# Why the antipathy toward coconut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961 "2011-04-27T23:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/21 "2011-04-28T03:54:04Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I like mine with lime. Do you drink it all up? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/22 "2011-04-28T03:54:12Z")
Mmm coconut. More, please. Mounds Bars are like catnip to me. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/23 "2011-04-28T03:58:11Z")
I don’t get the hate for so-called “artificial coconut” or coconut flavoring. It’s one of the best, least ‘artificial’ tasting flavorings that is in use. Usually it’s a real and genuine extract, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/24 "2011-04-28T04:21:19Z")
I like coconut, except as coconut milk in curries. The couple of times I tried curry with coconut milk in it, I spent the rest of the day in the bathroom. I have a carton of Silk coconut milk in the fridge, and it tastes kind of meh, not as creamy or sweet as I expected. I should have gotten the kind with vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/25 "2011-04-28T04:41:55Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > The poll itself asks about “coconut,” not “nasty fake coconut flavor.” > > If anyone reading this actually uses piña colada _mix_, I beg you to throw it away. Real piña coladas are _easy_ to make. And oh–so much better. The poll asks “coconut” but the post mentions coconut-flavoured jelly beans, so both are acceptable discussion points IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/26 "2011-04-28T06:02:20Z")
I love coconut, flavor and texture. I once baked up a batch of my family’s favorite cookie and took them to work. I was so disappointed when a lot of people wouldn’t even try them because they had icky coconut in them. On a related note - so many people I’ve talked to seem to hate gritty textures. I must be some kind of freak because I adore them. Especially ground corn in its many forms. I love, love, love it for the texture as much as the taste. It’s the soft, mooshy textures I have problems with. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/27 "2011-04-28T06:19:56Z")
I grew up hating coconut(curse you, Mallo Cups), but now love it. If I remember correctly, this was actually one of the foods that I immediately hated as a child. I wonder if many of us have the same experience. Bite into the piece of Christmas candy from the box, and get that shit coconut one. What a waste of a chance at chocolaty goodness! Brothers laugh and point, and you sit screwed with a piece of candy you can’t choke down. The only time as a kid I was exposed to coconut was in relation to some kind of candy, so the bad experiences with the taste and texture sort of stuck with me. Until one day when I ate a Zagnut bar by mistake as an adult. Baked coconut, it seemed, was worth eating. Could my tastes have changed? Yes! I now love coconut, especially fresh coconut. Maybe it’s just a carryover from childhood, when it seemed most kids hated it. Only my mom ate coconut, and since she ate anything we deemed disgusting, we figured it was one of those “disgusting foods”, and never sought it out. I would have never tried coconut again if it wasn’t for my mistaken Zagnut adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/28 "2011-04-28T08:05:45Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Bingo. > > Like with bananas, there’s coconut, and there’s “coconut flavored,” and while the former is just fine, good even, the latter is universally awful. I love fake banana flavored products. I even bought some banana flavoring which I add to banana pancakes for a little extra punch. Come to think of it, I have a bottle of coconut flavoring as well. I can safely say I like most fake flavorings. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/29 "2011-04-28T10:37:56Z")
A chunk of fresh coconut is OK, not great but nice occasionally. However, the little bits of shredded coconut that get baked in cakes or sprinkled on things are disgusting: not because they taste bad, but because they have horrible texture. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/30 "2011-04-28T11:31:03Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > The poll asks “coconut” but the post mentions coconut-flavoured jelly beans, so both are acceptable discussion points IMHO. They certainly are, but I was speaking to **Maiira** ’s vote. She voted “love,” as I did. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/31 "2011-04-28T13:00:13Z")
I really only like coconut that is fresh. If you crack open a coconut and give me a chunk then I’ll eat the stuff. I absolutely can not stand coconut flavour or stuff that comes out of a package. BTW, I voted for nosy. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/32 "2011-04-28T13:12:52Z")
Another one who loves the fresh coconut but not any other version of it. Coconut texture changes the food too much. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/33 "2011-04-28T13:33:29Z")
I chose the “I love coconut” option, but those coconut jelly beans are disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/34 "2011-04-28T14:49:30Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Right now I’ve got one (big) coconut egg, two bags of coconut M&Ms, and three bags of those (small) Dove coconut eggs. I didn’t get Almond Joy eggs, but it looks as if Mounds eggs are not coming back, so next year I guess I’ll get AJ eggs and spit out the almonds. :dubious: I’d say the only coconut tidbit I don’t like is a Snowball, but that’s because **I** don’t like the mouthfeel of that white Hostess glop! I couldn’t find the Dove coconut eggs this year ☹ If you wake up to find your candy stash pillaged… I know nothing. NOTHING! The empty wrappers in my wastebasket are completely irrelevant! One of the grocery stores here makes their own snowballs in their bakery, with fresh whipped cream frosting instead of that white glop. I also think they put crack in them. (and as if you couldn’t guess, I voted “love it” although I do agree that fake coconut flavoring is gross) ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/35 "2011-04-28T16:01:00Z")
Okay, in the poll I answered that I’d rather drink bathwater, but it’s more subtle than that. When I hear “coconut” I think of the nasty dried, shredded stuff. Or taking a precautionary nibble on a piece out of a box of See’s chocolates and recoiling in horror to find that there’s \*coconut \*in it. Ick. Pina Coladas? Yum. Thai curry with coconut milk? Yum. Never had “fresh” coconut, but the association with coconut cream pie, chocolates, or cake/cupcake toppings has shied me away from anything actually coconut flavored. So maybe it IS the artificial stuff that’s nasty. And the texture. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/36 "2011-04-28T16:07:38Z")
Generally, I don’t mind it. It is, however, a crime against humanity to ruin perfectly good shrimp by adulterating them with coconut. The only worse crime is poisoning pizzas with pineapple. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/37 "2011-04-28T16:10:03Z")
Don’t mind the flavor, hate the texture. Coconut is in the same category as carrots, for me…you chew and you chew and you chew and you chew and you chew and you chew and you chew, but the stuff NEVER GOES AWAY! It could be the most amazing flavor in the world, but if it’s just going to sit there and gradually get soggier and flatter and caught in between my teeth and never get to the point where I want to swallow it, it’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/38 "2011-04-28T16:29:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I can’t stand coconut. I much prefer liver (but that’s one of my favorites). Ditto on all levels. Coconut milk as a base for something is fine, but the texture (real) or flavor (artificial) are usually non-starters for me. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/39 "2011-04-28T16:37:42Z")
Real coconut = great. Most coconut “flavors” are terrible. I dislike smooshy foods; I’d much rather have a little texture to my food. However, nuts in brownies (as mentioned above) ruin them for me. Now I want a fudge brownie with coconut. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961/40 "2011-04-28T16:45:25Z")
Love fresh coconut, shredded coconut, coconut cream in curries. Coconut lovers: try _haupia_, a kind of coconut blancmange pudding that they make in Hawaii. I kind of like the fake coconut flavor in jelly beans and such, but I’m not mad about it. What I despise is that aggressive strong coconut reek in cheapo tropical perfumes and suntan lotion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-antipathy-toward-coconut/579961.md?page=3)