"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> tuppy wrote:
> > "Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> > >
> > > 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... the best is made from cashew fruit. You either made
> that
> > > up too or if they're your friends they're smarmy liars also. And
> no
> > > one drills holes in coconuts in the Caribbean, it's very difficult
> to
> > > make small holes with a machette. I've been going to the Caribbean
> > > regularly for most of my life, I own three gorgeous waterfront
> homes
> > > there, two in Belize City, one in Corozal. Make up some more
> > > fercocktah stories why doncha, Pinnochio Dave.
> > >
> > > Sheldon
> > >
> > Sheldon, you're almost 100% correct with regard to the use of coconut
> water
> > and the shells themselves. Where you err is that I personally have
> had
> > drinks served in a drilled coconut shells several times over the
> years,
> > mostly on cruises (Crystal and RC) but also in St. Thomas (the bars
> near the
> > tanzanite shops can be pretty enjoyable even if the shops themselves
> > aren't). I can't tell you that the shells are fresh or not. The
> drinks are
> > pre-made (no coconut water, just some rum, coconut milk and flavoring
> > something) and then pumped, literally into the shells through a tube
> and
> > served with straws.. I recall they were like a coconut rum slurpy.
> More
> > often, they usually just cut the top off with an electric saw and
> pour away.
> > Electricity for drills (and other utilities) got there more than an
> few
> > years ago as it did to your goygious, Caribbean front properties.
> Rand
>
> That's a totally different topic, you're talking serving vessels...
> just about everywhere in the tropics craft folks use local produce to
> to produce drink vessels, coconut shells and and hollowed pineapples
> are common, same as banana leaves are used for place mats and plate
> liners, often the leaf is the plate... but like you said, no coconut
> water. Imagine an entire cruise ship of vacationers guzzling coconut
> water and there's only one terlit in each cabin, it'd be funny if it
> weren't so sad. I'm 200% correct.
>
> Sheldon
>
To quote you exactly, "And no
> one drills holes in coconuts in the Caribbean, it's very difficult to
> make small holes with a machette.? I am sorry but I can only offer you
90% with the extra credit points. I do like the 200% concept though. Rand