Am I the last American not in love with coconut oil?
Jul 8, 2015, 12:05 am
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I read an article about dark chocolate that said it was good for you. Now I don't need to read any more articles about chocolate.
I read an article about red wine that said it was good for you. Now I don't need to read any more articles about wine.
etc.
Jul 8, 2015, 5:15 am
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Jul 8, 2015, 5:58 pm
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My wife sent me this. You can cook with it, clean with it, cure diseases with it!
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi...5651&source=48
Jul 8, 2015, 6:01 pm
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A friend of ours who is otherwise down to earth and sensible claimed he used it with baking soda to clean some really nasty baked-on gunk from the stove. (That was actually the first time we ever had heard of coconut oil.)
Curious given he's not one of the sort of people who posts all those crazy "life hack" things that always turn out to be duds, we tried it.
Needless to say, I think the real cleaning benefit came from the degreaser we used to clean up the mess the oil made.
Curious given he's not one of the sort of people who posts all those crazy "life hack" things that always turn out to be duds, we tried it.
Needless to say, I think the real cleaning benefit came from the degreaser we used to clean up the mess the oil made.
Jul 9, 2015, 5:46 pm
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Coconut oil is the best for use in rotating-paddle style popcorn poppers.
It's also used as the base oil source in the soap I buy, although I don't buy it for that (it's just the cheapest unscented pure bar soap I can buy.)
Other than that, I don't have a use for it. I'd much rather cook with butter.
It's also used as the base oil source in the soap I buy, although I don't buy it for that (it's just the cheapest unscented pure bar soap I can buy.)
Other than that, I don't have a use for it. I'd much rather cook with butter.
Jul 9, 2015, 6:23 pm
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Jul 10, 2015, 4:36 am
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Ha! I see your one use and raise you 79 others.
My wife sent me this. You can cook with it, clean with it, cure diseases with it!
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi...5651&source=48
My wife sent me this. You can cook with it, clean with it, cure diseases with it!
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi...5651&source=48
Jul 10, 2015, 5:51 am
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As you know I am a sad obsessive food ( ... or should I say eating ...) nut.
Coconut oil is really very very variable. None of them are the same. One experience of one oil does not justify an impression of coconut oil generally.
I became interested in regular evening popcorn using coconut oil for popping. I then use a commercial caramel topping. I bought some expensive coconut oil stuff discounted on offer. I bought a lot of it because I am canny and very clever ... before I had tried it. It seemed tasteless. I bought another brand ...... a fair bit more at full price ..... but it is fragrant and wonderful. I can still taste it in my mind for a few days after and think about it and yearn for it. A completely different product and experience. I use the first stuff I bought as a substitute for ghee when I fry stuff in prep for a Thai style curry. However if I do a coconut rice I use the better stuff.
Whereas I find that all sunflower oil is sort of the same - every coconut oil brand manufacturer is different. The first one I tried I felt cheated. The second one - I really would and could not do without.
IMHO.
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Jul 10, 2015, 8:58 am
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Why it's only been a few decades since so many of the progressive activists were damning the large corporations who used coconut oil in their products, profiteering from the exploited natives of the islands from which the coconuts came....
Aroma and flavor? Well, I don't know about coconut oil, but the aroma (and flavor?) of the copra from which it (all, no matter the brand and price) comes is enough to put you off the product. Life on those old copra schooners was less than pleasant from an odor standpoint. I guess that's why most went for soap, bot for cooking.
Aroma and flavor? Well, I don't know about coconut oil, but the aroma (and flavor?) of the copra from which it (all, no matter the brand and price) comes is enough to put you off the product. Life on those old copra schooners was less than pleasant from an odor standpoint. I guess that's why most went for soap, bot for cooking.
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Jul 12, 2015, 7:05 pm
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I am talking to you now ... and not the dog. Let me explain about this taste stuff.
As you know I am a sad obsessive food ( ... or should I say eating ...) nut.
Coconut oil is really very very variable. None of them are the same. One experience of one oil does not justify an impression of coconut oil generally.
I became interested in regular evening popcorn using coconut oil for popping. I then use a commercial caramel topping. I bought some expensive coconut oil stuff discounted on offer. I bought a lot of it because I am canny and very clever ... before I had tried it. It seemed tasteless. I bought another brand ...... a fair bit more at full price ..... but it is fragrant and wonderful. I can still taste it in my mind for a few days after and think about it and yearn for it. A completely different product and experience. I use the first stuff I bought as a substitute for ghee when I fry stuff in prep for a Thai style curry. However if I do a coconut rice I use the better stuff.
Whereas I find that all sunflower oil is sort of the same - every coconut oil brand manufacturer is different. The first one I tried I felt cheated. The second one - I really would and could not do without.
IMHO.
As you know I am a sad obsessive food ( ... or should I say eating ...) nut.
Coconut oil is really very very variable. None of them are the same. One experience of one oil does not justify an impression of coconut oil generally.
I became interested in regular evening popcorn using coconut oil for popping. I then use a commercial caramel topping. I bought some expensive coconut oil stuff discounted on offer. I bought a lot of it because I am canny and very clever ... before I had tried it. It seemed tasteless. I bought another brand ...... a fair bit more at full price ..... but it is fragrant and wonderful. I can still taste it in my mind for a few days after and think about it and yearn for it. A completely different product and experience. I use the first stuff I bought as a substitute for ghee when I fry stuff in prep for a Thai style curry. However if I do a coconut rice I use the better stuff.
Whereas I find that all sunflower oil is sort of the same - every coconut oil brand manufacturer is different. The first one I tried I felt cheated. The second one - I really would and could not do without.
IMHO.
If I do buy any for myself, I will surely purchase a different brand and hope for a better product.
Meanwhile the dog is ill, having been fed everything from Trix cereal to blueberries all weekend by my 2 year old poorly supervised grandson. She can't wait for normality to return along with a daily teaspoon of coconut oil.
Jul 12, 2015, 7:15 pm
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Jul 12, 2015, 8:23 pm
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Weight loss? Its literally fat in a bottle!