Finally I have one of my six truck coconuts open and it’s a fail in many regards. The front edge shows you how nice the top pulls off if you do it right, and the back and to the left shows you where I hacked at it with a knife until I hurt my wrist. As soon as I found the sweet spot – the top did pop right off. It’s easy if you aren’t me!
So now – I’m deciding if I can really dig inside this coconut with a flimsy plastic spoon of which I now have six – one for each coconut.
In Thailand I have learned:
- All food comes with plastic of many types. These coconuts were in a long, skinny, coconut appropriate bag; with handles and the six spoons.
- All plastic is top quality. They are not messing around in Thailand. They do it right or they don’t do it. No middle ground and 95% of everything is done right.
- Do not argue and take the plastic. If they ask, you can decline, but don't interrupt if they are on task to give you plastic you don't think you need. Pass it on to your Thai friend later if you must.
- If I get a plastic implement in Thailand, I try to use it. They are not giving it to me because it does not work. The merchant or clerk will happily demonstrate if I need help. I should have talked to the nice truck lady who was surprised and thrilled to sell me these coconuts in the first place.
You can see I dug the spoon in there already. This is the moment where I ‘m stepping back, calming down, and trying not to make a bigger mess.
Will a flimsy plastic spoon really dig the coconut flesh out of a coconut shell in an efficient manner? This is my life now. I check the internet.
The only person I can remember seeing do this trick is my mom back in the 1960’s and 1970’s. She used to go through a complicated routine with hammers and chisels to get the juice out. They we would take empty coconut shells out to drop these things on the back porch or the driveway, and hack at them with large knives to get the flesh out. This was mostly my mom and brother because I was too fat and sick for much of it and normally only watched.
My mom was a coconut lover too. We ate many preparations of them while I was growing up. But my mom’s coconuts were two weeks old and dried out and dark brown and hard to get at. Mine came out of the green shell just hours ago and by the Mercy of God I was not involved in that part of the activity.
I live in a land of luxury and I’m so sorry my mom never got to see this place. She was a nomad too and would have loved this SE Asian stop.
To be continued...
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My post for the #dailyfoodphotography contest by 
My Canon ELPH160 point and shoot camera is responsible for this photo, but the blur is from me being excited.
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