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On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 04:16:39 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:28:19 -0700, Abiquiu > wrote:
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> >> Julie Bove wrote:
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> >> > "Janet" > wrote in message
> >> > .. .
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> >> >> One of my DILs uses a lot of it, but only cooked. She uses it for
> >> >> roasting meat or potatoes or vegetables, and in baking.
> >> >
> >> > Are you sure that's not coconut oil?
> >>
> >> My thought as well.

> >
> > I had no idea what coconut butter was until I looked it up and it's
> > different from coconut oil.

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> Yes. I had heard of it as it is used in a lot of raw vegan recipes. I
> think I even ate some chocolate candy with it in there. I never bought the
> candy again so it must not have been too memorable.


According to what I read, it was pulverized pulp smoothed into a
smooth paste. Maybe the chalkier butters are made from pulp that
could benefit by adding a little coconut milk to it. I'd use it as an
ingredient in something, you decide what because your likes, wants and
needs change too many times in a day for anyone else to help you with
that.

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