Everybody knows what a coconut tree looks like as we see them on TV all the time, but not everyone has seen one as it starts out in life. The first photo shown here is of a coconut that has fallen onto the ground, dried out over a period of months and is now sprouting to become a coconut tree. Being that the coconut can float, it can travel great distances on the water before coming to rest on dry land and then sprouting to become a new tree. Nature is pretty amazing, isn’t it.
The second photo shows a bunch of coconuts still on the tree, some of which are ready to be picked. As you can see, not all “water coconuts” (as we call them when they are ready) are green in colour as these yellow/golden varieties are also quite common on the island. At this stage, the coconut contains coconut water and usually some coconut jelly, though the amount varies significantly from tree to tree. So after the water has been drained out of the nut, it can be cut open and the jelly scooped out for consumption straight from the nut. Depending on the ripeness of the coconut, the jelly can vary from very soft to relatively firm, and it tends to have quite a strong coconut flavour. Coconut that has been grated and used in cooking comes from a coconut that has dried sufficiently that the outer shell is completely brown, and most of the water has been absorbed to become dry coconut suitable for grating.
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