Don explained what coconut fat/oil is; would someone please tell what they do
with it?

Caryl

>
>It's generally called coconut oil. The easiest place to find it is in
>Indian grocery stores. Spectrum has some for sale in health food stores
>in
>the skin lotion department. It is food grade. Then the next time you visit
>the Caribbean you can buy liters for about $2. I would suspect that you
>can
>get it in a Caribbean grocery store, if you can find such a store. And
>it
>can be order on the web at:
>
>  http://www.rainbowmeadow.com/fixedoils.html
>
>I solidifies at around 70 degrees. So in the winter in a house with the
>thermostat set down it will harden. In the islands they suggest keeping
>it
>in the refrigerator and taking it out the night before. I brought back
>a
>liter from St. Lucia, but it hardened when it got here, and I waiting for
>summer to be able to use it.
>
>Don.
>