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 best-known 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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