Holly Krahe wrote:

> I believe other people have tried using it before - but it is normally liquid
> above 76 degrees or so, so it's mushy pemmican.  I have never trusted the
> body-purpose coconut oil for eating (no real reason, just seems refined and
> unedible).  I just received a large supply of fresh coconut oil from
> coconutoil online - it's just wonderful.  They claim it's "pure, unmodified,
> virgin coconut oil obtained by centrifuge separation from fresh coconut
> milk".  It has a very light coconut taste and makes chicken taste positively
> exotic.
>
> What do you others use the coconut oil in/for?

I love the Mt Banahaw coconut oil.  I use it for much of my cooking; it stands
up to heat so well, such as stirfry or to grease the pan for the lean yakburgers.
It does great with Thai or other Asian cooking.  I pour it in the summer and
spoon it in the winter.  Kind of like a thermometer in the kitchen.

I used it for pemmican a few times, putting the pemmican in a jar and eating
with a spoon, which was fine. Other times I used organic lard (pig fat) which
was nearly as soft, also in a jar.

Coconut oil also a pretty good oil for dry skin or minor skin irritations.
In Ayurveda it is considered a cooling oil in its actions in and on the body.
Sesame oil is considered warming, and castor oil heating.

    Lynnet