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Default Coconut Snow (of Mele-koi farms)

jmcquown wrote:
>ImStillMags wrote:
>>Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>notinthislifetime 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.

>>
>> 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.


It's beyond silly to make one's own Coco Lopez, all I do is open a
can. I like pina coladas, I also use Coco Lopez for baking... I think
it's about time I prepare another pina colada pineapple upside down
cake.