My 12 year old son, Cameron has always wanted to buy a fresh coconut. I don't care for coconut, so I have never purchased one. I haven't kept my family from it though...I have bought several bags of shredded coconut for baking reasons :) But a bag of coconut doesn't seem to hit the spot with an aspiring chef...so...he bought a coconut. Only $1.39!
Took a while to get it open. He tried the back of a butcher knife handle like they do on Iron Chef America, but mom ended that really soon when the blade was bouncing up too close to his chest. Break out the hammer!! Clawing at it with the back side of the hammer, he manages to make a small gash in the coconut shell. Taking one final pound with the hammer, the coconut cracks open.
The moment he has been waiting for....until... As the coconut came open, did we see the fresh white coconut milk...no, nothing but pieces of shell down inside of a dirty bit of fluid....
Did we see soft coconut that we could freshly shred...no, nothing, but a gooey mess.....
There is nothing worse than a coconut pie recipe, a future chef....and his rotten coconut...
We bought a coconut from Walmart (LOL) to check out last year and ours tuned out to be rotten! I had told my kids of the fresh green coconuts that were my safe drink in Panama when I was there on a humanitarian. We were all seriously disapointed! Let me know if you ever find out where to get a fresh one with the green on! The people in countries where the people just go get one in the yard would seriously laugh at what we get here!
ReplyDeleteme know if you want a fresh one. There is a co-op produce store in Pitsburgh. I will pick one up next time I am there.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you were in Panama Stacey! That is so awesome :)
ReplyDeleteLiz, Cameron would love that. Just one of those things that is really important to him...