On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Meera <[email protected]> wrote: the gardener brought home something called "mookuchali pazham" - translated as 'nose-mucus fruit'.
I guess an editor would not use the word "snot"! What WAS it, ultimately, Meera? Some of the children whom I took for a wildlife trip recently looked into their (very) tender coconuts, which the vendor had cut open after they'd had the water...and remarked that the coconuts had snot! I also remember, working in the kitchen of my American sambandhis, preparing the Thanksgiving meal. Jim was preparing the turkey, which was bleeding all over the sink drainboard, and I remarked that I certainly wouldn't touch that.....Jim looked over quietly at where I was chopping beetroot, with the red juice staining everything, and smiled. So...I guess it's not the weirdness of the food, but one's pereception of the weirdness. Apropos of coconuts....is the meat in coconuts indeed mucous in composition? Any scientists here who can enlighten me? I've read about how coconut water can be used instead of blood plasma, but haven't heard much about the coconut meat.
