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gracekelly, I was going to ask if you like Thai food, my favorite is the classic, chicken coconut soup, so good! I think you’re on to something regarding the artificial flavoring, and or adulterated coconut! My mother was allergic to coconut, so we never had it growing up. And the only time I experienced it was as the gloppy, strangely textured, and overly sweet innards of chocolates. :huh: I had that once, assumed I hated coconut, and avoided it for years! It wasn’t until my early 20s that I had the real thing, and realized I loved it! :love:
I do like Thai food and Thai iced tea! Yes the stuff they put inside chocolates is awful! I think I must be a coconut purist lol! As soon as the food chemist get hold of a flavor it is ruined, I never thought I liked mint either until I was growing it and discovered that fresh mint is nothing like the created flavor of mint. I can go farther back and actually think the very first time I realized that something was up with mint was when we had a dinner many years ago (decades!) at the original Spago on Sunset. Puck made a grilled fresh tuna with fresh mint sauce and it was wonderful. Funny how you never forget certain things even when so much time has passed.
 
Love coconut. Seems to be one of those foods that you like or don’t. I’m not a fan of the artificial coconut flavoring as it’s just not the same taste.
I’ve enjoyed the series The Crown so much and can’t wait to watch the next season.

Hi chaneljewel, we enjoyed both seasons of The Crown, and am sad we've already finished season 2! If you haven't listened, the interview I posted above is interesting. I didn't realize the creator of The Crown also did the movie The Queen. The interview made me want to watch the movie again!
 
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I do like Thai food and Thai iced tea! Yes the stuff they put inside chocolates is awful! I think I must be a coconut purist lol! As soon as the food chemist get hold of a flavor it is ruined, I never thought I liked mint either until I was growing it and discovered that fresh mint is nothing like the created flavor of mint. I can go farther back and actually think the very first time I realized that something was up with mint was when we had a dinner many years ago (decades!) at the original Spago on Sunset. Puck made a grilled fresh tuna with fresh mint sauce and it was wonderful. Funny how you never forget certain things even when so much time has passed.

Yes, why do they need to muck around with things :rolleyes:, when the real thing is so much better! Coconut purists unite! :ghi5:
 
The coconut milk I get here is made of real coconut elements and no artificial flavourings. So that's good. Bigger supermarkets also sell coconut water in shell but I have never tried it.

Oh, you must try! It's light, and delicious, when directly from the coconut. And the bottled variety, as shown in my pic, is the same, it's just fresh coconut water that's been bottled, and kept refrigerated. I'm not a fan of it unless it's fresh. Some are reconstituted, taste odd :huh: , and are too sweet!
 
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I do like Thai food and Thai iced tea! Yes the stuff they put inside chocolates is awful! I think I must be a coconut purist lol! As soon as the food chemist get hold of a flavor it is ruined, I never thought I liked mint either until I was growing it and discovered that fresh mint is nothing like the created flavor of mint. I can go farther back and actually think the very first time I realized that something was up with mint was when we had a dinner many years ago (decades!) at the original Spago on Sunset. Puck made a grilled fresh tuna with fresh mint sauce and it was wonderful. Funny how you never forget certain things even when so much time has passed.

That's probably why many kids hate peas, because they only get those horrible mushy canned peas in school. Fresh peas are so good.

Oh, you must try! It's light, and delicious, when directly from the coconut. And the bottled variety, as shown in my pic, is the same, it's just fresh coconut water that's been bottled, and kept refrigerated. I'm not a fan of it unless it's fresh. Some are reconstituted, taste odd :huh: , and are too sweet!

When my grandparents and their dog visited the Bahamas every year, the kids would climb the coconut palms and throw coconuts down to the dog. They thought it was uproariously funny when he chewed the end off of the coconut and drank the water. So I guess dogs like it too. :smile: I give mine coconut oil every day with breakfast. They are all super shiny! :dog:
 
Hi chaneljewel, we enjoyed both seasons of The Crown, and am sad we've already finished season 2! If you haven't listened, the interview I posted above is interesting. I didn't realize the creator of The Crown also did the movie The Queen. The interview made me want to watch the movie again!
I haven’t seen The Queen. Now I must see it!
 
That's probably why many kids hate peas, because they only get those horrible mushy canned peas in school. Fresh peas are so good.



When my grandparents and their dog visited the Bahamas every year, the kids would climb the coconut palms and throw coconuts down to the dog. They thought it was uproariously funny when he chewed the end off of the coconut and drank the water. So I guess dogs like it too. :smile: I give mine coconut oil every day with breakfast. They are all super shiny! :dog:
You are so spot on about peas! I hated them until I married and discovered fresh ones!
 
That's probably why many kids hate peas, because they only get those horrible mushy canned peas in school. Fresh peas are so good.
You are so spot on about peas! I hated them until I married and discovered fresh ones!
I cannot stand canned peas! I'd rather use frozen ones than canned ones. Not that I eat it very often.
 
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