A Coconut Day in the Life
In Sri Lanka, the coconut is, in a sense, a source of life. Not only is it the main ingredient in most Sri Lankan dishes, but it also plays a major role in many non-culinary parts of every day life. Without the coconut, things in Sri Lanka would be very different.
Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of The Perennial Plate spent the day with a family of eight on their modest coconut plantation outside of Negombo. It is truly amazing how many uses the coconut has and how literally nothing goes to waste.
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Liz says: October 7, 2013 at 7:46 am That was so amazing — informative but also really touching and warming. I’m a firm believer in using what you have til there is no possible way to get any more use out of it (and creating as LITTLE waste as possible), but those people put me to shame! They’re incredible with how they, literally, use EVERY SINGLE piece of that tree and with such reverance and respect to what it is giving them. We could all learn something from people like that.