Do you like coconut?

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Our country has a lot of coconut tree. Everywhere you look, you can see at least one standing proud coconut tree. There are so many use on this plant.. Remember the coconut tree song? [i] [b] The coconut nut is a giant nut If you eat too much, you get very fat Now, the coconut nut is a big, big nut But its delicious nut is not a nut It’s the coco fruit (it’s the coco fruit) Of the coco tree (of the coco tree) From the coco palm family [/b][/i] It has so many use that we call The Tree of life. WE can have a house made of the coco lumber and made a broom stick made of the leaves. The coconut fruit is very useful too. Specially the oil produced from it. Aside from the culinary use it also has medicinal value. They say that drinking the juice from its fruit could heal UTI, and that the oil from it could cure a lot of diseases. We also use coconut milk from the fruit. Here in our country we use coconut products everyday. From the broomstick that we first use in the morning to husk that we use on the floor. Don't you just love coconut? Oh I almost forgot, the LUmpiang ubod! They say it is a millionaire's food because you have to cut down a tree just to have it. here are some list I got from Wiki on the use of our Tree of life: [i] * The white, fleshy part of the seed is edible and used fresh or dried in cooking.* Sport fruits are also harvested, primarily in the Philippines, where they are known as macapuno. They are sold in jars as "gelatinous mutant coconut" cut into balls or strands.* The cavity is filled with coconut water which contains sugar, fibre, proteins, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Coconut water provides an isotonic electrolyte balance, and is a highly nutritious food source. It is used as a refreshing drink throughout the humid tropics and is also used in isotonic sports drinks. It can also be used to make the gelatinous dessert nata de coco. Mature fruits have significantly less liquid than young immature coconuts; barring spoilage, coconut water is sterile until opened.* Coconut milk is made by processing grated coconut with hot water or milk, which extracts the oil and aromatic compounds. It should not be confused with the coconut water discussed above, and has a fat content of approximately 17%. When refrigerated and left to set, coconut cream will rise to the top and separate out the milk. The milk is used to produce virgin coconut oil by controlled heating and removing the oil fraction. Virgin coconut oil is found superior to the oil extracted from copra for cosmetic purposes.* The leftover fibre from coconut milk production is used as livestock feed.* The smell of coconuts comes from the 6-pentyloxan-2-one molecule, known as delta-decalactone in the food and fragrance industry.[11] * The sap derived from incising the flower clusters of the coconut is drunk as neera, or fermented to produce palm wine, also known as "toddy" or, in the Philippines, tuba. The sap can also be reduced by boiling to create a sweet syrup or candy.* Apical buds of adult plants are edible and are known as "palm-cabbage" or heart-of-palm. It is considered a rare delicacy, as the act of harvesting the bud kills the palm. Hearts of palm are eaten in salads, sometimes called "millionaire's salad".* Ruku Raa is an extract from the young bud, a very rare type of nectar collected and used as morning break drink in the islands of Maldives reputed for its energetic power keeping the "raamen" (nectar collector) healthy and fit even over 80 and 90 years old. And by-products are sweet honey-like syrup and creamy sugar for desserts.* Newly germinated coconuts contain an edible fluff of marshmallow-like consistency called coconut sprout, produced as the endosperm nourishes the developing embryo.* In the Philippines, rice is wrapped in coco leaves for cooking and subsequent storage - these packets are called puso.* In Vietnam, coconut is grown almost in Ben Tre Province- the "Land of coconut" and people use it to make coconut candy, coconut caramel and m?t d?a. Coconut water and coconut milk is also put in many dishes such as kho, chè, etc. especially in the Vietnam's Southern style of cooking. [/i[b]][i] Now Have you drink your coconut lately?[/i][/b]