Expert’s Guide to Coconut Products
Tasting expert Jack Bishop talks all about coconut products.
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Where is your coconut butter and coconut oil?
I appreciate all the coconut information/comparisons. I’m surprised unrefined is the preferred choice as I always have the cold pressed/unrefined bc I thought it had a more pure coconut flavor. 🤔
You didn’t mention coconut milk powder.
Thank you for explaing in detail all different types of coconut😊
What about the coconut milk that's not canned but in cartons and used for coffee beverages?
Fun fact: coconut water was used during the Pacific wars when saline IVs weren't available. It saved many lives. 💖🌞🌵😷
my new favorite coconut product is coconut condensed milk!
Why do you not include fresh frozen coconut in the lineup?
I like coconut flakes for my subji.
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Not really helpful.
Seriously such a great video. Its impossible to know what to use sometimes
Ha Ha Ha!!! All those 'coconut products'!!! Well done, Jack. Happy April Fool's!!
Best use of coconut oil: homemade chocolate magic shell for ice cream topping. Just melt some dark chocolate chips in oil on the stove.
❤ this program. But disagree….I use coconut cream to make piña coladas. It's wonderful, not sickeningly sweet.
When you are not including the coconut from the land and only have the coconut from the plant then you are not an expert guide.
thanks Jack!!
I was surprised you didn't mention coconut aminos for an umami flavor and coconut vinegar which I've yet to find a proper replacement for in philipino dishes. There's also coconut syrup which I haven't tried yet but all these products I'm able to source in South Mississippi so it's not obscure anymore.
I was hoping there would be an explanation for liquid coconut oil I sometimes see at grocery stores compared to the solid coconut oil I'm used to
I was wondering about the coconut 🥥 varieties, and yes it can be confusing, thanks 🙏🏻 Jack! 🎉
I was waiting for an explanation of Coconut aminos but it wasn't mentioned here.
The coconut chips look like huge toenail clippings
I am surprised that you didn't mention fresh frozen coconut, like Birdseye. My family had been using it for decades for the Easter coconut cake, and it has a lovely tenderness and mild taste that doesn't taste like sunscreen. I have also seen canned fresh coconut, although I haven't tried it.
So good to hear this update! Keep going Crusoe Strong 😘😘😘
wait… that can't possibly real… is this one of those April Fool's Day jokes? 😍
Unfortunately, coconut oil is not neutral flavor and it is not salty like salted butter, so it doesn’t work well for me in places like cooking eggs and similar items where coconut flavor might not be preferred…. For me at least.
I like coconut. The sweetenedd shredded coconut literally makes me throw up. Coconut sugar is my go-to for cooking these days.
We will see a lot more coconut products in the future. With global warming it is one of the few crops extending its range
It’s also worth checking whether the coconut milk is homogenized or not, as this affects its qualities when heated. As some people already mentioned, certain brands work better for making curry than others, by virtue of it not being homogenized.
The coconut cream pie recipe I use calls for Cream of Coconut and dried unsweetened coconut.
And you can put the lime in the coconut…
This was so helpful. Now I want to eat an entire bowl of coconut cream.
Thank you for clearing up the many options out there. To answer the final question, it even has great use out of the kitchen – I've spent $100s on face moisturizers guaranteed not to irritate my skin. In the end, refined coconut oil is the only thing I've found that works.
You can use the husks to BBQ.
There's also half-fat coconut milk if you want to lighten your curry. ❤
omg haha what a funny April fools video
Coconut sugar is from tree sap. South Asian Palm trees also produce tree sweet sap, palm sugar is more popular.
3:44 At first, I was going to mention only that the other day at the store, I noticed toasted coconut shreds; but now I need to point out the many, many coconut products you left out—like vinegars, which are the traditional vinegars to use when making Filipino foods. This was interesting, however. Thank you.💐🤗🤗🤗
Excellent detail of Coconut products & vast assortments out now. Thank you.
I love coconuts 🥥.
You might have printed out that the fat is healthy and explain what
polyunsaturated fats does to the body.
What about coconut crab? 🤔
Recently I've been cooking a lot of Thai curries and the difference between the good coconut milk and the bad coconut milk is astonishing. ArroyD is a dream to cook with. I bought a couple of cartons of brands meant as vegan milk alternatives, because they were carried by my local grocery store and it doesn't carry anything else, and they basically cannot be used to cook curries (no matter how long you cook them they will not break which is a vital part of cooking a coconut milk based curry).
Unfortunately I am extremely allergic to coconut, so buying items in the grocery store is tricky.
(15) Quite interesting. I try to always have a tin or two of coconut cream/milk in the pantry. Especially the really small ones.
Thank you for this, I realized I bought the wrong product for my recipe