A year up the palm
Most of us meet coconut already opened. Water in a carton, oil in a jar, flakes in a bag. Every one of them started high up a palm.
Each coconut takes about a year to ripen up there. A healthy palm carries them at every stage at once, so there is no single harvest season. Botanically it is a drupe, closer to a peach than a true nut. In many parts of India the palm is called kalpavriksha, the tree that gives everything.
What changes when you picture the palm behind it?
What you'll need
- Coconut in any form you already use
- A pause before you reach for it
Method
Next time coconut turns up in your day, as water, oil, milk, or a sprinkle of flakes, stop before you use it.
Picture where it came from. A year ripening high on a palm, one of many the tree was holding at once.
Give it a week, and notice whether meeting the source shifts anything in how you use coconut, or how it tastes.