ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Between the high cost of Thai-type noodles, peanut butter, pine nuts, and other ingredients, I have to hand it any restaurant that specializes in Thai food, for keeping the prices reasonable. I won't eat at Taste of Thai anymore, even though their prices are good and the food is delicious, because of the obnoxious owner and his ridiculous rules. So I'm trying to add Thai to my Asian cooking techniques. Here in the land of coconuts, it's so easy to get coco water. But the milk, which is a different animal, is used a lot in Thai cooking, and I'm wondering (haven't hit SuperLake yet today) if my search is going to result in just expensive cans of the liquid, which would limit my range of cooking items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I have purchased it at Wal-Mart in both Morelia and the DF. It's usually for sale in the liquor aisle or nearby. There is coconut cream and coconut milk; be sure to get the one you need. It's not expensive. SL no doubt has it as well, but probably for more $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 The liquor aisle... so, for mixing drinks. I believe I recall the bottles of white liquid. But for sure I'd have to be careful it's not coco cream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseagirls Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Walmart and super lake both have it can't remember exactly but not too much different in price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichbinsaege Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I have also seen it in the juice aisle at soriana. The surtidor also carries it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Excellent reports. Thanks, everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 The liquor aisle... so, for mixing drinks. I believe I recall the bottles of white liquid. But for sure I'd have to be careful it's not coco cream... I've never seen it in a bottle, only in cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think a lot of people make their own coconut milk. I believe coconut cream is just the meat and the water put in a blender, then filtered - no extra water. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Coconut-Milk The hard part is shredding the coconuts without getting bits of the brown skin in. There are all sorts of very dangerous looking devices out there that are supposed to streamline the process - or lose a finger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Milking a coconut is harder and less fun than milking a cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 OKay, so far no place has any coco milk. WalMart has nothing, not in the juice, the Asian section, or the liqours. Paz has nothing. SuperLake has coco water in the drinks aisle, but no coco milk anywhere. Nothing at Super Laura. So I am probably going to give up: of the main ingredients for Thai, the rice noodles, the tamarind, the lemongrass, are either impossible to find, and like peanut butter, another key ingredient, if found are too damned expensive. Yes, I know "lemongrass grows everywhere", but trying to find it is the same as trying to find wild epazote for sopa Azteca (which also "grows everywhere"), if only people could tell me where... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TioBob Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I will give you some lemon grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Cool, dude! Now where does your wife get it? You growing it? She's a good cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TioBob Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I grow it. It is easy to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I buy from Wal-Mart. It's in where the Asian items are not in the liquor/drink isle. Brand: Mitsuki Leche de Coco Coconut milk Cost: At least 1/2 the cost of Superlake and Casa Gourmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 LIke I said, I appreciate all the answers. But there was no leche de coco today in those stores. I regularly scan the Asian shelf. Their product line has reduced substantially in the last couple of years at WalMart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tres perros Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Super lake in the non-refrigerated soy milk carton section at the end of the aisle, parallel to the soup aisle. Usually two types from Thailand. Very inexpensive. My current cans are Roxy brand. 400ml. Imported by Toyo Foods. Happy Woking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Now that is one area I didn't look at. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichbinsaege Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 The brand I see everywhere is Calahua. Blue and white labels. In both Tetra Pak and cans. They have leche de coco and crema de coco. If you google "Calahua leche de coco" and look at the images you can see what you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 I cook Thai food and always have coconut milk, it is not hard to find Wlamrt used to have it, I have not been in Ajijic lately so I do not know if they still carry it Superlake, the gourmet store. If you cannot find it you are probably not looking for the right packaging. It somes in cans. I have never bought the stuff that comes with mizes because I am always afraid that sugar is added for drinks, I may be wroong but I stay away from the mixes. I even find it in Chiapas where it is hard to get anything a little unuausl.. Making coconut milk is a pain, this is why people buy the cns even in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rckrckr Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 El Torito has 2 brands of canned coconut milk in the section with all the other milks. Bought some there yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the walkers Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 I think a lot of people make their own coconut milk. I believe coconut cream is just the meat and the water put in a blender, then filtered - no extra water. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Coconut-Milk The hard part is shredding the coconuts without getting bits of the brown skin in. There are all sorts of very dangerous looking devices out there that are supposed to streamline the process - or lose a finger! go to the man who sells coconut water and meat from fresh coconuts. tell him you want the carne suave from the cocos. it's about 25p for 750ml of fresh soft coconut meat without any hard shell attached. just puree it in your blender.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw7815 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 I just bought cream of coconut at Wal-Mart in the juice aisle all the way at the end-closest to the wall of yogurt. They sell it in 12 oz cans and also liter tetrapacks. maw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Picked up a few cans at El Torito, top shelf at the end of the milk aisle. Bought leche and crema, to discover the difference. I looked in WalMart yesterday in the juice aisle and found no leche de coco. And all I can find in the WalMart liquor aisle is Pina Colada; same at Paz. But this is a great start. Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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