When we last processed coconuts at Shari’s house, we discovered that some of the coconuts turned different shades of pink, red, brown, and some didn’t.
I had 3 coconuts at home in the freezer, so I volunteered to do an experiment. Jennifer previously posted on why coconuts discolor during processing. She provided me with some Vitamin C tablets to use when I processed my coconuts.
I took the 3 coconuts & processed each one individually. As I peeled the meat from the shell, I set aside 1/2 of each – 1/2 processed normally & 1/2 processed soaking it in vitamin C. I labeled each tray – 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b. I dehydrated the regular coconut as soon as I sliced the coconut into flakes.
The other half, I soaked, for almost 24 hours only because I had other things going on at the time. After draining, I dehydrated this coconut. Each picture below is the treated coconut on the left and the untreated coconut on the right. To my surprise, I got the following results:
Coconut 1:
Coconut 2:
Coconut 3:
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.” – Don Marquis
Love always,
DebD