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Bruce[_28_]

On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 21:31:00 -0500, wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 20:01:28 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 2:11:51 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > I saw it, another 4 years on. Lol. So funny reading a thread
>>> > > and realising it is 22 years old. I had searched for copha to
>>> > > see if there is a substitute and ended up here. I Live in
>>> > > Australia so I can buy copha any time and grew up having
>>> > > chocolate crackles at parties and cake stall fundraising events.
>>> > > I didn't realise copha is an Australian thing. Maybe copha is now
>>> > > available in other countries? When I saw the substitutes people
>>> > > mentioned here I cringed and can imagine how awful they would
>>> > > have tasted. Well done though for being inventive and having a
>>> > > go. You need copha to make Chocolate crackles and I don't think
>>> > > there is a substitute (but I also haven't read the rest of the
>>> > > thread). I had a giggle when the person said "are they really
>>> > > worth it? " They ARE really nice and so easy to make but if you
>>> > > have had to go to so much trouble to get copha, maybe they won't
>>> > > seem worth it in the end?
>>> >
>>> > Hi Alanna!
>>> >
>>> > Welcome to bedlam! Now, what the heck is copha?
>>>
>>> Copha is a brand of hydrogenated coconut oil. It's similar to Crisco
>>> except that Crisco is made from soybean and palm oil. Both Copha and
>>> Crisco are hydrogenated which makes the oils solid at room
>>> temperatures and improves their shelf life. Coconut oil is pretty hot
>>> in the US so there might be a market for Copha.
>>
>>Thanks! I'd not heard of it.
>
>The spelling is incorrect,
>
>You could have googled it:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copha