Irish/British Cooking Dopers: What is a "block of creamed coconut"?

[Northern_Piper]

I’m making a recipe from an Irish cookbook that calls for a “block of creamed coconut”.

Can anyone enighten me on what that is? I’ve just made do with some shredded coconut.

Thanks.

[Montgomery0]

@Northern Piper

I’m making a recipe from an Irish cookbook that calls for a “block of creamed coconut”.

Can anyone enighten me on what that is? I’ve just made do with some shredded coconut.

Thanks.

From the Wik:

Coconut milk

Creamed coconut is not the same as coconut cream. Creamed coconut is a very concentrated coconut extract without the water. Like coconut oil, it is hard at a low room temperature. It is basically coconut cream concentrate, and can be made into coconut cream by mixing it with water, or into coconut milk by mixing it with a larger amount of water. It is typically sold as a 200ml block in a plastic bag inside a small box. In the UK it is widely and cheaply available (from £0.30 to £1.00 per 200ml block) in Asian convenience stores and in the Asian sections of large supermarkets.

[Daffyd]

I’m not sure about Regina, but I’ve bought creamed coconut for about 99 cents at both Loblaws and No Frills here in Toronto…