On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 4:31:04 PM UTC-10, Sheldon 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

I learned about copra when I was a widdle boy in skool. It was dried coconut and the stuff was made by primitive, colonized, people. It seemed like a heck of a way to earn a living. Evidently, there was a need for dried coconut meat. I never learned what exactly copra was used for but there was some part in my text that mentioned soap. If you ask me, it's kind of an unpleasant product and why we were taught about copra at all is a mystery. Perhaps it was so that one day, I could write this post. Well, that's about all I got to say about copra.