best thing to do with young coconut

[exurb]

OK, I was in "the big city" and bought an organic young coconut. I want to make sure I do something good with it. Please recommend...

[SamuelWilson]

Walk to the nearest window and throw it out.

[SamuelWilson]

Just kidding, I personally like to open them and drain all the coconut water out into a large measuring cup. Then take a spoon and scoop out all the white flesh, careful not to get any of the hard shell pieces. Then add contents to a blender and blend until smooth.

[TimmyC]

Well I just had an organic Thai coconut tonight. It was chilled, I drank the juice and ate all the meat. It was fantastic. If you ever get a chance to eat/drink one of these it's a great meal.

Tim

[rawpriestess]

Well, I don't eat them because they are sprayed with fermaldehyde, but I hear they are excellent in a coconut cream pie, made with mac nuts and steia or agave, and dates and almonds for the crust, you can use maca too for a carmelly sweetness, I've had this and it is very nice.

[Vandy]

I love putting one in a blender with as many bananas as u can fit (maybe one or two dates), and some raw chocolate ground up in a coffee grinder... tastes AMAZING... I love to drink it in the mornings...really gives me a go. ENJOY!

[ajay5150]

Well, I don't eat them because they are sprayed with fermaldehyde,

can you show me where it says that young coconuts are sprayed with formaldehyde? I thought it was a fungicide.

[exurb]

Walk to the nearest window and throw it out.

Samuel, why didn't you tell me to open the window first?! :mad:

:rolleyes:

Hmmh, all the above sound good, I'd better decide what I'm gonna do with it today, before it goes "off."

Wouldn't the organic ones not have the chemicals on the outside?

[SamuelWilson]

The organic ones should be free of chemicals, just as though someone had a coconut tree in their backyard and took the coconuts to market.

Here is a picture of a young coconut that I cut. Not to brag or anything, I am getting pretty good at cutting these.

[Sheryl]

Mmmm... love those young coconuts. We're using wild Australian ones right now picked and couriered to us fresh - there is nothing like them. They aren't as sweet as the Thai ones and are delicious.

My favourite is to blend the water and flesh together with chili, ginger/galangal, garlic and any other favourite curry spices then strain, and serve in a bowl with chopped and spiralized veggies. This makes the smoothest yummiest soup ever.

Cheers,
Sheryl

[MelissaB]

I prefer young coconuts for there creaminess when blended but I've been afraid to open another one since the milk and flesh of the last one I opened was mauve colored, and not just tinted mauve either, completely mauve all the way through. I have no idea what happened there but it wasn't going into my mouth.

[msmia]

My last young coconut was the same way-- I ended up throwing it away because I figured it was old & I just didn't trust the funky color....
Is it just old? Or is it rotten or what????
Maria

[ajay5150]

Wouldn't the organic ones not have the chemicals on the outside?

can you show me where to obtain organic young coconuts?

[Purl]

how do you know when it goes "off"? I just opened my 1st one and ummm...well I'm just not sure. The water tastes a little funky....but the only other coconut I've ever eaten was in an Almond Joy Bar....LOL!

[SamuelWilson]

It is just the luck of the draw. I have been on a good streak though, opening the past dozen or so with good results. Every now and then, I get one of those pink tinted ones and I just toss them. Even if you can stomach the water in them, don't do it, toss it out.

They just spoil like that sometimes, it does not mean they are old by any means. You can't tell from the outside either. They look just as white and healthy looking as the good ones. My health food store will allow me to do an exchange of any spoiled coconut, but because they are only $1.99 I just toss them and forget about it sometimes.

[ladybug]

I got young coconuts for the unbelieveable price of 99 cents the other day at shoppers. Not sure if they were organic or not but I punched hole in top with screwdriver and did not reinsert the tool. I drank the milk straight, next one I drank milk with a banana, another time mixed with different fruits and hemp protein. Just not crazy about them.

[Purl]

um-I could barely stomach the water, but the inner flesh was perfectly white-so am I a whimp or what? I just made a smoothy with the water and flesh but to hide the taste I had to add papaya, blueberries, strawberries, protein powder (THREE SCOOPS!!), maple syrup, spirulina and dillute with water-and I can still TASTE it!! It's at least drinkable...well almost....

[SamuelWilson]

That is ok, some of them will have perfectly white flesh and still taste funny. Just keep trying them, you should eventually find one you like. If not, then not all is lost, at least you like the flesh.

[Purl]

but tastes funny doesnt' translate into DON'T EAT IT OR YOU WILL DIE....right? :eek:

[Lady Green Jeans]

SamuelWilson,

What do you use to open the coconut?

[ReneeSC]

Yeah, really, Samuel.. whatcha' usin'.. a chainsaw?

I learned how to do our's by watching Alissa. My husband can't watch me use the Chinese cleaver... he leaves the room. LOL