SC - Re: Wierd but Cool Kitchen Gadgets

[Christine Seelye-King]

Except for the part about it being a natural laxative.  Which I knew
*before* I watched "Castaway".
Christianna

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> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of margali
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 8:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: SC - Re: Wierd but Cool Kitchen Gadgets
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> But the 'water' inside the coconut can be used as an IV drip ;-)
> [provided it is taken in directly and not cross contaminated.
> They used to do it in WW2 in the pacific theater.]
>
> Purportedly, a coconut is fairly close to being a 'universal'
> food, you can apparently survive on them as your sole food source
> for a fair amount of time without problems.
>
> -margali
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> The Quote Starts Here:
> The liquid inside a coconut is *not* coconut milk.
> Coconut milk is made by taking grated fresh coconut
> and water and blending them together.  the resulting
> liquid is then strained, and the pulp is discarded.
> For commercial coconut milk, sugar is often added for
> sweetness, as well as artificial thickeners.
>
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