canning/pickling jars (was what do you soak grains in?)

[Guest guest]

> ---->i wonder if Thai kitchen solders their canned coconut milk with lead?

> it's the only canned food i eat, and i'm still not sure how healthy it is,

> if at all...

>

I've been wondering about coconut milk also. I bought some Native Forest

brand organic coconut milk, which has a list of ingredients:

" Certified organic coconut milk (coconut, water, cornstarch, carrageenan,

xanthan gum, citric acid). All ingredients specified from non-GMO sources.

Product of Sri Lanka "

In addition the label this this:

" In the central highlands of Sri Lank, devoted farmers have achieved

international organic certification for their traditional coconut crop. We

press the meat of these ripe, fresh, organic coconuts, and blend their

oil-rich extract with filtered well water to create this uniquely flavorful

organic coconut milk. Coconut oils and water tend to separate. Therefore, we

blend our Organic Coconut Milk with only select natural ingredients to

achieve a smooth and creamy consistency. While some other brands of coconut

milk avoid listing similar " processing aids " on their labels, we are

committed to full disclosure and list every ingredient for your

consideration. "

The website is www.edwardandsons.com

What do you think?

------->i dunno...i think i tried it once. i just didn't like all the

ingredients...why do i need cornstarch when i can just have pure coconut

milk? i really LOVE the flavor of coconut milk, i'm just not crazy about

eating from cans, and who the heck knows if they use lead in the soldering?

hopefully i'll find out soon though because i just emailed them and asked.

will let you know what they say.

Suze Fisher

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

mailto:s.fisher22@...

[Guest guest]

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 15:15:22 -0000, you wrote:

>

>> We whet antiquing yesterday and found three crocks with about

>> three gallon capacity. How do we know if they are safe for

>> fermentation?

>

>You can test for lead with a test kit. With a quick Google search I

>found one source for them: http://www.leadinspector.com/

Thanks, on looking around I found the local hardware/paint center had test kits.

News to me! So we got them and will find out if the are safe for fermenting or

just pretty planters.

Mike

[Guest guest]

Where do you get the pure coconut milk? From fresh coconut?

Peace,

Kris , gardening in northwest Ohio

> ------->i dunno...i think i tried it once. i just didn't like all the

> ingredients...why do i need cornstarch when i can just have pure coconut

> milk? i really LOVE the flavor of coconut milk, i'm just not crazy about

> eating from cans, and who the heck knows if they use lead in the

soldering?

> hopefully i'll find out soon though because i just emailed them and asked.

> will let you know what they say.

>

>

> Suze Fisher

> Web Design & Development

> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

> mailto:s.fisher22@...

[Guest guest]

>>>Where do you get the pure coconut milk? From fresh coconut?

-------->no, from thai kitchen. wish it WERE fresh!

Suze Fisher

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

mailto:s.fisher22@...

[Guest guest]

I suspect the Thai Kitchen has other things in it also. Otherwise why would

the Native Forest brand organic coconut milk say on its label " While some

other brands of coconut milk avoid listing similar " processing aids " on

their labels, we are

committed to full disclosure and list every ingredient for your

consideration. "

There's probably some standard formular, like there is for ice cream, so

they don't have to list all the ingredients.

Peace,

Kris , gardening in northwest Ohio

If you want to hear the good news about butter check out this website:

http://www.westonaprice.org/know_your_fats/know_your_fats.html

----- Original Message -----

From: " Suze Fisher " <s.fisher22@...>

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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:11 AM

Subject: RE: Re: canning/pickling jars (was what do you

soak grains in?)

> >>>Where do you get the pure coconut milk? From fresh coconut?

>

> -------->no, from thai kitchen. wish it WERE fresh!

>

>

> Suze Fisher

> Web Design & Development

> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

> mailto:s.fisher22@...

[Guest guest]

At 11:06 PM 8/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:

> > >>>Where do you get the pure coconut milk? From fresh coconut?

> >

> > -------->no, from thai kitchen. wish it WERE fresh!

> >

> >

> > Suze Fisher

I haven't tried it for cooking, but soaking the coconut and then putting it

through a vitamix (or even NOT soaking it and putting it through a vitamix)

makes something that looks a lot like coconut milk. The Korean grocery

sells big bags of something that LOOKS a lot like dried unsweetened

coconut (it was not labelled in English though). I bought 25 lbs of the

stuff from Jaffe (at a reasonable price: do you know HOW MUCH

coconut 25lbs is? the really dry stuff weighs next to nothing). It's

a whole lot cheaper than buying it by the can. A regular mixer

might work too.

I'm going to try kefiring it half and half with milk ...

Heidi