Sheldon wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> > Bob wrote:
> >
> > > Sheldon wrote:
> > >
> > > > There's no such thing as "coconut juice", unless you mean
> 'coconut water',
> > > > the liquid found inside fresh coconuts, but that is not used
for
> mixed
> > > > drinks.
> > >
> > > I agree that coconut CREAM is probably what the OP wanted, but
> coconut water
> > > certainly *is* used for mixed drinks. I recently had a drink
which
> > > consisted of coconut water, vanilla schnapps, and mango-flavored
> rum. Sounds
> > > like once again you deny the existence of something simply
because
> you have
> > > never encountered it.
> >
> > Never mind the Nancyboy. He seems to think that anything he has not
> personally
> > experience, or more likely been unable to find on a web search does
> not exist.
> > While I have never vacationed in the Caribbean myself, I know
several
> people who
> > went there back in the early 70s and came back raving about the
> coconut drinks
> > they had down there. Holes were drilled into fresh coconuts and
they
> were
> > injected with rum and sipped through a straw.
>
> No one in the Caribean would waste rum like that... and even is some
> imbecile tourist tried it they would be so drunk after one coconut
full
> they wouldn't be able to walk (they would need about a cup of rum to
> top off each coconut), not to mention ruining their entire vacation
> desparate to find toilets, coconut water is a great laxative... no
one
> there drinks it except for medicinal purposes, typically it's
> discarded, a few natives use it to make wine but tshat wine is
> tasteless..

WHAT??
Coconut water is a beloved beverage and can be found sold on most every
roadside. "coco frio" Chop off the top, insert straw and there ya go.
ITs popular enough here in PR that there is a soda, Coco Rico, that
tastes like coconut water.

http://www.elboricua.com/Cocos.html