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Default Coconut Snow (of Mele-koi farms)

On 2/4/2017 8:33 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 2:39:39 PM UTC-8, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 2/4/2017 5:26 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 10:36:37 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/4/2017 10:13 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:07:59 -0800,
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to be able to buy locally but seems to have moved from Hawaii
>>>>>> to CA and I was told it was available in CA, Oregon & parts of WA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Made in Mele-koi farms, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. I also found a VERY
>>>>>> old reference to Newark Beach, CA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anybody got a LINK or tele to a place that sells it????? Maybe it
>>>>>> has changed names or brand as I do believe the original owner is no
>>>>>> longer with us.
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.manta.com/c/mm7fb8d/mele-koi-farms
>>>>>
>>>> I found a description on Amazon:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/review/R5WVO00WYZSCM
>>>>
>>>> It's an old listing, apparently the product is used for making Pina
>>>> Coladas. Me, I just used canned cream de coconut with pineapple juice
>>>> and rum. Back in the 1970's.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> I use Coco Lopez, good with rum but excellent for baking and cooking
>>> too.
>>> http://www.cocolopez.com/
>>>

>> That's the brand I used to buy. 1970's. I used to mix a batch in the
>> blender for my mother and myself. We'd sit at the kitchen table, sip on
>> pina coladas and have a gab-fest.
>>
>> Jill

>
> saw this today.....you probably can make your own
>
> http://freecoconutrecipes.com/homema...-pina-coladas/
>
>

Looks like more trouble than it's worth. I'm sure there are a few folks
around who still drink pina coladas but I don't know any of them.

Jill