MLAM asked:

>2.  Also, where on earth can I get coconut butter at a decent price?
>The local health food store sells it for $9.00 for 8 ounces!

In Indian grocery stores. I can get it for $2.79 for 16 oz in Jackson
Heights, in a large Indian supermarket. In Brooklyn, in a small Pakistani
grocer, it's $3.49 for 500 ml. And on Lexington Ave in Manhattan it's $4.99
for 16 oz.

I gather Longview, WA is too small for an East Indian community? Maybe in
Portland?

(And it's much cheaper if you are visiting St. Lucia. Like $2.28 a liter,
cheaper in larger sizes.)

Don.