The coconut is something like the “tree of life” on Samoa. You make baskets from the leaves (see picture) and use the nut for everything. Actually the Samoans have about ten different names for the nut depending on what phase of maturity that it is. First you “peel it” and then “crack it”. The water is a perfect electrolyte and is delicious. The meat is scraped and then squeezed in banana plant fiber to produce milk and butter. These are used to cook just about everything in Samoa in. Nothing like using what you have readily available. Yum!
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