{"id":152,"date":"2006-09-07T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-07T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2006-09-07T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-07T20:38:00","slug":"loco-for-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"LOCO FOR COCONUT."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a> I\u2019m not shy about my passion for coconut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s on my mind nearly every minute of every day. I covet it when I\u2019m awake. I dream about it when I\u2019m asleep. When other teenagers were sniffing glue, I was sniffing Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil.<\/p>\n

Of course, I can find coconut in Spain. But my recent travels to Chicago opened my eyes to a disturbing reality: By living in Spain, I am being deprived of coconut in its most exquisite forms.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true! Every time that I stepped into a Chicago supermarket, I felt like Charlie Sheen stepping into Amsterdam\u2019s red light district.<\/p>\n

There were Mounds! And Almond Joys! And coconut cream pies! And German chocolate cakes! And Bounty bars! And Brach\u2019s Neopolitans! And Hostess Sno-Balls! And my favorite of favorites\u2026Raspberry Zingers!<\/p>\n

And\u2026and\u2026and\u2026I ate them! I ate them all! As often as I could! But it wasn\u2019t enough! Not nearly enough!<\/p>\n

Freedom, due process and a well-armed military are fine. But for me, the USA is all about one thing\u2014highly-processed, fat-laden, plastic-wrapped vehicles for coconut.<\/p>\n

God bless America! <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not shy about my passion for coconut. It\u2019s on my mind nearly every minute of every day. I covet it when I\u2019m awake. I dream about it when I\u2019m asleep. When other teenagers were sniffing glue, I was sniffing Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil. Of course, I can find coconut in Spain. But my recent … Continue reading LOCO FOR COCONUT.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75qi3-2s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=146","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":0},"title":"GOOGLING THE COCONUT.","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"September 22, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm saddened to report that there are 14,500 Google hits on the phrase \"Captain Coconut.\"But proud to report that only two hits arose from \"the amazing Captain Coconut.\" And both are attributed to our VTB.What does this mean? 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