# Do you put the lime in the coconut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317 "2025-01-24T01:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/1 "2025-01-24T01:46:39Z")
Someone gave me a couple of bags of random fruits and vegetables. It included a small coconut and three limes. I used one lime for limeade. Never made it before, but the recipe of lime juice, sugar, and water was pretty foolproof. It only afterwards occurred to me to put the lime in the coconut and drink them both together. Anyone tried this? Would it be a pleasant experiment? Would bellyaches be involved in any way? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TsSuueEGQSM/maxresdefault.jpg "Harry Nilsson - Coconut (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSuueEGQSM) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/2 "2025-01-24T01:50:51Z")
I say it would be good. If you like coconut juice. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/3 "2025-01-24T01:53:24Z")
I will not experiment with a beverage that both gives and relieves the belly ache. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/4 "2025-01-24T02:01:02Z")
Down here in the tropics and out in the islands, Mon, there are plenty of places to get a fresh coconut whacked open just for you and drunk that way or with a hefty serving of rum dumped inside. _Tres_ yummy. Lime (or lime-flavored rum) goes in there too about as well as peanut butter goes with jelly. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/5 "2025-01-24T02:10:07Z")
Hell yes, and then I drink them both up. Thaaaanks for the earworm, @Darren_Garrison 😏 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/6 "2025-01-24T02:13:27Z")
I _do_ put the lime in the coconut…and then I jump into the fire. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/7 "2025-01-24T02:28:46Z")
Surely any 2 things that together can make a [cake](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/easy-coconut-lime-cake/fnvd3yda) must be OK as a drink. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/8 "2025-01-24T03:05:17Z")
Call the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/9 "2025-01-24T05:54:27Z")
Can he cure this bellyache? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/10 "2025-01-24T07:18:32Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I will not experiment with a beverage that both gives and relieves the belly ache. Fans of _A Night at the Opera_ know to pair it with bicarbonate-of-soda-stuffed spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/11 "2025-01-24T12:55:35Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I jump into the fire. But… but, you’ll never be free — no, no. ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/12 "2025-01-24T13:00:26Z")
I will confirm it is very good pairing. In the summer I like to make a drink with coconut water, coconut rum, and lime (or lemon) juice. Super refreshing on a warm night on the porch! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/13 "2025-01-24T15:47:26Z")
Lime, schlime. FWIW, I was a kid when the song came out and I thought he was putting the LION in the coconut. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/14 "2025-01-24T16:01:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Call the doctor. And wake him up? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/15 "2025-01-24T17:06:08Z")
Who knew that Harry would end up being a beverage influencer? I wonder if someone at Coca Cola was a fan? [![](https://d226b0iufwcjmj.cloudfront.net/product-images/global/6002560/9614683/large.jpg) ](https://d226b0iufwcjmj.cloudfront.net/product-images/global/6002560/9614683/large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/16 "2025-01-24T20:24:42Z")
Several years ago we bought my sister in law a set of tropical drink “glasses” for her birthday, that were basically plastic coconuts with a straw sticking out. We bought some limes and put a lime inside each coconut. When she opened the gift she said “Oh, these are cool! But what are the limes for? (pause…💡) Ohhhhh…” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/17 "2025-01-24T20:35:34Z")
Me and my Arrow drink it together. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/18 "2025-01-24T20:41:29Z")
It depends on whether your coconut is a drinking coconut or not. If the meat inside is hard enough to grate, the liquid (usually referred to as “coconut water”) is past its prime for drinking. Younger coconuts are most suitable for drinking. The meat inside should still be tender, even gelatinous toward the center, and you can scoop it out and eat it straight up with a spoon. Not that it would be _that_ bad to drink coconut water from an older coconut; certainly a generous squeeze of lime would improve it. It might taste a bit fermented/spoiled, though. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut/1013317/19 "2025-01-25T00:30:11Z")
That was cute. And good thinking. The best presents are like that.