Paleo diet?

[Irulan]

In Thai cooking, the top, thick layer of coconut milk is called cream, but that is different from cans of coconut cream. Coconut cream (in a can) is very, very sweet, like sweetened condensed milk, and is mostly used for cocktails and desserts. Coconut milk is unsweetened, and that is what is used for cooking (curries and such).

I've purchased "coconut cream" instead of coconut milk at the Asian Market, by mistake when I thought I was buying coconut milk. I've found it to be the same as what's on top of the coconut milk and nothing more; not a sweetened product. So maybe there's different kinds of coconut cream?

Here's a tip. If you buy canned coconut milk at an Asian market, it cost lots less. I pay $1.19 for a 19 oz. can of Mae Ploy brand. I think the quality of the brands is better, too. In fact all Asian specialty items are less,(and better) and sometimes lots less, at Asian markets than other places. Recently I purchased a 6.5 oz jar of black peppercorns for $2. Take that, Spice Islands,