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types of graters. To use the coconut grater place it on a chair, sit on 

 the wooden seat in order to hold it firmly in place, hold a piece of coco- 

 nut in both hands and scrape the meat over the metal grater so that the 

 grated coconut drops into a pan which has been placed underneath the 

 grater. 



Figure 3. — Diagram of coconut grater. 



For some uses the coconut may be prepared by putting the meat 

 through a vegetable grater or meat grinder. 



Coconuts are used in different stages of ripeness. The young nuts, 

 called "spoon coconuts," which have a thin layer of very soft meat, may 

 be chilled and served — the meat to be eaten with a spoon and the liquid 

 drunk through a straw. Halves of the young coconuts with the adhering 

 soft meat may be used as individual containers for fruit cocktail. 



The milk extracted from the grated coconut meat may be used in 

 place of cow's milk in curries, coconut puddings, and in frozen desserts. 

 The Hawaiians add the coconut milk to cooked chicken, fish, or taro 

 leaves near the end of the cooking process. Polynesians also combine 

 the milk with banana, sweet potato and taro in baked or steamed pud- 

 dings. Other favorite ways of using fresh grated coconuts are in candy, 

 cake icings and pies. 



