When we were staying at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, Florida, I was wondering about those tall palm trees around the pool area.
For sure those are not coconut palm trees I said to husband Pieter...
Well, the answer came on the last morning as Pieter went to the car for putting luggage in.
With the help of tall ladders, they were actually cutting off YOUNG COCONUTS!
Yes, a special crew that does this regularly, so none of these coconuts fall on people's heads...
Pieter was offered some of these Young Coconuts and he actually did put 3 in the car.
Two for sharing with friend Natacha, in Miami and one for us.
While living in Indonesia, we had this young coconut meat very often.
Called 'Daging Kelapa Muda' in Indonesian.
Here in the USA it is not that often that we have a fresh young coconut, they look very attractive too.
It takes a good sharp knife for preparing the coconut for pouring the coconut water out and than scooping out the soft flesh.
In some super markets I've seen the saran wrapped young coconuts as seen in this video.
So these palm trees at the pool are the Cocos nicifera
Thanks for your visit!
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