Comments on: Snotty Coconuts?!?

By: sonny sj

sonny sj — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:43:43 +0000

MM, I just came across this post.

In our place, Poambong, Bulacan, critical stages of the life cycle of coconuts are:

1. Mala-uhog (butong)
2. Mala-kanin – which as Bubut had said is the one commonly referred to by vendors as “pang salad po ba?”.
3. Mala-katad – more chewy than mala-kanin yet not yet truly hard as a mature coconut. This is the one best grated and eaten with palitaw, bibingka, puto bumbong, pichi-pichi, suman sa lihiya and other kakanins that has to be served with grated coconut.
4. Niyog (lahing) – the truly matured coconut for coco milk extraction.

In wet markets, mala-katad can be distinguished from niyog by the light color of its shell. Niyogs has truly dark chocolate colored shells, while the mala-katad’s shell is somewhat dark cream in color.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:18:05 +0000

lori, I dried my own grated coconut. Have yet to try the flaked one but it should work…

By: lori

lori — Wed, 31 May 2006 10:35:18 +0000

My biggest frustration with coconuts is that I can't get them here flaked and sweetened, similar to the Baker's brand that's imported. I'm sure those coconuts come from the Philippines! So I'v taken a tip from you, MM, and I will do it myself. I like to use coconut in baking. Here's one of my favorite recipes utilizing coconut.

By: Bubut

Bubut — Wed, 31 May 2006 04:41:15 +0000

the mala-kanin is what the coconut vendor calls “pang Salad po ba ?”. for me the mala-uhog is the best stage..

By: kulasa

kulasa — Wed, 31 May 2006 02:26:40 +0000

I’m like erleen. I just know mala-uhog and mala-kanin. Eating tumbong was also a chilhood treat. I recall the time my cousins and I almost got a whipping. We started opening coconuts looking for tumbong not knowing that the coconuts were ready to be planted. Lolo’s bantay was really after us. Kaya pala parang nakapila yung mga buko…

By: lee

lee — Tue, 30 May 2006 05:55:05 +0000

our dialects are so descriptive. i once heard someone describe coconuts in their “snotty” stage as sulo-sip-onon.” quite gross to some but then it really gets to the point.

By: Choy

Choy — Tue, 30 May 2006 05:39:16 +0000

great for the kidneys! masarap pa.

By: erleen

erleen — Tue, 30 May 2006 03:31:50 +0000

the things i remember from my lolo:
2. mala-uhog
3. mala-kanin

we also eat the white part that grows inside the coconut when it has passed the malakanin stage but not yet become niyog.

we call it tumbong. crunchy when small, spongy when big. =)

By: ajb

ajb — Tue, 30 May 2006 03:07:45 +0000

I like to eat the soft meat with milk and sugar.