Sunday, August 23, 2009

NO WONDER THEY CALL HER LA GORDITA





Today the sidewalk coconut wallah went AWOL for a few minutes. While waiting for him, I took a close look at the nearby stack of coconut boxes.

I was taken aback by what I saw.

Each coconut has 270 calories.

Two hundred seventy.


No more two-fer Tuesdays for me!








6 comments:

  1. and how does one eat a tender coconut? do you just slice it up? bite into it like a giant apple?

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  2. Anonymous6:49 AM

    R u unwashed Kara?

    They slice & dice the sweet & tender
    coconuts for you.

    Just like India.

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  3. i don't think 270 calories is a lot. you are very active-keep eating those cocos! OR just drink the water & leave the meat? they are packed with nutrition! i think the thai ones are much higher in sugar & calories than the young green ones we can't get here :-(

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  4. First they hack off the top, and put a straw in so you can drink the juice. Then they cut it and half, so you can scrape out the "meat."

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  5. I always checked to see if the coconut-wallah had ten intact digits. Without fail, he did.

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  6. unwashed? apparently so, since i have no idea what this means.

    thanks for the coconut lesson.

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