On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Mary wrote:

> Where can you buy coconut milk??

Try the "international" section of your supermarket.  It's used
in Thai cooking and in some hispanic cooking.

> Also, does anybody buy fresh coconuts at the market and use them? I am
> wondering if this might be good for my son.

I don't know, but my son (also autistic) loves coconut milk, with
a bit of cinnamon in it.

> When we got home that night, he acted goofy and slightly intoxicated. Could
> this be from the fruit? (too much sugar feeding the remaining bad microbes)
> I normally only let him have about one half serving of fruit per meal.

Maybe he was just tired and rambunctious from being cooped up in
the car?

> I would appreciate any other "travel" foods. I am certain he is sensitive to
> beef for whatever reason, his intestines are just beginning to heal, I need
> a substitute for pemmican. I am about to break down and pay the price of
> farmed venison here, at the very least so I could make some travel food.

Nuts are a good travel food, and you could always make some
turkey jerky.

Todd Moody
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