When I first moved to the tropics, I was introduced to fresh coconut water. I liked it. I was told that lots of people can't drink it. That it causes bad diarrhea and many other problems. I drank one, two, three, four, five, six, seven in a row, no effect except a feeling of wellness. More than seven just didn't sound right to me, as each coconut had about 24 oz fluid. I drank seven coconuts every day for about a year, but little other food. I felt very well.
I had not found coconut cream yet. I like that too, but it kind of reminds me of those coconut soap bars. I don't like eating things that remind me of soap.
I was having a chat with the coconut vendor / grater / cream maker.
It is common knowledge (among filipinos) you cannot eat too much raw coconut cream or your stomach will ache / crap out / get upset.
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I told him some foreigners have taken up drinking lots of raw coconut cream.
He thinks they're nuts.
I think some people have iron stomachs and can handle lots of raw coconut cream. Lucky you.
Nuts for coconuts! Yup, some of us raw high fat food eaters are nutty for a time, but it's a sane kind of nuttiness. Here's a coconut group I made:
http://tinyurl.com/9grhhq, one of the higher member number groups of GI2MR.
(If u're confused after/by this link I changed that ID the first time just that day [but got ban not hrs later] for a boy in deadly coma who I'd just known twelve years earlier as a straight A respected student)
Goodsamaritan, when I've coconut cream it comes out a little too thick to drink? What's the filipino trick to making it thin enough to just drink really at all? When I buy raw coconut cream, it's even thicker than mine, to the extent even difficult to scoop.