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A kilo of out of date dessicated coconut - anything I can do with it?

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MaryCondom · 31/05/2023 12:04

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I've just emptied a drawer ready for cleaning and found a kilo of dessicated coconut that went out of date three years ago.

Are there any possible uses for it?

Baking with it isn't an option. I can't feed it to the birds.

What else can I do with it? I feel bad just dumping it.

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SwedishDeathClearance · 31/05/2023 13:36

Feed the birds with it

MaryCondom · 31/05/2023 13:39

SwedishDeathClearance · 31/05/2023 13:36

Feed the birds with it

You can't give desiccated coconut to birds.

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peacelemon · 31/05/2023 13:42

I'm worried all these people who would feed it to the birds. Are you trying to kill them?

MaryCondom · 31/05/2023 13:42

I actually bought it years back for a curry I used to make all the time. Then I went off that curry. Ooops.

I made some lavender scrub from my garden last year and still have about a metric tonne of that left. So I do love the idea of making some body and beauty goodies but might need to use up what I have first.

I could try some granola bars, good shout.

Not a huge fan of porridge though so that's a no-go.

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Kitcaterpillar · 31/05/2023 13:44

OP - how did you come to own 1kg of dessicated coconut that you have absolutely no use for?

Kitcaterpillar · 31/05/2023 13:45

Oh, you answered as I posted. Thank you, thank you, nothing useful to add but noseyness!

almostoverthehill · 31/05/2023 13:46

Tippexy · 31/05/2023 12:55

Bin it.

You haven’t needed it in three years. You don’t need it now.

This is how and why houses get cluttered.

This! As much as I hate waste you can’t keep everything.

SwedishDeathClearance · 31/05/2023 13:47

MaryCondom · 31/05/2023 13:39

You can't give desiccated coconut to birds.

Why not?
Birds love coconut?

IAmcuriousyellow · 31/05/2023 13:48

As you’ve got a wedding coming up you could dye it pretty colours & use as biodegradable confetti

SwedishDeathClearance · 31/05/2023 13:49

SwedishDeathClearance · 31/05/2023 13:47

Why not?
Birds love coconut?

Hydrate it first.

steppemum · 31/05/2023 13:55

birds can't have it in case it swells inside them.

So dump it in a bucket of water, let it soak and swell and then feed it to the birds

MaryCondom · 01/06/2023 10:37

IAmcuriousyellow · 31/05/2023 13:48

As you’ve got a wedding coming up you could dye it pretty colours & use as biodegradable confetti

I'm not going to the wedding though.

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MaryCondom · 01/06/2023 10:37

Thanks everyone, have some ideas now. And, worst case scenario, I will bin it Smile

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