SC - Re: Wierd but Cool Kitchen Gadgets

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

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

Hmmm, i've drunk coconut water (what it's called in Indonesia) 
without untoward gastric effects.

Anahita