coconuts

Ooh...how abundant a crop you have there, Payag. How long do they take to ripen?

they take 2 weeks so you can have a buko for salad' welcome to GOY Whistonlass.

Thank you for the welcome, Payag....really am enjoying GOY! What is a buko?

a buko is a young coconut, still soft to chew, an ingredient to some desserts, like buko salad and, buko pie.

Oh, I see.....that's interesting as I've never known coconuts other than the very ripe ones we see in the shops here....all brown with grainy strands on the shell. I found this recipe online and I loved the language mix used by the presenter...I don't know if he was speaking Filipino but it had a lovely rhythm to it. http://panlasangpinoy.com/2010/08/04/coconut-buko-pie-recipe/ and a recipe for Buko salad http://pinoyfoodblog.com/filipino-food/noche-buena-dishbuko-fruit-salad/ (a very colourful dish I must say).

Would this be something you would make?

yes it's a filipino language, sarap means delicious. buko salad is the easiest recipe, panlasang pinoy means taste for filipinos, noche-buena it's a spanish words use by filipinos means christmas eve, where family gather to dine at midnight, mostly we prepare fruits and fruit salad, buko as an extender.

whistonlass, next you see a brown coconut buy them, put in a pot then you can have a coconut palm in a year, so plant as much as you can cause it is rare.

I didn't realize brown coconuts were rare. I saw them in Canada in supermarkets quite often....not sure if I've ever seen any in the UK...will keep looking. I also didn't realize you could grow a coconut by putting one in a pot of soil....is that really all the preparation needed?...no cutting?

if the coconut husk is intact then it's ready to be planted, coconut palm in pots are rare,