Ingredient - Coconut; young, tender, soft meat only.

[jorge6]

I live in Oakland and am trying to find this ingredient for a dessert recipe. I am willing to travel far and wide if necessary. This recipe calls for fresh young or immature coconut meat. The soft tender meat is key to the recipe. I can only find the mature coconuts at my usual grocery stores. I don't want to use anything jarred or canned. Should I be trying my local ethnic markets? Thanks in advance.

[wolfe]

Previous young coconut thread.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/493637?tag=search_results;results_list

Fresh Mellisa freash coconut link since yhe one on the old thread doesn't work.
http://www.melissas.com/Products/Prod...

[Robert Lauriston]

Fresh young coconuts often have little or no flesh, just water.

[milklady]

Berkeley Bowl and West Berkeley Bowl carry young coconut.
There is a vendor at Fruitvale Transit Village, right by Fruitvale BART, that sells individual coconuts that I believe are fresh/young.

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Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St, Berkeley, CA 94703

[cakebaker]

Ranch 99 in Richmond has young coconuts as well as several types of grated fresh coconut in milk frozen that I use in cakes.

[BernalKC]

I think the frozen product is your best bet. Too far from farm to market for something like a young coconut fruit. And I find plenty of frozen product in markets here in the Mission.

[bigwheel042]

Yes. Most larger Asian grocery stores stock young coconuts. Probably many of the small ones too.