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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / May 2008Coconut milk
My local supermarket has at least five varieties of canned coconut milk, ranging in price from 89 cents to two dollars. My advice: stay away from "Ocho Rios" brand (89 cents). It contains potassium metabisulfite as a preservative, which may explain why it tastes dreadful! It's imported from Thailand, which is where the best (and most expensive) one, "A Taste of Thai," comes from. On the other hand, "Iberia," which also costs 89 cents, comes from Sri Lanka, and tastes very nice. I haven't tried the other three yet.  SignatureMarshall Price of Miami Known to Yahoo as d021317c > My local supermarket has at least five varieties of canned coconut > milk, ranging in price from 89 cents to two dollars. My advice: stay [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > On the other hand, "Iberia," which also costs 89 cents, comes from > Sri Lanka, and tastes very nice. I haven't tried the other three yet. Bad news. I went back and discovered that they all contain potassium metabisulfite now. I found 17 older cans of Iberia brand without the preservative, but Goya and all the others now have it, except possibly for "A Taste of Thai," which I didn't check. SignatureMarshall Price of Miami Known to Yahoo as d021317c > > My local supermarket has at least five varieties of canned coconut > > milk, ranging in price from 89 cents to two dollars. My advice: stay [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Marshall Price of Miami > Known to Yahoo as d021317c I hope to near future to try my hand at making some homemade coconut milk. All it takes is a blender, cheese cloth, time, and the will to crack the nut. Further, the shredded coconut at the local health food store seemed to a reasonable price, so using shredded coconut to make it should be a reasonable choice as well. Clearly this is a product to store in the frig. >I hope to near future to try my hand at making >some homemade coconut milk. All it takes is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >price, so using shredded coconut to make it should >be a reasonable choice as well. Down in St. Lucia they also make homemade coconut oil. I did not have a chance to see it done, so I don't know the process. St Lucia is the only place I've seen where in the supermarkets coconut oil gets significant amount of shelf space. Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom). > >I hope to near future to try my hand at making > >some homemade coconut milk. All it takes is [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom). I'd bet simply putting coconut into a boiling pot of water would do it. Boil and let cool. And then collect the fat off of the top of the water. Reheat and filter thru cheesecloth. Just my guess. The old Alaskan and Yukon "sourdoughs" did something similar with antlers. The collected fats were used as a replacement for butter. >>> I hope to near future to try my hand at making >>> some homemade coconut milk. All it takes is [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > antlers. > The collected fats were used as a replacement for butter. A few years ago in an Asian store in California I bought six cans of a coconut milk with the Excellent brand. It really was excellent and the label claimed that there were no additives. The next time I went to the same store for more they were out of the brand and did not anticipate getting any more. I took a few samples of other brands but they were far inferior. >>>> I hope to near future to try my hand at making >>>> some homemade coconut milk. All it takes is [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > store for more they were out of the brand and did not anticipate getting > any more. I took a few samples of other brands but they were far inferior. Just found something interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil >>>>> I hope to near future to try my hand at making >>>>> some homemade coconut milk. All it takes is [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Just found something interesting: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil When coconut milk is used as a coffee creamer, it will not curdle when vitamin C is added to it! Milk, cream, and "non-dairy" creamer do. SignatureMarshall Price of Miami Known to Yahoo as d021317c |
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