where did the sweetness of the coconut come from?
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Coconut milk is a sweet, milky white cooking base derived from the meat of a mature coconut. The color and rich taste of the milk can be attributed to the high oil content and sugars. The term "coconut milk" can also refer to the watery liquid found inside the nut. This liquid, when found in a young coconut, is more unambiguously referred to as "coconut water" or "coconut juice". In Malaysia and Indonesia coconut milk is called santen and in the Philippines it is called gata.
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It came from the word "Melita," which the Romans dubbed it. Melita is the Greek word for "honey."
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I think it derives from a certain language called "tamil" \nand it's like from India or a similar country I'm not \nentirely convinced and sorry couldn't find what it means
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The manna is actually one of the 10 things that G-d created before the world was created. It was not a plant, and as mentioned before, it fell down everyday. The holier the person was, the closer to his home it fell. The manna tasted like whatever the person was imagining at the moment. It was an amazing heavenly food.
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oh moldy i don't know to much about the plains you are talking about, the only sugar  i know of is in Queensland. \nif i knew what you were talking about sweety i would help you sorry i don't know nothing about what you are talking about.
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it depends on where the Mangoes are from.  most mangoes I've tasted while I was in the netherlands are not too sweet.  In comparison, Cebu, Philippines mangoes are still in abundance especially at this time of the year.  They remained sweet and the price is fair.
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The coconut guy from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Well it does come from the song Yankee Doodle Dandy but the question is where does Yankee come from. You Yanks called us Limeys and that is because our sailors used to eat limes to protect against scurvy on their long sea voyages.\nBTW the Cockney (London Dialect) for a Yank is a  "Septic" from "Septic Tank" which in true Cockney rhyming slang  form the "Tank" rhymes with Yank but the first un-rhyming part is used, Apple and Pears meanind Stairs becomes Apples, Currant Bun meaning Sun becomes Currant,Frog and Toad meaning  Road becomes Frog.\nSo 'the Septic went up the Apples and had a Lemon' translates to 'the Septic Tank went up the Apple and Pears to have a Lemon Squash' i.e. 'the Yank went up the stairs and had a wash!'. Whole conversations can be had using Cockney rhyming slang!!\nGuess it doesn't answer your question but goes to show how bizarre our language is!
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No. where did you get that from?
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they really do taste a little bit like coconuts since that's what they eat.
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It's probably from Aesop's Fables. That's where most quotes like that come from.
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Where did u hear this from? (place, person)
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The only place I've heard it was on the Lion King!!! But I just did a google search, and it was actually on Monty Python! Here's some info on the song......\n\n"I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" is a well-known novelty song dating from the 1940s. It was composed in 1944 by Fred Heatherton, an English songwriter, and celebrates the traditional coconut shy of funfairs.\n\nThe song was first recorded by Danny Kaye, the actor/singer/comedian famous for such movies as White Christmas and The Court Jester. Kaye became aware of the song in a successful tour of the UK featuring sellout performances at the Palladium and appearances in Royal Command Performances. The song became Danny Kaye's only big US chart hit in 1950. It was also later recorded by Merv Griffin and several other artists. The song is still played over the public address system at Cambridge United football matches after home wins.\n\nThe song appeared on I Could Go On Singing, mainly memorable as Judy Garland's last film. It also appeared on the Magical Mystery Tour, Beatles TV special broadcast by the BBC on December 26, 1967.\n\n\n\nDown at an English fair, \nOne evening I was there, \nWhen I heard a showman shouting \nUnderneath the flare: \n\nHoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts. \nThere they are a-standin' in a row. \nBig ones, small ones, some as big as yer 'ead! \nGive 'em a twist, a flick o' the wrist, \nThat's what the showman said. \n\nHoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts. \nHevery ball yer throw will make me rich. \nThere stands me wife, the idol of me life, \nSingin' "roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! \n\nSingin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! \nSingin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! \nRoll a-bowl a ball, roll a-bowl a boll, singin' roll a-bowl a ball a penny a pitch! \n\nInstumental \n\nI've got a lo-ve-ly bunch of coconuts (They're lovely!) \nThere they are a standing in a row. \n(One, two, three, four) \nBig ones, small ones, some as big as your head \n(And bigger) \nGive 'em a twist, a flick of the wrist, thats what the showman said. \n\nNow that hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch of coconuts. \n(La-da-de-da-da) \nHevery ball you throw will make me rich. \n(Have a banana) \nThere stands me wife, the idol of me life, \nSingin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! \n\nAll together now! \n\nSingin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! \n(Harmony!) \nSingin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch! \nRoll a-bowl a ball, roll a-bowl a ball, singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch. \n\nInstumental \n\nSingin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!
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It was a swallow....\n\n\nArthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land? \nSoldier #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? \nArthur: Not at all. They could be carried. \nSoldier #1: What? A swallow carrying a coconut? \nArthur: It could grip it by the husk! \nSoldier #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. \nArthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here? \nSoldier #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right? \nArthur: Please! \nSoldier #1: Am I right? \nArthur: I'm not interested! \nSoldier #2: It could be carried by an African swallow! \nSoldier #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point. \nSoldier #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that. \nArthur: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?! \nSoldier #1: But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory. \nSoldier #2: Oh, yeah... \nSoldier #1: So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway... \n[clop clop clop]\nSoldier #2: Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together? \nSoldier #1: No, they'd have to have it on a line. \nSoldier #2: Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper! \nSoldier #1: What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers? \nSoldier #2: Well, why not?
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because when you eat something really sweet .. it will cause you to be used at that kind of sweet .. so when you eat something having less sweetness .. it won't feel sweet due to the last taste you had
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good question -- i've asked it myself. what i've come up w/thru googling is that it's a custom derived from european handfasting ceremony. i've also read that it was "made up" by the enslaved africans. here's a couple sources
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The fruit came first.\n\nRead up!