Re: WFN freeze-dried coconut

[Guest guest]

At 06:58 PM 2/16/05 -0000, you wrote:

>Hi all,

>I just spoke to Annette this morning and the freeze-dried coconut was

>not what it was purported to be. Even though they had a signed

>affadavit from the vendor as well as a lab assay (provided by the

>vendor as well haha) the product came up as containing sucrose in an

>independant lab assay done when WFN was unable to replicate the

>product. Anyway, WFN is now trying to create a new, comparable

>product that meets their criteria and will be controlled by them at

>every level of production--I'm a bit skeptical they can do it, but it

>should be interesting to see what they come up with.

>

>My sense of taste was not deceiving me!

> B.

Does that mean you don't want the batch I was saving for you?

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?

[Guest guest]

> Does that mean you don't want the batch I was saving for you?

> MFJ

Baby, I still want it--in the worst way...

B.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

> I just spoke to Annette this morning and the freeze-dried coconut was

> not what it was purported to be. Even though they had a signed

> affadavit from the vendor as well as a lab assay (provided by the

> vendor as well haha) the product came up as containing sucrose in an

> independant lab assay done when WFN was unable to replicate the

> product.

This has taught me a valuable lesson. I really do KNOW when food isn't

" right " despite what others claim is or isn't in it.

I had talked to WFN about this stuff too because I knew there was no way it

was pure coconut. They were in the process of investigating it at the time

as others had questioned it too. We had gone kind of crazy with it because

it was supposedly pure, natural food and yet it tasted so sweet. It really

fulfilled the minimal sweet cravings that I get (no wonder!) and we

discovered that it was like ambrosia when mixed with raw cream. The more I

ate it, though, the more certain I became that it had to have added sugar in

it. The fact that I knew this all along but didn't trust myself in the face

of claims made by the manufacturer is a real drag. Won't happen again,

that's for sure.

And kudo's to WFN for listening to their customers and investigating until

they found the truth.

Ron

[Guest guest]

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>I just spoke to Annette this morning and the freeze-dried coconut was

>not what it was purported to be. Even though they had a signed

>affadavit from the vendor as well as a lab assay (provided by the

>vendor as well haha) the product came up as containing sucrose in an

>independant lab assay done when WFN was unable to replicate the

>product.

I KNEW IT! Luckily I trusted my taste buds and never ate any after the

first taste.

Thanks for the confirmation!

-

[Guest guest]

This topic falls under Rule #19:

19. Never trust labelling claims for food imported from Asia.

:-(

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay

[Guest guest]

At 07:06 PM 2/17/05 -0500, you wrote:

>

>This topic falls under Rule #19:

>

>19. Never trust labelling claims for food imported from Asia.

>

>:-(

>

>Mike

>SE Pennsylvania

And please. Let me be the first to ask what, pray tell, are the first

18 rules? And how many others follow them?

By the way .. I have searched and searched and searched, and I have not

yet, out of a dozen Asian stores, big ones, teeny ones, out-of-the-way ones

.... found one that has young coconuts. Can I move in with you just for

the coconuts?

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?

[Guest guest]

> I have searched and searched and searched, and I have not

> yet, out of a dozen Asian stores, big ones, teeny ones, out-of-the-way ones

> ... found one that has young coconuts.

That is funny . Our local supermarket gets them in. In a small town in

snowbound northern Canada even.. Far, far from where they be growen'.

Bruce

[Guest guest]

[MFJ] And please. Let me be the first to ask what, pray tell, are the first

18 rules? And how many others follow them?

[MAP] I meant " 19 " in the mathematical sense... :-) (read:

existential conjecture)

[MFJ] By the way .. I have searched and searched and searched, and I have not

yet, out of a dozen Asian stores, big ones, teeny ones, out-of-the-way ones

.... found one that has young coconuts. Can I move in with you just for

the coconuts?

[MAP] Well, there are a lot of different Asian stores out there, and

as far as I know you're never gonna find 'em in Korean/Japanese or

Indian stores. Chinese stores will be hit and miss. Vietnamese,

Thai, and Indonesian stores will be your best bet, but they're hardly

common. Still, you live near D.C., so the odds are in your favor.

Geez, I've written (and read) like a bazillion posts on coconuts

tonight on this list and MN! What's going on?! I'm going (coco)nuts!

Now I'm gonna have dreams (nightmares?) about them!

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay

[Guest guest]

At 08:15 PM 2/17/05 -0700, you wrote:

>

>> I have searched and searched and searched, and I have not

>> yet, out of a dozen Asian stores, big ones, teeny ones, out-of-the-way ones

>> ... found one that has young coconuts.

>

>That is funny . Our local supermarket gets them in. In a small town in

>snowbound northern Canada even.. Far, far from where they be growen'.

>

>Bruce

Okay, perhaps I'm confused. I thought that young coconuts did *not*

have a hard brown hairy shell. That's all we saw in all the stores we

visited - including one I know was Korean and a couple of Thais, among

others I'm not sure of.

Hmmmmm ... I think there's a Chinese one we never hit. Or maybe it's

Thai. Not sure. I'll have to check that out.

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?

[Guest guest]

> >

> >> I have searched and searched and searched, and I have not

> >> yet, out of a dozen Asian stores, big ones, teeny ones, out-of-

the-way ones

> >> ... found one that has young coconuts.

,

This is strange as they are easily found on my side of the Potomac!

Maybe you need to check again. I've seen them here at at least 2

Korean stores.

, who likely won't be on the list for a few days, so email me

offlist if you want more specific info about this -- not that I can

imagine one driving all that way for coconuts!

[Guest guest]

,

The young, white coconuts wrapped in plastic are often in asian

*produce* markets, not in the stores that sell tons of canned goods,

dried fish, condiments, etc.

At least here in NYC...

HTH,

[Guest guest]

On Friday, February 18, 2005, at 02:49 PM, kili94 wrote:

>

>

> > >

> > >> I have searched and searched and searched, and I have not

> > >> yet, out of a dozen Asian stores, big ones, teeny ones, out-of-

> the-way ones

> > >> ... found one that has young coconuts.

>

> ,

> This is strange as they are easily found on my side of the Potomac! 

> Maybe you need to check again.  I've seen them here at at least 2

> Korean stores.

>

>

So what are you all doing with the young coconuts?

Sandy

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> The young, white coconuts wrapped in plastic are often in asian

> *produce* markets, n

I've seen these in the Trader Joe's chain occasionally, on the East Coast.

[Guest guest]

At 04:43 AM 2/19/05 -0800, you wrote:

>

>--- " F. Jewett " <mfjewett@...> wrote:

>> Can I move in with you just for

>> the coconuts?

>

>Uh oh ! <evil grin>

Actually, now I'm considering moving in with Bruce instead.

MFJ

If I have to be a grownup, can I at least be telekinetic too?

[Guest guest]

> Actually, now I'm considering moving in with Bruce instead.

MFJ

Move in with me! Move in with me! I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts!

B.

[Guest guest]

> > The young, white coconuts wrapped in plastic are often in asian

> > *produce* markets, n

>

> I've seen these in the Trader Joe's chain occasionally, on

> the East Coast.

>

I get mine at Whole Foods. They usually have a small stock of 10 or 20

hidden near the fresh fruit cooler. Price is typically about $2.00 per,

although I've seen them on sale for $.99 or as high as $2.50.

Ron