Guest guest Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. Any suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am technically ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 If you have Asian food stores near you, they do sell coconut milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Have you looked in the Mexican section of your grocery store? That is where I find it. Judy - L Friend Monday, February 19, 2007 5:07 PM [sPAM] substitute for coconut milk? I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. Any suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am technically ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Maybe reduce some almond milk, or other nut milks or soy or rice milk II think there was a post earlier on here about making your own, as I'm sure nuts and oats are readily available even if soy/rice/almond/etc milks are not. Basically, to reduce let it simmer on the stove top, and it should reduce by about half . It will be thicker like coconut milk is (If I recall correctly, it's been a while since I cooked with it). Make sure to stir, probably often till it reaches a similar consistancy. If it were me, and I was out, I would probalby sub. one of the non-dairy milks instead, but using a bit less so it wouldn't water it down too much, or maybe (since you said it was frosting) some of the Silk Coffee Creamer but adjust to taste for the sweetner in the Silk creamer. Hope that helps. Missie On 2/19/07, L Friend <mountain_laurel1183 wrote: > > I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut > milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. Any > suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am technically > ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything > suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. > > > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Coconut milk is very thin, Cream of Coconut is a whole different product and very thick and sweet, much like sweetened condensed milk. Judy - Missie Ward Monday, February 19, 2007 7:52 PM Re: substitute for coconut milk? Maybe reduce some almond milk, or other nut milks or soy or rice milk II think there was a post earlier on here about making your own, as I'm sure nuts and oats are readily available even if soy/rice/almond/etc milks are not. Basically, to reduce let it simmer on the stove top, and it should reduce by about half . It will be thicker like coconut milk is (If I recall correctly, it's been a while since I cooked with it). Make sure to stir, probably often till it reaches a similar consistancy. If it were me, and I was out, I would probalby sub. one of the non-dairy milks instead, but using a bit less so it wouldn't water it down too much, or maybe (since you said it was frosting) some of the Silk Coffee Creamer but adjust to taste for the sweetner in the Silk creamer. Hope that helps. Missie On 2/19/07, L Friend <mountain_laurel1183 wrote: > > I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut > milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. Any > suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am technically > ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything > suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. > > > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hrm. the last stuff I had was coconut milk, not cream of coconut. It was a bit thicker than water/soymilk from what I recall. Though now that I think about it, would the 'Light' coconut milk be thicker for some reason? I know that was the last one I picked up. It wasn't sweet though. Maybe a different brand? I'm confused now. Oops, I meant about adjusting the sweetness in regard to using the Silk stuff, not the coconut milk. I didn't mean to confuse anyone. Sorry. Missie On 2/19/07, wwjd <jtwigg wrote: > > Coconut milk is very thin, Cream of Coconut is a whole different product > and very thick and sweet, much like sweetened condensed milk. > Judy > - > Missie Ward > <%40> > Monday, February 19, 2007 7:52 PM > Re: substitute for coconut milk? > > Maybe reduce some almond milk, or other nut milks or soy or rice milk II > think there was a post earlier on here about making your own, as I'm sure > nuts and oats are readily available even if soy/rice/almond/etc milks are > not. > > Basically, to reduce let it simmer on the stove top, and it should reduce > by > about half . It will be thicker like coconut milk is (If I recall > correctly, > it's been a while since I cooked with it). Make sure to stir, probably > often till it reaches a similar consistancy. > > If it were me, and I was out, I would probalby sub. one of the non-dairy > milks instead, but using a bit less so it wouldn't water it down too much, > or maybe (since you said it was frosting) some of the Silk Coffee Creamer > but adjust to taste for the sweetner in the Silk creamer. > > Hope that helps. > Missie > > On 2/19/07, L Friend <mountain_laurel1183<mountain_laurel1183%40>> > wrote: > > > > I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut > > milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. > Any > > suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am > technically > > ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything > > suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. > > > > > > It's here! Your new message! > > Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 thank you everyone who gave me coconut milk advice. The Mexican aisle is the one place I didn't think to look, so I will look there. They have a Mexican store just across the street, so I will check it out first thing in the morning. If they don't have it, then i will use a substitution. Thank you thank you! VAP79 wrote: If you have Asian food stores near you, they do sell coconut milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I would try almond milk. L Friend <mountain_laurel1183 wrote: I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. Any suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am technically ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Or the Asian section or an Asian market. wwjd <jtwigg wrote: Have you looked in the Mexican section of your grocery store? That is where I find it. Judy - L Friend Monday, February 19, 2007 5:07 PM [sPAM] substitute for coconut milk? I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real milk in them. Any suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a difference. I am technically ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan when I can. So if there isn't anything suitable, I could use condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I rrecently bought a half dozen cans of coconut milk from Big Lots of all places !!! If you cant find any a good sub is to add 2 T. (30 ml) of grated coconut, dry or frozen)shredded coconut to plain silk ( or rice milk or other dairy free milk ) and soak it for several hours in the refrigerator .When ready to use simply strain the coconut out of the liquid or You can make coconut milk by combining the meat from one fresh coconut, cut into chunks, with 3 c. (750 ml) hot but not quite boiling water in a blender. Blend two to three minutes. Let stand for twenty minutes. Strain in a cloth, squeezing all the liquid from the coconut. Use immediately or keep in the refrigerator for up to four days. If you do not have a blender, you can grate the coconut by hand and pour the boiling water over it. HTH's Teresa - wwjd <jtwigg Monday, February 19, 2007 9:00 pm Re: substitute for coconut milk? > Have you looked in the Mexican section of your grocery store? > That is where I find it. > Judy > - > L Friend > > Monday, February 19, 2007 5:07 PM > [sPAM] substitute for coconut milk? > > > I live in vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find > coconut milk, and all the substitutions for it I know have real > milk in them. Any suggestions? It is for frosting if that makes a > difference. I am technically ovo-lacto, but I like to go vegan > when I can. So if there isn't anything suitable, I could use > condensed milk, but like I said, I prefer not to. > > > > . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Look for a can -- not the Tetra packs you might be expecting. It does not look at all like soy milk or rice milk or almond. Ours comes in a red can with a rooster on it. Even living as we do, in the sub-arctic in a town that is not exactly full of health nuts (!) this is easy to obtain -- in every grocery store and even in the smaller general store and some corner stores. ~Paul > <mountain_laurel1183%40>> wrote: I live in > vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut milk, and all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I don't remember where I read this, and don't have the time today to look it up, but it might be worth doing a Google search.... I seem to recall that there's a way to boil shredded unsweetened coconut in a liquid to make erzatz coconut milk. Good luck, Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Yeah, I went back and found it in the Asian section of the supermarket. I wasn't expecting it there! I looked in the canned fruit section, baking section (where I could have sworn I had seen it before, but I guess I was imagining things), and even the juice section. Other cultural sections didn't even cross my mind until I asked. So I definitely appreciate all the answers! I can identify being one of the few in town who are trying to live healthily. (Is that a word?) I live in a Tyson town, so woe to those who dare to be vegetarian! Even after telling them I don't eat meat (definitely don't want to use the word " vegetarian " ) people still try to give me chicken. I actually heard a sermon a week or two after moving here about the absurdity of those who care about the environment because it was all going to burn up anyways. Argh. There are a couple of health food stores half an hour away from me, and I am living off of those and the internet. (Paul Falvo <pfalvo wrote: Look for a can -- not the Tetra packs you might be expecting. It does not look at all like soy milk or rice milk or almond. Ours comes in a red can with a rooster on it. Even living as we do, in the sub-arctic in a town that is not exactly full of health nuts (!) this is easy to obtain -- in every grocery store and even in the smaller general store and some corner stores. ~Paul > <mountain_laurel1183%40>> wrote: I live in > vegan/vegetarian wasteland (haha) and cannot find coconut milk, and all Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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