Coconut
Cocos nucifera · Tropical fruit
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A tropical palm fruit whose hard brown shell holds dense white meat and cloudy water. Sweet, creamy and mildly nutty, it turns toastier when dried or browned. Its milk and cream go into curries and Caribbean rice.
Picking a good onedrag
Heavy, sloshing, sealedDry, cracked, sprouting
Shop fullEveryday bestThe all-rounder: milk, cream, curries, grating, toasting.
Heft and sloshHeavy, the slosh gone quiet
The three eyesDry, one eye darkening
The shellDull and dusty, a scuff or two
Smell at the eyesAlmost no smell at all
What you get from one
52%
Edible part
397 g meat · shell, skin and water off
763 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 2× longer than the counter.
75-85%
Humidity
Still air, kept dry
Airflow