Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 This is the second, One more to come. Attached Files >> >> >>> >>> Doug, thanks for this info, it is very interesting. First time I come >>> across this ingenious method of removing the husk in young coconut. >> >>>Is the shell still pliable (it deforms slightly with finger-pressing)? or >>> hard and brown (which means quite mature already)? or just hard but not >>> yet brown? >> >> Most of them the shell is hard enough that you can crack them to open >> (after >> the water is drained out}. I use the back of a chopper (meat cleaver) >> Only >> once I had one that was so soft it would not crack. Had to cut it open >> but >> there was hardly any meat (just a slimy film) inside. >> >>>I am trying to understand what you mean by young coconut. >>>Is the meat inside soft (easy to scoop with a spoon)? Does the water >>>inside >>> " swish " when the nut is shaken, or it does not make any sound, which >>> means >>> it is full of water? Thanks for any further info. >> >> In my view these are fresh young coconuts that have had their husk >> removed >> to minimize bulk and weight for shipping. The saran wrapping of the >> shaped >> Young coconuts tend to not lose (evaporate) any of their water and will >> keep >> much longer without going mouldy. >> One thing I have found is that if the smoked coconuts have been in the >> store >> for about a week up to 1/4 - 1/3 of the water has evaporated through the >> shell and if they are a little on the soft (too young) side they will >> start >> to collapse as indicate on the largest (middle) one in the first 2 >> pictures. >> In the third picture I have drained,cracked open and scraped some of the >> meat with a table spoon. This particular coconut was a bit larger than >> normal and was totally full of water (no sloshing at all) even though it >> was >> a little on the springy side and showing signs of minor collapsing >> >> >> >>> Here in the Philippines, I have not heard it being done. What is done >>> is >>> the husk is completely chopped off from the young coconut to reduce the >>> size and be cheaper to transport and easier to hold when drinking. The >>> chopping is done carefully and quite precisely so as not to hit the >>> shell >>> because it is still very soft, else the nut will burst. Some farmers >>> have >>> well-developed the chopping skill to avoid the soft shell just by hair >>> line :-). >> >> The fresh young coconuts (2 on right) have been trimmed in what I assume >> is >> the normal way. This is what I see in the bars and restaurants. They >> definitely have a good percentage of the husk left on them. When ever I >> have >> had one in the bar I always scraped out all the meat and amount would >> vary >> and was very comparable in thickness, texture, smell and taste as the >> smoked >> ones. >> >> Cheers, Doug >> >>> Tony >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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