Confusing Groceries: Coconut Milk
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2024
- Part 3 in a series about the most confusing items to shop for in the grocery store covers "Coconut Milk". Learn the difference so you're never left with the wrong ingredient.
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Are you watching me? I was standing in the store so dumbfounded last night
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Yeah, I’m dumbfounded too as the coconut cream I used to use came in a solid block like butter, and wasn’t sweetened. It was added to savory dishes like Jamaican rice and peas. It’s not the same when I use coconut milk.
I have been there. Reading all the labels…🤔
Don't forget that there is also sweetened condensed coconut milk.
Been using it for Brazilian lemonade 😋
That just sounds like cream of coconut 😮💨
@@IjeomaThePlantMama I guess that's why he made this video to help clear up confusion. Cream of coconut is really just a cocktail mix. Whereas sweetened condensed coconut milk can be used a a non-dairy alternative to sweetened condensed milk.
You'd enjoy a caipirinha
That sounds amazing.
Just made some last night with cachaca. So freaking good!
For those confused
Coconut water = the water found inside of a coconut
Coconut milk/ cream = coconut flesh blended with either its water and/or regular tap water. Different thicknesses are obtained by a higher coconut flesh %
Creme de coconut = sweetened coconut cream and heated to thicken
Sweetened condensed coconut cream = as above but the milk version
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As far as I know, coconut milk is a liquid obtained by pressing grated mature coconut flesh. I had helped my mom made it when I was a kid, now I just buy canned one for it's convenience.
Mature coconut flesh is rich in fat but it has fibers in it. If you just blend it, you get those fibers too.
@@goed1adit I've only ever seen the blended version. Pretty sure you strain it afterwards to get it smooth?
Coconut oil?
And it's much better in their original words. Like in thai, filipino, bahasa indonesia.
Only in the English that it sounds so similarly.
Bahasa indonesia for example, coconut milk is SANTAN. coconut water is AIR KELAPA. For other version, the name is still simple.
YOU THINK YOU JUST FELL OUT OF A COCONUT TREE!?!?! NO!!! I'm so dead
You exist within the context of everything that came before you.
The moment he started saying that I died laughing
i had swiped to the next video as he started to say it and i had to come back to see if i was going crazy or if he was actually saying it
How silly. They come from.the coconut nipples right?
this part felt very McConaughey
In the 70s and 80's before it was easy to buy coconut milk at the Asian market, my Vietnamese mom would buy whole coconuts, crack them with the blunt side of a cleaver, drain the juice into a bowl or just give to us kids to drink while we watched. Then she would break apart the shell to remove the coconut flesh and put the chunks into a blender to extract the coconut milk which she would strain with a sieve. This milk she would use to make all kinds of delicious desserts.
My mom had an axe under the sink to crack our coconuts lol
@@saboo480 You had to go there.
@@jimralston4789 I see how that sounds now, but I didn't mean it in a weird way! She really did have an axe for coconuts! lol Nowadays we just buy coconut milk/frozen grated coconut at the indian store.
@@saboo480 Haha, I see. An axe sounds kinda big for the job, but a hatchet would probably be perfect.
@saboo480 my mom has machetes for cutting coconuts. It's the only way I know how to open a coconut. She taught us how to cut off the white fibrous stuff, and then carefully cut/shake a hole through the actual husk to preserve the coconut water.
Then we would stick a straw through, drink up the coconut water, and dig out the flesh with a spoon.
OF ALL IN WHICH YOU LIVE AND WHAT CAME BEFORE YOU
ur so elite for picking up that reference
THERE IS MORE TO SEE THAN CAN EVER BE SEEN. MORE TO DO THAN CAN EVER BE DONE.
...Or something like that.
such a meme 😂
no way dorothy haze in my youtube comments.. waow...
I didn’t tho😭 Can y’all pls explain cuz I like how it sound
The Thai Kitchen in the carton is actually better for curries than the canned one because the canned one has thickeners in it. When you look to buy a coconut milk for curries, look for one with just coconut and water. Cartons are usually your best bet.
I wonder if he even opened it, because there's no way you can claim it's suitable for a cow milk alternative lol. Unless you like chugging heavy cream, I guess.
Pailin's Kitchen recommends the cartoned coconut milk for curry, although I personally skip it since it's like twice as expensive where I live.
Nice quote at the end there.
Kamala x Shaq collab when
Straight up. We tried to buy coconut cream this week (replacement for Heavy Cream with more shelf life) and got Cream of Coconut instead. Was a bit of a shock to our taste buds in the pasta we made
oh honey that tropical carbonara is going to shock your tastebuds either way
So lemme get this straight: You bought something you hadn't tried before, and put it into the dish without tasting it first? Then I've got no sympathy for ya.
You should be tasting your food at every step. This is like when I hear people say they put salt instead of sugar into a cake. It never entered your mind to taste what you we’re cooking while doing so? That one is on you
Man, people are mean! As if it couldn't easily happen, that you open a can of a product you think you're familiar with and just dump it into your pot.
As if people routinely 'taste test' anything and everything first, before using it.
That's total bs.
Thanks for sharing the funny story!
Oh NO 😭
I wish I didn't understand that Kamala Harris reference. I think I'm going to go outside
What reference is that?
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@@skorperslook up Kamala Harris coconut tree on here and you'll find a clip of it. it's weird in general but weirder in context.
Someone just fell out of a coconut tree
Because he used a reference older than the US but keep Culting on it.
Here in Indonesia coconut milk is mostly being used as an ingredient in savoury and sweet dishes or in other words you usually have to process it first before consuming. Therefore it’s kinda uncommon or even rare to find coconut milk that refers to a milk that works as a dairy substitute (something you can drink straight up like a glass of dairy milk). But when I found out about the varieties that exist abroad I realized how confusing the term can be because ppl have different ways to use it haha. Very interesting tho, and this is an informative video
Orang bule bisanya cuma ngeribetin hidup org lain aja, termasuk Asians kaya kita. Santen dikata susu dan mau dibikin manis pula, biar apa sih para imperialis jahanam itu? Biar dibilang apa, Paleface westerners? 😂
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lah padahal gua yang bingung. Kita kan org nusantara, jadi takda yang “confusing”
@@Pakiu1306 membingungkan kalau saya melihat resep makanan dari negara-negara lain 😊 karena saya lumayan suka mengeksplorasi berbagai makanan, kalau dilihat resep-resep yang menggunakan bagian-bagian dari kelapa (dalam bahasa Inggris) memang ada macam-macam produk yang dimaksud. Video ini jadi semakin menambah wawasan saya :)
Found out about "coconut cream" from american videos 😂
Only known two types of coconut milk all this time: santan asli kelapa & santan kara(instan)
Then there's the brands that pretend their canned coconut milk is legit but it's really just thin opaque water lol Rooster looking in your direction. First and last time I ever buy that!
Love the callout, name and shame that ish! 😂
For Thai curry, just buy a Thai brand coconut milk like Aroy-D. Can’t go wrong, much better flavor, even better flavor if you can find the paper carton version, and sometimes cheaper than Thai Kitchen brand.
Unless you live in a large city or have a specialty grocery store, that's probably not available
Yeah, Thai Kitchen coconut milk is not very good. Arroy-D is my go-to, but I have to go to an Asian market to find it or else order it online. And yes, the cartons taste decently better than canned; the canned stuff has a slight funk and lacks aromatic coconut flavor.
@@yuyutubee8435 the canned ones also usually have added sulfites, too. It keeps the coconut milk from looking gray. It also makes some people, like me, violently ill. I love the stuff in the carton, there's no aluminum to react to, so no one puts sulfites in there, and it never makes me sick.
Tbh this is the first I'm hearing about the carton vs can taste - I never really noticed a difference and bought the cans as it's a bit cheaper for the amount, but now that I know I'll go with the carton!! so thanks for that tip!! (Usually I mix it with other things so it's hard to notice the difference in taste)
My first time buying coconut cream to cook, I unknowingly bought "crema de coco". For years, I thought the recipe I made was just bad, and overly sweet.
Cream of coconut as a sweet cocktail ingredient didn't exist 10 years ago in the UK, so we made a big batch of very mediocre pina coladas from the solid coconut cream blocks
Oh NO! If you ever find yourself in that kind of bind again, add a healthy pour of sweetened condensed milk. That'll help give the body and the sweetness you'd be missing out on.
I use the lite when I make curry, and I tried it with cereal when I ran out of milk once, and it worked far better than I thought it would.
I literally whipped this out to make sure I bought the thing I actually wanted at the grocery store. Thank you so much for making something so directly useful!
I always just check the calorie amount on the back to make sure it's the right creaminess I'm looking for
That's quite clever! It wouldn't work for the sweetened stuff, though
Seriously, the FDA is sleeping on the job here. We need standards in food labeling, and we need them enforced with an iron fist.
Unless you pay them millions of dollars like a lobbyist. That ain't gonna happen, captain.
The ultra-wealthy - which is to say business owners with enough capital to throw around - love loose regulation and a weak government. You're right in advocating for what better serves your and my interests. Just don't forget that the rich always get what they want over what the masses want - unless we club together and make demands!
@@exemplify6593😂 the ultra wealthy are always at the forefront of extra government intervention. The government is in their pockets, of course theyd want more of it.
nah. Nonsense like that is why the Scottish drink Iron Brew had to be named irn bru because "it doesn't contain actual iron"
These are all traditional and accurate names, it's just different kinds of about the same product. Each of these products has an ingredients list as well.
FINALLY i was SO confused about coconut stuff as someone who uses it as a non-dairy alternative for cooking since my grandpa is on a renal diet
The Thai kitchen coconut milk that comes in a carton is meant for drinking but still is much fattier than the other coconut milks for drinking and I've found it still works fine in recipes that call for coconut milk !
I saw this on my feed without your name, but recognized the text as your font and style. Good job, your branding has achieved recognizability 👍
I’ve never had any issue dealing with coconut milk/cream/water in my life and I am very proud of that after having seen this video. 🏆 💐
Dang. It’s taken me years to figure this out on my own, and these kids just get to watch you for all their info
I am thankful that the EU sooner or later regulates this stuff and limits what vendors can print on their items and what they can not.
i love you so much for the quote 💀
I’m so glad you made these shorts cause you’re my favourite person on the internet since this coconut vid came across my recommendations, and literally every day I send one of your vids to a friend saying “I FKN LOVE THIS MAN” with how straight forward and knowledgeable and easy to grasp your vids are, and the self awareness to laugh at the algorithm while also utilizing it.
*This video should be a PSA*
I learned this about 15 yrs ago, prior to that many mistakes were made and ingredients wasted. This is 1st time I'm seeing the sweetened cream of coconut. Thank you!
I have never seen a recipe specify this before and have always just grabbed coconut cream because I like it thicker
Thanks for your whole channel
I didn’t realize how much I needed it and how interesting it would be
Grateful for your service sir, the internet & the world needed this info.
I still remember when my dad accidentally bought the sweet one and made one. I still remember the taste of those noodles
I needed this bro. Thank you!!
You keep popping up in my recommended, and I watch the whole thing every time. Might as well subscribe, nice stuff dude
I opened the Thai red can once for a recipe and it was so thick, I immediately threw it out because I thought it was old! I had grown up seeing the Goya coco and like you said, it was for a special drink my mom made for the holidays called Coquito, dude this just taught me so much. Thanks.
I sometimes forget that a lot of ppl don't cook that much or are just learning, so when I see videos like these, where I think, "Well, duh, everyone already knows this," I remember that's not the case, and I remember not to take for granted how much I've learned about food over the years. I'm glad this channel exists, even though it's not for me. Now I gotta find a channel with stuff everyone else knows and I don't, like all the detailed rules of basketball! 😊
Wow the rare well-adjusted shorts viewer!
@@internetshaquille lol 😂 And hope your channel grows and grows!!
I think I just summoned you with my mind. I’ve been wondering this !!! Thank you
Netshaq blessing us with content.
Just stumbled on your channel and I'm loving it! Keep it up
im happy he addressed this
Excellent finish
Dude I work at a grocery store and these vids help so much, thank you!
I learned the hard way that cream of coconut and coconut cream are two different things. 😂
Can't go wrong with our Jamaican brands.. coconut milk for us is just coconut milk..either liquid or powder.
Yes! I have struggled with some recipes too! The last thing I wanna do is buy something at the grocery store get it home and realize that it was the wrong type of coconut milk.🙂
Loving this series!!!
That small can of Thai coconut milk is also perfect for adding to oatmeal, rice pudding or bread pudding during the cooking process instead of dairy milk. Makes the dish so creamy and delicious.
Glad I live in South East Asia where we have proper names for each of these products.
Thank you for clarifying this issue.
This is why several cocktail CZcamsrs have taken to referring to "cream of coconut" as "coconut syrup".
I love using coconut cream over milk for curries, I dig the full fat flavor profile.
There's also the solid brick of coconut cream that you can use either shavings of or the whole thing with water to create something similar to a corn starch thickener
Lmaoooooo 😂 the Kamala reference
Wasn’t expecting the falling out of a coconut tree reference 😂 it honestly made me laugh like Kamala
Thank you. This video is so needed.
I love Goya! It’s my go to when making desserts dairy free
I really learned something new. Thanks!
I have given up trying to remember which is which and just play a big game of “surprise me” whenever I am going to open one. 😂
Where I live we only get two little cartons, of the same brand, of coconut milk and thick coconut cream that are the same size and cost basically the same. So whenever a recipe calls for milk I buy one tiny carton of cream and dilute it with equal parts of water, works perfectly for half the price
LMAO the reference in the end caught me off guard 😭😭
Loving this channel...
I always take for granted growing up Filipino and with titas that are Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, African, and Haitian. No one ever got confused.
And here is me, who has never seen anything like these in shops for my entire life lol
Have to hit up the international aisle in most markets to get the Thai kitchen and it’s totally worth it and delicious
where i come from, we get the meat of the mature coconut ground up in the wet market, and then add a small amount of really hot water to the ground up meat and squeeze (u can use a strainer or cheesecloth) to get the coconut milk out :)
I have literally thought "I wish Shaq would walk me through the difference between the coconut milks."
and they’re all placed in different obscure isles of the grocery store
I actually know the difference between all of them because I use them a If it calls for cream of coconut, I use coconut milk and just add sugar. Generally I use the canned coconut milk that has the cream on top for most stuff or coconut water of course just drinking.
Damn this is wildly helpful and now it all makes sense! Thank you!
I caught that Kamala reference at the end. Major hats off to you for that one sir
Coconut water is such a miracle that it can, and has been used instead of infusion.
glad it's not just me who feels this way
I live in austria and we only have the coconut milk in the can (I use for curry) and coconut water for drinking. I didn‘t even knew the other ones existed.
It gets even more confusing when you try to make coconut whipped cream
Growing up we called the water in a coconut “coconut milk”. Now it’s water.
Im honestly glad I live in a tropical southeast asian country cause we p much only have coconut milk for cooking and coconut water is fresh coconut water or just flavoured so (and its clear).. so these things dont confuse us.. but also if anyone wants coconut milk for cooking (not for drinking straight) if you ever do get your hands on an OLD (brown, green/young coconuts are for drinking water and eating pulp) coconuts, if you have a shaver, shave it down, if u have access to preshaved coconut (which I think many ppl do cause u sprinkle it on foods etc) just soak kt woth a bit of water (maybe like 2:1 or so or 3:1, just make sure what consistency is good) and then you put it through a milk bag and there u hve good coconut milk ready for cooking
I use one of those items in my coconut cakes. It's actually really good.
This got me once. I’m happy I’m not alone! 😂 I just wanted to add some coconut milk on top of my beverage and I definitely got the thick one. 😂😂
We used to buy cream of coconut in a sold block form like butter. It wasn’t sweetened and would melt just like butter when used as a cookery ingredient for savory dishes. I now use tinned coconut milk for the same purpose, but I don’t care for how it separates in the pot, and it doesn’t have the richness of coconut taste that the other had. Now I’m considering, maybe I should check in the freezer of an international market to see if the other is there.
That just sounds like coconut oil, not what they call cream of coconut here
@@nobodyqwertyu nah , they mean the blocks of coconut cream
like a bar of soap, wrapped in wax paper then in a small cardboard box
In the states they call this coconut oil. It is indeed solid but sold in jars. It would be far more convenient if it was sold in blocks and given a different description. Never the less that is how it is marketed here.
I remember a tourist once asked for coconut milk and the cashier pointed out the KARA coconut milk which we usually use for cooking. He bought it, took it outside, open the carton and drank it. Too late to say anything by then lmao
Once my family accidently made curry with sweetened coconut milk. Tasted like dessert, but oddly no bad
Gold information 🎉❤
So proud. Understood all that.
Babe new coconut lore just dropped
Knowing what ingredient the recipe might be refering to is whole another skill esp for a cook
Thank you! Now if only I could find the cream for this one boba recipe I wanted to make for ages.
Omg i was not expecting the kamala reference at the end and i am now 💀
I got a Magic Bullet blender when I was like 12. I’ve been saying “that’s the wrong can of coconut” for 15 years 😭
Lmao amazing way to close. Too funny
At Asian stores, the brands have pictures for what they're used for...so like curry or tapicoa dessert
Bless you sir for this explanation!
Vegans + non dairy consuming home cooks know all these by heart, which ones have a grainy taste and which ones are good for making ice cream with. (At my store, it's the store brand.)
It's definitely a cultural language thing too. Coconut milk is its own word in my language so I never realised it'd be such a predicament for English users. Good luck out there
And then there’s the soap bar shaped block of coconut cream…
Them letters made me think I accidentally took some acid for a moment there
Had no clue coconut products were such a mess, I just buy a coconut once in a blue moon when I'm in the mood and when it's been long enough to forget how frustrating they are to open.
Tropical caribbean follower here
We actually call coconut cream to refer to a blocky SOLID coconut product. We have all the rest that you mention
Usually the choice of cocnut milk vs crram is dependent on family tradition
Your content is so helpful, thank you! I have a request if I may: could you please elevate the products as you demonstrate onto a stand or other box to aid us visual learners in following along?
Oh my God! Thank you for this!!
Well done I applaud your Authority for attacking the marketing of coconut milk🎉❤