Making coconut oil
Day 5, sailing 75 miles (120km) from Phnom Penh to Tan Chau in Vietnam.
It’s Vietnamese way to make dumplings: a great way to gather together, to make a meal. The crew member said, his mother has him grating the coconuts from 4am to 12 noon.
“Mom, can I take them to the market?” So the machine can do it …
“No,” his mom says. She wants him to do it, by hand.
So, here goes the process:
- buy the coconuts
- peel the skin
- break it into two
- grate the coconut meat (the white stuff)
- soak it in the warm water & strain
- cook slowly on low heat, about 45 minutes
voila …
… then we went to watch IndoChine, the 1992 movie with Catherine Deneuve (1943-).
