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[AlabamaPop]

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How do you guys crack open a cocunut...like really. Every time i buy one i kinda ruin the whole thing before getting to the good stuff!!!!!

haha yeah =] my parents are from south america so they are pro's at it 😛

I'd never try it lol

 

[Iliketoytles]

How do you guys crack open a cocunut...like really. Every time i buy one i kinda ruin the whole thing before getting to the good stuff!!!!!

Never cut vertically. Always chop it sideways, so the milk runs to the bottom and you cut above it so it ends up on the bottom hemisphere.

And I use a knife and hammer. 🙂

 

[SpecterGT260]

Never cut vertically. Always chop it sideways, so the milk runs to the bottom and you cut above it so it ends up on the bottom hemisphere.

And I use a knife and hammer. 🙂

Like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yMICA9LPc

 

[Iliketoytles]

Like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yMICA9LPc

I love the top comment.

 

[SpecterGT260]

OMG i didnt see that 🤣

 

[AlabamaPop]

I like the brown ones a lot more than the green ones. The green ones are common in the middle east, but the coconut milk is really more like water, and kind of bitter/sour. The brown ones are a lot more sweet.

I agree, but idk, i like them both lol. im a coconut addict lol. ever tried coconut rice? my boyfriend took me to this Asian restaurant here in NYC...the best coconut rice i've ever experienced...it was almost like a pudding/dessert

//drool

 

[Iliketoytles]

I agree, but idk, i like them both lol. im a coconut addict lol. ever tried coconut rice? my boyfriend took me to this Asian restaurant here in NYC...the best coconut rice i've ever experienced...it was almost like a pudding/dessert

//drool

Coconut rice is really good! There's a local Thai place that makes it really well. 👍

 

[donkeykong1]

Coconut rice is really good! There's a local Thai place that makes it really well. 👍

There are local Thai places at basically every other block around Union Square, NYC

 

[ToldYouSo]

Mangoes can get pretty messy; you just have to make 2 offset cuts from the center to avoid the seed completely. Then it's just a matter of using a spoon.

 

[Iliketoytles]

Mangoes can get pretty messy; you just have to make 2 offset cuts from the center to avoid the seed completely. Then it's just a matter of using a spoon.

hmm... ill try that. thanks 🙂

 

[lacrosse87]

mangos.

Mangoes

Drool. I went to an indian buffet after the gym yesterday. I'm not a "juice" guy (ew apple juice, grape juice, juicy juice. UGH even the word "juice" kills me. Worst word ever), but the mango juice they had there was like crack. Soooo good.

Like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yMICA9LPc

Pan the man

 

[Iliketoytles]

Drool. I went to an indian buffet after the gym yesterday. I'm not a "juice" guy (ew apple juice, grape juice, juicy juice. UGH even the word "juice" kills me. Worst word ever), but the mango juice they had there was like crack. Soooo good.

Indian mango juice (also "mango rus", which is thicker) is really good... especially when super cold.

If you go to an indian store, try a chiku shake. My mom's obsessed with them.

 

[COMedic2Doc]

Indian mango juice (also "mango rus", which is thicker) is really good... especially when super cold.

If you go to an indian store, try a chiku shake. My mom's obsessed with them.

Mango juice is the best. I was fortunate enough to have a great dining facility staff while deployed as a contract Medic that made absolutely delicious mango juice (only thing that I would drink for juice, LOL). I absolutely love coconuts and mangoes both! My wife makes some absolutely delicious sticky rice, coconut dishes, and other dishes with her talented Filipino cooking skills 😀 I must admit that the mangoes that we usually enjoy the Phils is way better than those that I have enjoyed here, probably due to the climate, etc.

 

[GimpGenius]

I took a holiday in Costa Rica for two weeks. I'm pretty sure they picked the fruit straight off the trees and served it up for breakfast. Fresh fruit + cafe con leche = great morning.

Tangentially related question: has anyone tried durian fruit before? I've heard it's... unique.

 

[COMedic2Doc]

I took a holiday in Costa Rica for two weeks. I'm pretty sure they picked the fruit straight off the trees and served it up for breakfast. Fresh fruit + cafe con leche = great morning.

Tangentially related question: has anyone tried durian fruit before? I've heard it's... unique.

I absolutely agree that one way for a perfect morning is a fresh fruit breakfast, coffee and diving 🙂. I have tried durian fruit and it was pretty interesting to eat and a unique taste (not sour or anything just different) after you got through the skin. The hotel that I stayed with in Bali served Durian fruit all the time so my wife and I enjoyed it quite often.

 

[Ochemlover45]

Never cut vertically. Always chop it sideways, so the milk runs to the bottom and you cut above it so it ends up on the bottom hemisphere.

And I use a knife and hammer. 🙂

If it comes straight from the coconut it's coconut water, if you shred the coconut and boil it then you make coconut milk.

 

[Iliketoytles]

If it comes straight from the coconut it's coconut water, if you shred the coconut and boil it then you make coconut milk.

Oops you're right, my bad. Thanks! 🙂

 

[COMedic2Doc]

Oops you're right, my bad. Thanks! 🙂

Semantics gotta love 'em. 😀