It's hard to imagine cuisine today especially here in Southeast Asia without use of the coconut. But for the early settlers of the region, the flavor of the ingredient was secondary to all of its other uses from preservation, to construction, to pretty much everything that went in to building an entire civilization. In this video we trace the origin of today's bestknown coconut plants, and follow the legends and origin stories around this incredible plant from one side of the planet to the other.



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0:00 Introduction
1:26 Islands
4:26 The First Domestication
8:02 The Earliest Uses in Food
10:33 Out From the Philippines
12:54 Indonesian Lunch
15:55 What is a Coconut?
17:46 India and the Niu Kafa
23:02 A Sri Lankan Coconut Meal
26:32 Arab Traders
28:29 The South Pacific
30:35 The Age of Exploration
33:23 A Quick Portuguese Dinner
36:01 The Coconut Today
40:25 Last Meal and Credits



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