Creamed Coconut? page

[Piscator]

Has anybody had this stuff?! It's unbelievably good! I think one box could carry you for an entire day's food supply. And it's good, did I mention that?

http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Do-Organi.../dp/B00113ZZ5U

[tooround]

Love it!

[tangentrider]

I just switched from coconut milk to creamed coconut: great flavor!

[rockstareddy]

One of my staples. Mine cost £0.27 from tesco. People pay loads for coconut butter when this is the same. It even has a layer of precious oil which you can separate and use for frying.

I use mine to make cheap coconut milk and cream, as a cheese alternative, in desserts, curry sauces, in smoothies, and the best is using instead of your regular coconut flour.... blend it with eggs to make a batter and it comes out soft and spongy when you fry pancakes or bread alternatives

[Rivvin]

One of my staples. Mine cost £0.27 from tesco. People pay loads for coconut butter when this is the same. It even has a layer of precious oil which you can separate and use for frying.

I use mine to make cheap coconut milk and cream, as a cheese alternative, in desserts, curry sauces, in smoothies, and the best is using instead of your regular coconut flour.... blend it with eggs to make a batter and it comes out soft and spongy when you fry pancakes or bread alternatives

Wait, you use the oil separately? I assumed it was supposed to be mixed back in! So you just eat the coconut and dump the oil out to fry/saute in? That's a fantastic idea...

[Piscator]

I don't know how you could possibly cook with it! It goes straight into my mouth.

[rockstareddy]

Wait, you use the oil separately? I assumed it was supposed to be mixed back in! So you just eat the coconut and dump the oil out to fry/saute in? That's a fantastic idea...

Theres no right or wrong, but oil on its own is so expensive!

[muffler dragon]

The creamed coconut that I recently bought is in a box, and the instructions state to add water.

Questions: 1) is this the same as what you're talking about above? 2) If so; then does adding the water make this into a gelatin-like material or a paste or what exactly?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[rockstareddy]

1) yer they do recomend adding boiling water to turn it into coconut milk/cream but this is just their guideline. The more water you add the more it goes from cream/paste to milk. I like to make a really thick cream as it keeps longer in the fridge, and you can always add more water later.

[muffler dragon]

Thanks Eddy. Just so I'm clear: you have to add some water to get it to a cream, correct? Or do you not need any water at all?