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Re:Death by Coconut: A Story of Food Obsession Gone Too Far by DiabloD3 on Saturday December 05, 2015 @09:09PM (#10684083)
"He believed that since the coconut grew high up in the tree, closest to God and closest to the sun, it was godlike," says Kracht. "And since it had hair and looked like a human head, he thought it came closest to being a man. According to his rather crackpot theory, to be a cocovore was to be a theophage — or eater of God."

Then apparently I like to fry steaks in a couple of spoonfuls of liquid God, and wash it down with the blood of Christ (ie, wine).

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Re:Death by Coconut: A Story of Food Obsession Gone Too Far by nkozyra on Saturday December 05, 2015 @11:06PM (#10684374)
Bold choice using a non-neutral oil for your steaks, how does it compare?
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Re:Death by Coconut: A Story of Food Obsession Gone Too Far by DiabloD3 on Sunday December 06, 2015 @05:22AM (#10684876)
I prefer it over using olive oil, but only for steaks, and I use pure coconut oil instead of refined, so I get a stronger coconut oil taste from it.

For some reason, I find it makes beef taste better. Not sure why, I'm usually a purist when it comes to that sort of thing.

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Re:Death by Coconut: A Story of Food Obsession Gone Too Far by stephenr on Sunday December 06, 2015 @04:29AM (#10684791)
Why are you frying steak?

If it's cut that can stand the heat of a grill/bbq, it will have enough fat in it to keep itself moist and to prevent it from sticking, as the fat will start to melt.

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Re:Death by Coconut: A Story of Food Obsession Gone Too Far by DiabloD3 on Sunday December 06, 2015 @05:21AM (#10684874)
Because every cut of steak is different. Some grill well, some go under the broiler well, some fry well, some braise well.

And the way commercial butchers carve steaks nowadays, they cut off too much fat. Its annoying.

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Re:Death by Coconut: A Story of Food Obsession Gone Too Far by stdbrouw on Sunday December 06, 2015 @04:41AM (#10684802)
Because it's convenient and can still taste really good.
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