Oh, the raspberry zinger. One of my more colorful vices. Spongecake with crème filling, soaked in raspberry sauce, rolled in shaved coconut. I'm drawn to the coconut. They're better than their chocolate and vanilla siblings by a longshot. Not great for you, but like everything ok else in moderation. (brought to you by the high fructose corn syrup people) It's too bad the local bakery thrift store sells them at savage discounts. It's hard to avoid junk foods that aren't half as delicious.
So here's the thing about coconut. It has more appealing attributes than most things found in nature, and it goes right for the strong senses most tied to memory; smell and taste. As a foodstuff, it's delicious and nutritious. An Almond Joy candy bar? German chocolate cake? Coconut shrimp? Ok, maybe not the most nutritious examples but I've got a great recipe for that last one, knocked off from Blue Crustacean* that will make your palate dance. It's not just food though. Soap, lotion, shampoo, sunblock, air freshener? All better with a hint of coconut. Coconut rum? sí, por favor. Hell, I was bummed to be informed after-the-fact that my dentist could have offered me Piña colada numbing gel instead of that dreadful cherry. Speaking of coconuts, they're not really nuts. They're actually Drupes. Think fleshy fruits with a stone, like peaches, mangoes, cherries and plumbs... not that it matters when you're devouring a zinger, standing in the garage, so you can honestly say you didn't bring junk food into the house...
Sure, coconut may have more saturated fat than you should cross paths with on your average day, but mere fat pales in comparison to the dangers of coconut when in cahoots with Gravity. Falling coconuts kill 150 people every year; 10 times the number of people killed by sharks.**
*Named changed to protect those serving overpriced food with an attitude.
**Totally baseless internet statistic. Sharks want to eat you, coconuts predictably fall toward the center of the Earth. Get out of the way.
Still like the brother Twinkie more.
ReplyDeleteDon't they make theater popcorn with coconut oil? Seems like that was a controversy in the news a while back.
ReplyDeleteThree words: coconut cream pudding
And my fun fact for the week in my Biology class next week: "Falling coconuts kill 150 people every year; 10 times the number of people killed by sharks." I can just see the two guys at a funeral:
ReplyDelete"So, I heard he died of a massive head wound."
"No, a coconut got him."
"Too bad, he was a good guy."