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Coconuts are amazing!
Out of all the edibles that one can find walking through the forest the coconut would have to be one of the most useful fruit/nuts/drupes that anyone could find. The uses of this drupe are many and varied. On this page I aim to break down these uses so that everyone can clearly understand them. After reviewing these uses I believe that you too will agree that the coconut is the king of all fruits. The fact that it is used by cultures across the great oceans of the world for millennia is no surprise. The coconut deserves to be loved and nurtured. The products that one can extract from a single coconut are astonishing! This page will be updated as I create new content that I believe is worth sharing.
We should all respect the coconut! The coconut is king!
We should all respect the coconut! The coconut is king!
How to crack a coconut.
Now I know what you are thinking. Its easy to crack a coconut. Just take a hammer to the thing and crack it already! You are right. Cracking a coconut is easy, if you have the right tools. But what if you don't have any tools. How do you open a coconut without tools? The video below demonstrates a very simple method for opening the coconuts using nothing but boulders found a on a beach. It's primitive but its simple and sometimes simple is best!
How to make coconut
milk and cream from scratch!
For many years I have used coconut milk and cream to make different dishes from around the world. One of my favourite dishes is Laksa. Now, for those of you have not tried Laksa you must stop what you are doing, track down a restaurant that sells the stuff and buy it! Go on, now! You won't regret it. Laksa is quite simply one of the best dishes on the planet. It is technically a coconut curry and it is delicious! The different recipes are many and no two laksa are quite the same. Some are better than others, while others are out right addictive! Let me share a story. For years I owned and operated a small town twin cinema in Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia. Early on in the film career I found myself screening Dreamwork's masterpiece, Kung Fu Panda, on 35 mm print. This lasted for over a month straight. It was great film and it deserved such an extensive screening. But like all 35 mm prints, each session required baby sitting. As soon as I would take my eyes of the film plater system the entire projector would very likely jam up and shut the whole show down. So there I was, baby sitting a temperamental projector, eating Laksa, watching Kung Fu Panda. It was a great job, that still gives me nightmares to this day. What ever the case, each night, while the final screening was on, I would order laksa from over the road at the local Chinese restaurant, I would sit down at the small viewing window, next to this excessively loud projector and watch Kung Fu Panda from start to finish. Now, it should be said, that the laksa from over the road was no ordinary Laksa. From what I can understand the Laksa recipe had been handed down from owner to owner. I know this small detail because when the shop sold next the recipe was sold with it. Without doubt, this shops Laksa was by far the best I have ever tasted in the world! I have tried many other sand nothing compares. The truth is it still is! The shop is now called Bao Bao Chinese Restaurant and I swear to the gods that they were putting something in this Laksa that is additive. I couldn't get enough of the stuff! I ate that much of it, while watching Kung Fu Panda, that the spices started to come from the pours in my skin. I'm not kidding! Kung Fu Laksa aside, the main ingredient in the food was coconut milk and coconut cream. Believe me, it is good. So good, in-fact that Principal Skinner from The Simpsons even ranted about Laksa in one episode. The video below will teach you how to extract these milk and cream products from coconuts that you can find just laying around on the ground. In fact, the coconuts I used to make this milk and cream were found while I was working. No coconut will go to waste while I am around. And no laksa will go uneaten while Kung Fu Panda plays on 35 mm print in 2007.
All hail Kung Fu Panda, Laksa and Coconuts!
All hail Kung Fu Panda, Laksa and Coconuts!