SC - Re: Wierd but Cool Kitchen Gadgets

[Olwen the Odd]

You can also make your own coconut milk.  Take the meat from the nut and grate
it.  Mix it with the liquid from the nut, then squeeze through a cloth.  What
will result will be your very own coconut milk, much fresher and better tasting
than the stuff you get out of a can.  You must squeeze the mixture very hard or
you won't get all of the liquid out.  What should remain in the cloth is a very
dry, very flat-tasting bit of coconut meat.

Kiri

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> >I sometimes see coconuts in the grocery here. What is the best way to
> >'open' a coconut to get at the inside? A big hammer? A saw? Does
> >it vary depending upon whether the coconut is green or brown and
> >hairy (I assume the last is ripe or past ripe and the former is
> >not, and probably not available in my area). Do the brown hairy
> >ones have coconut milk in them or it is just 'meat' by then?
> >
> >I was going to ask whether coconuts were known in period in Europe.
> >Then I looked in my nuts-msg file and found that, surprisingly to me,
> >they were.
> >
> >Stefan li Rous
>
> I am assuming you are speaking of the already hulled coconuts.  The not
> hulled ones are rather large and more or less three sided.  If you are
> talking about those ignore what I am about to write and re-state.
>
> The little round brown coconuts with three little "eyes" on one end should
> have a sloshing sound when you shake them.  If they don't they are very old
> and won't be nearly as good.  Generally you would drive an ice-pick or
> screwdriver or corkscrew through the "eyes" and drain the liquid into a
> glass.  Then bang the coconut open with a hammer.  I place them partially
> wrapped in a towel and put in a close fitting box or castiron pot to break
> them open.  Less chance of shell and meat going flying all over the room.
> The fresher the coconut (if it has milk in it) the easier it is to remove
> from the shell.  The milk can be used in any number of ways but I usually
> just find a thimble of rum and drink it.
> Olwen who used to shake them from trees and bust them on rocks
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