1.   Coconut meat.

2.   Dry the coconut meat in an oven, and grate it for use in recipes.

3.   Instead, it is the essence of coconut meat made liquid, with all of the flavor and none of the grittiness.

4.   James McNair relies on fresh coconut meat and coconut milk for this white cake with a smooth filling and whipped cream frosting.

5.   Separate coconut meat from shell and, using a small paring knife, peel dark outer shell from white coconut meat.

6.   Take out the coconut meat, reserving liquid for other uses.

7.   The brown skin on one side of the coconut meat is edible.

8.   Using a short, stiff-bladed knife, pry the coconut meat away from the shell.

9.   With a fine shredding disk of a food processor or hand shredder, shred coconut meat.

10.   Production of copra, coconut meat used for oil, has halted due to fear, grief and missing labor.