On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:48:25 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 14:42:35 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:02:31 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:47:31 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/4/2011 4:43 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Coconuts are filled with drinkable water. This is a wonderful thing if
>>>>> you're even on a tropical island with no fresh drinking water.
>>>>
>>>> It's all the rage these days. I bought a container last time I
>>>> was at Whole Foods to see what the fuss is about. Maybe it's
>>>> the brand I picked up, blech.
>>>
>>> It's musty, old tasting, IMO.
>>>
>>> It the water from inside the coconut. Many Mexican fruit stands will
>>> chop a hole in the coconut and stick a straw in it so you can drink
>>> the water/juice.
>>
>> that sounds filthy!
>
> How is it any different than eating an orange? The stuff inside should
> be perfectly fine. They use a machete to hack three well-placed,
> angled slits in the coconut to make a triangular wedge-hole just big
> enough to fit a straw into (or slightly bigger).
>
> -sw

just channeling mr. filth himself, pete c.

your pal,
blake