How to Make Fresh Coconut Cream

This is a follow-up to the previous post where Toni showed us how to climb a coconut tree. Here we’ll learn how to make coconut cream from scratch, so without further ado:  STEP ONE: Hoka Niu (Husk the Coconut)   Toni said a sharp stick, jutting from the ground, is normally used, but for convenience…

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Kilisimasi Fiefia! (Or a Very Merry Tongan Christmas)

Christmas in Tonga is refreshingly un-materialistic   Sure, there are the simultaneously bizarre, yet amusing store fronts dotting the dusty strip of downtown Nuku’alofa, and families often shop for a gift or two for the children, but otherwise, Christmas is all about family, church and community (and a little Christmas Eve bingo, natch).   An interesting addition to…

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