Canned Coconut Water

[Pennypower]

Hi everyone. I havn't been around for a while. I've been slippin. But all is good! My husband decided to go 100% raw for 2 wks so I'm going back to 100% too. It's nice to have some company.
Anyway, I was wondering....
Do you know if that cannned "Amy and Brian" coconut water they sell at Whole Foods is raw? I can't find any info on the internet. I know the general rule is that if it's sold in a can it's probably not raw, but it's cheaper and SOOO much easier to drink it that way than right out of the coconut. I can just grab and go, and when I drink it this way I drink so much of it. But when I buy the coconuts they sometimes go bad in my fridge, because they are such a pain in the a**.
I'm assuming that there would be no need to pasturize it. Just thought someone out there might have the facts.:o

[EZ rider]

But when I buy the coconuts they sometimes go bad in my fridge, because they are such a pain in the a**.
I'm assuming that there would be no need to pasteurize it.I think the only reason to pasteurize is to keep food from going bad by killing everything in it that can go bad. As you said a coconut can go bad so therefor it must have "live" food in it.

[Livingsunfoods]

What about young coconuts? You can put them in the fridge until ready to use. I use the coconut water daily as a base for smoothies. I hack it open in less then 30 secs and walla!:D

[Pennypower]

What about young coconuts? You can put them in the fridge until ready to use. I use the coconut water daily as a base for smoothies. I hack it open in less then 30 secs and walla!:D

Yes I'm talking about young coconuts. I'm kind of clumsy with the "hack it open" part. It takes me 5 minutes to get it open and 5 min to clean up the huge mess all over my kitchen. If I have to I'll just suck it up I guess :(

[sfdreams]

I'm kinda clumsy with opening the baby coconuts too. I have been avoiding them because they are such a hassle. Plus the one I did get, I wasn't wild about the taste, and the meat was kinda slimey...Is this normal???

The waitress at the veg restaurant (where they had baby coconuts in the display case) said that she thought all of them were slimey.

I made the smoothie from Alissa's book (the water from the coconut with the meat) and it really didn't taste that good...was wondering if the coconut was bad?? How do you tell? :confused:

[NYbutterfly]

I buy the Amy and Brian coconut water as well. If you do a search, I've posted a frustrating thread on how the heck to open a coconut without losing a finger, an eyeball, or making a gigantic mess in your kitchen. Still no luck, so I get the canned stuff. I did a search on the internet with no luck. The ingredients are just "100% young cocounut juice" but they MUST pasteurize it. I just assume that anything in a can, box or bottle is not raw.

Darn.

[PDXGeoff]

It's an unfortunate fact, if it's liquid and they sell it in a store in a bottle or cotainer odds are it's been heat pasturized.

My advise for getting coconut water out of coconuts is to use a drill. I take a large drill bit and drill 2 holes in the top, drain the water and then hack the waterless cocnut with a hammer. It's easy to smash it because you don't have to worry about getting the water everywhere.

[Noone]

There are posts here about dr martins coconut drink. I don't know if this brand exists in the US..

Noone

[Beachhunter]

If you do not use all the coconut water from a young coconut, will it be OK to save it in the frig for the next day or so??

[sueko]

Hey PDXGeoff -- Do you wash your drill bits before using them on the coconut? Seems like this would be umm...unsanitary?

[EZ rider]

Do you wash your drill bits before using them on the coconut? Seems like this would be umm...unsanitary?I don't think a drill bit if given the same sanitation as a knife is any less sanitary then a knife or any other cutting tool that is made out of a good grade of steel.

[Weazelchef]

I'm thinking if we're stranded on an island we would have all these coconuts but no way to open them.

haha

[SeaSprite]

I'm thinking if we're stranded on an island we would have all these coconuts but no way to open them.

haha

so true!!! lol!

anything in a can is heated at very high tempuratures, it's how they put stuff in cans. There's no other way to can.

[G-Force]

I agree with the drill technique. I use my cordless drill to drill three holes in the top (young coconuts) then leave it upside down in my blender to drain the precious water out. Then I cut the top off with a big knife (very carefully) and scrape the slimy white young meat out and throw it into my green smoothie. So I never really taste it straight - although I do love coconut but am not a fan of slimy textures.

For brown coconuts: When it's drained I take it outside and throw it on the concrete to open it up - splits right in half. Then I use an avocado scraper to scrape the meat out -- over a period of days as it's hard work.

I bought Victoria Boutenko's booklet - how to eat unusual fruit - but she doesn't cover the mature/brown coconuts so I just made up the smashing it on the cement part. I feel so Survivorish! ha ha

[NYbutterfly]

I'm thinking if we're stranded on an island we would have all these coconuts but no way to open them.

haha

lol

In Hawaii my boyfriend just smashed coconuts open on rocks and it worked, but took so long. I think the drill is a great idea, otherwise my new neighbors would think I'm some crazy, mad coconut lady... smashing fruit outside my condo!

[Pennypower]

It's an unfortunate fact, if it's liquid and they sell it in a store in a bottle or cotainer odds are it's been heat pasturized.


Bummer, oh well, I better get out my butcher knife!:eek: :eek: