2 July, 2007
Green Coconuts in Tesco
Imagine my surprise when I was In Tesco earlier browsing the exotic fruit section and I see fresh young green coconuts from Costa Rica, for just 99p!
Yes that right, green coconuts have hit the mainstream and are now available at the UK’s biggest retailer.
Green coconuts are so readily available in the US - you can find them in many Asian and health food stores, and they feature in so many raw recipe books from across the pond that you can’t help feeling like you’re missing out.
If you contrast that with just a handful of places that sell them here, most of which are in London, this feels like an exciting development - depending on how you feel about supermarkets!
I’ll be posting my recipe for Pad Thai which uses the white meat as noodles very soon, but for now I’ll share how I enjoyed my first one today!
In a high-power blender, blend the meat and water from one coconut with an Indian mango and a handful of blueberries until smooth. I was high for about an hour after I drank this, it was absolute heaven!
Related:
How to open a coconut (video) NB Thai young coconuts are stripped of their outer shell and end up looking like little white huts, as in this video. They are then dipped in a fungicide solution. The ones available in Tesco, which come from Costa Rica, still have the green part on which may mean they haven’t been dipped in the fungicide solution.
Benefits of coconut water from living-foods.com
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I am bessssssssssssssssssssssssssssiiiide myself at that news !!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THANK YOU!
Andrea on / 14 July, 2007
What do you think about the environmental issues with the green coconuts - I too was very excited to find them in Tescos but have got concerned about the air mile impact in view if the size and weight, and also about the disposal of the shells as can’t put them in the compost heap.Do you think the Dr Martins cartons seem a more environmentally sound alternative? Every part of the coconut gets used for something where its produced and its organic.Unfortunately its not available in the health shop here though so it would have to be mail order.
Sandy on / 14 September, 2007
Hi Sandy,
I understand what you’re saying about the air miles and it’s something that concerns me too.
I guess it’s a personal choice, depending on how you feel.
For me, I don’t actually use that many and don’t really like to include them in recipes for this reason. However, and again this is a personal thing, I think that the lifestyle we live is so much more sustainable, that I’m happy I’m doing as much as I can in all other areas; areas such as recycling, and use of lighting and electricity etc.
This may seem like a convenient thing to say, to justify my consumption of cocos, and maybe it is…but I believe that some things in moderation (I haven’t had a coconut in over a month!) are a justifiable pleasure when you’re concious about it, and all the other parts of the puzzle.
Russell James on / 2 October, 2007