Coconuts are also used to make chutneys, pickles known as sambols and cooking oil.
But supplies ran out and the coconuts appeared at higher prices on the black market.
The government has also begun importing coconuts from India and Malaysia, and attempted to impose price controls.
For example, in "Kinect Sesame Street, " Grover will ask viewers how many coconuts are in his box.
Another popular beverage is coconut water, sucked from straws poking out of coconuts, tops hacked off expertly with machetes when ordered.
But now coconuts, along with poultry, are being imported as seasonal demand rises.
They were a good-natured bunch, mainly teenagers with huge shoulders wearing Dallas Cowboys jerseys and heads like half-shaved coconuts.
Just give me two coconuts and a string (can you hear me now?).
The Sri Lankan government has stepped in to try to stem a severe shortage of a national staple - coconuts.
There are two small, inexpensive restaurants, a fruit stand selling ice cold coconuts and a surf shop a five-minute stroll from the beach.
The government last week tried to cap the price of coconuts at 30 rupees and rationed their sale in official outlets.
The monkeys are then taught at least six different commands and how to pick coconuts according to how ripe they are.
The storm had passed during the night, and there was some debris on the shore, a few stray coconuts and palm branches.
Pithy examples abound, such as the 150 people allegedly killed annually by coconuts, even though no one has actually made a tally.
Plus there are luxury accommodations aplenty, such as Coconuts Beach Club, Resort and Spa and the Sinalei Reef Resort and Spa.
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Monkeys have been used for decades by humans to work in Thai agriculture to pick coconuts and fruit, but their number is growing.
Finally, we sampled the coconut water that PepsiCo began selling last year in the U.S., under its Naked brand, made from Brazilian green coconuts.
As one travels along the snaking road that leads to the temple, shopkeepers outside approach beseeching visitors to buy offerings like coconuts and sweets.
Southern India's tropical climate invites use of coconut milk in recipes, while near the snow-topped Himalayas, you're not likely to find coconuts in the cuisine.
Published in the UK as VOLTAIRE'S COCONUTS: OR ANGLOMANIA IN EUROPE.
The chimps' diet consists of bananas, potato leaves, sweet potatoes, plantains, coconuts, palm nuts and other fruits and vegetables, in addition to rice balls fortified with powdered milk.
Although the refugees include mechanics and maids, the largest number by far are plantation workers, mainly employed by Chinese Malaysians growing coffee, cocoa or coconuts.
From a nearby vaporizer comes the pleasant scent of tropical coconuts.
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Set up next to vehicles like the trailer painted with "Team Cocktail, " they fired up grills, spread sand and coconuts on the asphalt, and handed out gummy bears soaked in gin.
To a friend's house to drop off three coconuts.
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Fresh tacos, fruit juice, coconuts and fish can be easily found at stalls near Mercado Mexicano (also a good place to purchase a range of Mexican handicrafts), located at Calles Madero and Hidalgo.
Xbox already offers content such Kinect Sesame Street TV, which blurs the lines between traditional linear TV show and interactive experience, where a kid can jump into their beloved Sesame Street and throw coconuts at Grover.
On one scouting expedition, he spotted a grove of palms growing in the sandy soil, trees not native to Florida that had sprouted from a batch of coconuts from a boat that had foundered off Cuba.
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