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15-NOV-2006

DSC_0147 toddy collection.jpg

Toddy is the juice from the coconut tree. When a new shoot or frond appears on a coconut palm
it is bound up with rope so that it can't open and a cut is made in a particular spot.
One end of a piece of palm leaf is placed into the cut and the other end is fed into a bottle
which is suspended under the new shoot. The toddy runs down this piece of leaf into the bottle.
Apparently it takes about 8 hours to fill a 750 ml bottle. Some drink it straight away and say
it's sweet and refreshing while others add a yeast and let it ferment in the bottle and drink it
after it has become alcohol.

Nikon D2Xs
1/160s f/6.3 at 45.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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