Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 This is the third photo. Cheers, Doug Hi All Yahell would not let me send the 4 pictures so am sending two and will send another post with the other two. Cheers, Doug 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...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 How about using Photobucket(.com) and just providing the url to the picture? 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...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Might look into this but I am not very much up on these technologies. Cheers, Doug Smoked (BBQ) Coconuts > > > Yahell will not allow even 2 photos.(limit 1 MB) Will send each photo > separately. > Cheers, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 The group photo section has a 100 MB limit. 1 MB is a really large file for 1 photo, though, if you can shrink it, it would be better. Moderator > > Might look into this but I am not very much up on these technologies. > Cheers, Doug > Smoked (BBQ) Coconuts > > > > > > Yahell will not allow even 2 photos.(limit 1 MB) Will send each photo > > separately. > > Cheers, Doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 You could send them to me if you'd like..I could put them on my photobucket account. Smoked (BBQ) Coconuts > > > Yahell will not allow even 2 photos.(limit 1 MB) Will send each photo > separately. > Cheers, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I just created an album and it automatically reduces the pictures. Does this group allow attachments. That may be why I couldn't get the pictures through to the message board. Cheers, Doug Smoked (BBQ) Coconuts > > > > > > Yahell will not allow even 2 photos.(limit 1 MB) Will send each photo > > separately. > > Cheers, Doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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