LIFE F0RCE wrote:
> Second question (a dumb one) - there are two, or sometimes three, dark spots
> (holes?) on the top, which I thought were some natural part of the coconut,
> that happen to be very convenient places to puncture in order to drain and
> drinkj the juice.  Do you think these might be the holes through which sugar
> is being injected inside?

Jean-Louis knows more about coconuts than I do. The ones from Chinatown
(wrapped like huts) that I got were young and the flesh was very soft and
there was not much flesh. The young ones have a lighter color outside
shell. They go bad more easily than the older ones with darker shells.
The ones I had in Indonesia were also young and the flesh was soft. The
ones in my supermarket are older and there is more flesh, but the flesh
is dry. The one I got from Chinatown that I was suspicious of had a hole
in the bottom, not the three top holes that are natural.

My best,  Ellie