General Cooking (rec.food.cooking) For general food and cooking discussion. Foods of all kinds, food procurement, cooking methods and techniques, eating, etc.

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 545
Default What to do with a coconut?

I've been on a kick recently to try new foods and new recipes, and then I
decided that I might as well also try some things that I didn't like but
haven't eaten for a long time. Just to see if my taste has changed. It's a
pretty short list. Coconut is pretty much it, that I could think of.

So I bought a fresh coconut.

Both hubby and I agree that the taste is okay, but neither of us like the
texture. For me, it's a change. I didn't like taste or texture before, or
maybe I just couldn't separate them.

So now that I have the thing, I want to use it. I've found recipes for
shredding the coconut and extracting the juice, which seems like a good idea
since it avoids the texture issue. But what do I do with that juice and the
stuff I drained?

I don't want to do a curry. Not that I have anything against curries, but
since I may never bother with a fresh coconut again, I'd like to make
something that really features the coconut flavor, so I can really decide
whether I actually like it or I just don't hate it.

I was thinking maybe a coconut pound cake or something like it would be
good. I've googled recipes, but they all either include shredded coconut or
artificial coconut flavoring.

So...anybody got any good tried-and-true recipes? It doesn't have to be a
pound cake, but some kind of cake would be ideal, because I can send it to
work with hubby if we don't like it.

Thanks --

--
Donna


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Coconut JUICE is NOT coconut MILK!! John Kuthe[_4_] General Cooking 79 14-08-2011 02:00 AM
Coconut Juice, Coconut Milk Old Magic1 Recipes (moderated) 0 02-03-2005 06:52 AM
Coconut Juice, Coconut Milk Old Magic1 Recipes (moderated) 0 02-03-2005 06:52 AM
Need Recipe for Coconut Cake - with Coconut *in* the Cake (not the Frosting or Filling) Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. General Cooking 17 12-04-2004 12:43 AM
coconut cream/coconut milk Dave Smith General Cooking 10 03-04-2004 04:23 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:12 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 FoodBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Food and drink"