice paddies, in addition to many fruit and coconut trees, plus a crystal clear mountain river running through it, with a few fishponds alongside. Always something interesting going on.
I used to think that the type of coconuts we have in UK in supermarkets was the only way they came! It was only 4 years ago, that I actually first saw a young green coconut! The Morrisons near where I used to work sold the younger green type which they called Jelly-nuts!
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