Guest guest Posted May 28, 2005 Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 I need to learn more about coconuts... I was in a store the other day.. looking for a " young coconut " . what they had was different then what I had seen before but I was unsure if to buy. But I think I still as of yet have actually seen a young coconut. from some of the pics I have seen anyway.. Someone please teach me... I have seen regular brown fuzzy ones... that usually have a score in them to help open them... the other day I saw a white one still also relly fuzzy like the brown ones... these all were fairly small in diameter. I thought the young ones were not fuzzy... am I incorrect in thinking this? I have not gotten to an aisian store yet..but will soon.. these were in a store called central market.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 rawfood , " Gypsi at www.aromaticwings.com " <aromatic_wings> wrote: > I need to learn more about coconuts... > > I was in a store the other day.. looking for a " young coconut " . --- Hey Debbie! I was up in DC area a week or so ago, and saw some " young " coconuts for sale...they were all white, no hair, and had a different shape to them. I considered it for a moment, and then remembered something about the sprays, or chemicals, or something, and I chose something else. Having fresh cantelope and watermelon from SC and GA (where I drove yesterday and today, taking our son back to school...) good..very good... all the best, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Bob Farrell Sunday, May 29, 2005 1:44 PM [Raw Food] Re: COCONUT LESSON ????? Hey Debbie! I was up in DC area a week or so ago, and saw some " young " coconuts for sale...they were all white, no hair, and had a different shape to them. I considered it for a moment, and then remembered something about the sprays, or chemicals, or something, and I chose something else. _____ Fungicide, all the young coconuts brought in from Thailand are soaked briefly in a fungicide. The husk is very porous, so the fungicide does soak through to the interior. Elchanan -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (472 characters) on 30 May 2005 at 03:20:16 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAABwhppC2AEAACgDAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X1uQy h4J7kSiv0bGZTmnZA6EJ7VfJSz5YtP1QVNVZy+Gg== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Ok so since these had the hairy stuff on the outside... Are there different types of coconuts? I would not say these were the young ones.. as they did not look like some I have seen in pictures... and they were the same size as the brown hairy ones... Bob Farrell Sunday, May 29, 2005 1:44 PM [Raw Food] Re: COCONUT LESSON ????? Hey Debbie! I was up in DC area a week or so ago, and saw some " young " coconuts for sale...they were all white, no hair, and had a different shape to them. I considered it for a moment, and then remembered something about the sprays, or chemicals, or something, and I chose something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Gypsi Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:47 AM [Raw Food] COCONUT LESSON ????? I need to learn more about coconuts... I was in a store the other day.. looking for a " young coconut " . what they had was different then what I had seen before but I was unsure if to buy. But I think I still as of yet have actually seen a young coconut. from some of the pics I have seen anyway.. Someone please teach me... I have seen regular brown fuzzy ones... that usually have a score in them to help open them... the other day I saw a white one still also relly fuzzy like the brown ones... these all were fairly small in diameter. I thought the young ones were not fuzzy... am I incorrect in thinking this? I have not gotten to an aisian store yet..but will soon.. these were in a store called central market.. _____ Two different varieties of coconuts. The brown fuzzy ones are generally mature, very high in saturated fat. The white pointy ones are grown primarily in Thailand and are harvested " young, " meaning that the coconut water inside is still abundant and contains little fat (about 9% of calories, if I recall correctly). The meat is thin, only a small percentage of the food inside. Of course the meat is almost pure saturated fat, as its texture suggests. The Thai coconuts imported into the US are ALL soaked in a fungicide that DOES penetrate to the inside. Best, Elchanan -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (1132 characters) on 31 May 2005 at 05:42:07 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAAAv+ZtCbAQAAPICAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X1Ff/ jHA+9NTMIViI6g3nOnUmkiEioTJPaR66NvGGhaew== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 These white ones are not pointy and are still fuzzy>> are they still considered young?? the outer shell is a shell like the brown ones... hard.. not soft... " INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo wrote:The white pointy ones are grown primarily in Thailand and are harvested " young, " meaning that the coconut water inside is still abundant and contains little fat (about 9% of calories, if I recall correctly). The meat is thin, only a small percentage of the food inside. Of course the meat is almost pure saturated fat, as its texture suggests. The Thai coconuts imported into the US are ALL soaked in a fungicide that DOES penetrate to the inside. Best, Elchanan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 These white ones are not pointy and are still fuzzy>> are they still considered young?? the outer shell is a shell like the brown ones... hard.. not soft... _____ No idea, I am not that knowledgeable about coconuts, sorry. -- ------------------------ [ SECURITY NOTICE ] ------------------------ rawfood . For your security, vlinfo digitally signed this message on 31 May 2005 at 19:41:41 UTC. Verify this digital signature at http://www.ciphire.com/verify. ------------------- [ CIPHIRE DIGITAL SIGNATURE ] ------------------- Q2lwaGlyZSBTaWcuAVdyYXdmb29kQHlhaG9vZ3JvdXBzLmNvbQB2bGluZm9AZWFydGhsa W5rLm5ldABlbWFpbCBib2R5ALgAAAB8AHwAAAABAAAA9b2cQrgAAADFAwACAAIAAgAgWd +jWXfInHvayeGZWK7egaxIx/Ds85ig0C7EzQ1Fg5gBAIYEpBOTbs87zkSZHhSIvzVVwfR ghtV1X2jI/sjxmdF9ftqPq/jd3fOUJphqSrwLPtL10TT15ks2qZzTo7B/8zqAjlQhU2ln RW5k --------------------- [ END DIGITAL SIGNATURE ] --------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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