Re: VCO

[Guest guest]

My VCO comes in plastic and the instructions say it's safe for

longterm use this way as long as the oil is solid.

Glad to find someone else with solid oil any advise on how to use

it? I thought I could add it to kefir-smoothies, but that wasn't the

best idea. Solid VCO in a smoothie results in little pieces of VCO in

a smoothie and warmed liquid VCO becomes solid in little droplets in

the smoothie, both not very good

I scratch out some VCO and put it in a glass jar, which I put in warm

water, to have liquid VCO.

CU Anja

> Coconut Oil Supreme from www.coconutoil-online.com comes in plastic

> water bottles, and some are against plastic bottles and I

> understand, but the shipping is cheaper with them than with WFN. I

> ordered some VCO from WFN but I am planning to oder the next batch

> from www.coconutoil-online.com again, and just cut the bottles in

> half and put the VCO in an empty glass jar. I figure, as long as I

> don't heat the bottles, I am safe.

> Ami

[Guest guest]

>> eat it with a spoon, or make coconut " candies " ...at first i didn't

really like eating it plain, and i still don't *love* it, but it's not

bad....

I just tried someone else's suggestion of mixing it with peanut butter and a

little honey for a quick-fix way to down some. I've been reading Bruce

Fife's book Eat Fat Look Thin, and all the testimonials about eating 3 tsp

at once for a real energy boost. So, I mixed about 3 tsp CO, about 4 tsp

peanut butter, and a little raw honey. Quite palatable!

Then I waited for the energy boost. Nothing. Well, I'm back on a " get in

shape " kick so about a half hour after eating it I got the kids together for

a neighborhood walk, which we haven't done in probably 3 months. Last time

we did it, about 1/3 of the way around my lower back and legs were killing

me, I thought I was going to die. This time, about halfway around I noticed

I was feeling pretty good, so we added an extra block. By the time we turned

back down our street, I was *just* starting to feel it in my back and legs,

and now that I have cooled off ... I'm NOT exhausted! Wow, there must be

something to this stuff! LOL!

~ Carma ~

mom to Noa 8.5 yog ~ Colter 6 yob ~ r 2.5 yob ~ Mica 8 mog ~ wife 18.5

yrs to Russ

God has given you all you need to train and educate your children at home -

it's in real books and real life. ~ Clay son

[Guest guest]

> I just tried someone else's suggestion of mixing it with peanut butter

> and a

> little honey for a quick-fix way to down some. I've been reading Bruce

> Fife's book Eat Fat Look Thin, and all the testimonials about eating 3

> tsp

> at once for a real energy boost. So, I mixed about 3 tsp CO, about 4

> tsp

> peanut butter, and a little raw honey. Quite palatable!

OK is it just the VCO I bought or is it me? Because this stuff, which

is from Garden of Life, tastes like soap. It has a really nasty

aftertaste. Is it me, or the GOL? I can manage one of katja's candies

but not much more.

Lynn S.

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Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky

Editor/Publisher, The New Homemaker

http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/

Celebrating 5 Years of Homemaker and Caregiver Support: 1999-2004

[Guest guest]

>> OK is it just the VCO I bought or is it me? Because this stuff, which is

from Garden of Life, tastes like soap. It has a really nasty aftertaste. Is

it me, or the GOL? I can manage one of katja's candies but not much more.

Well, I just got my first stuff from Tropical Traditions, and I used the

expeller-pressed (doesn't taste or smell like coconut). I can't compare, but

don't think it's at all soapy.

~ Carma ~

mom to Noa 8.5 yog ~ Colter 6 yob ~ r 2.5 yob ~ Mica 8 mog ~ wife 18.5

yrs to Russ

God has given you all you need to train and educate your children at home -

it's in real books and real life. ~ Clay son

[Guest guest]

> RE: Re: VCO

>

>

>>> OK is it just the VCO I bought or is it me? Because this stuff, which is

>from Garden of Life, tastes like soap. It has a really nasty aftertaste. Is

>it me, or the GOL? I can manage one of katja's candies but not much more.

>

>Well, I just got my first stuff from Tropical Traditions, and I used the

>expeller-pressed (doesn't taste or smell like coconut). I can't

>compare, but

>don't think it's at all soapy.

I got this at my local HFS recently and just use it for cooking. There's

absolutely no comparison to the Indian VCO from WFN, which is the best

tasting VCO I've had yet.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

" The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

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[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: " Carma Paden "

> I just tried someone else's suggestion of mixing it with peanut butter

and a

> little honey for a quick-fix way to down some. I've been reading Bruce

> Fife's book Eat Fat Look Thin, and all the testimonials about eating 3

tsp

> at once for a real energy boost. So, I mixed about 3 tsp CO, about 4 tsp

> peanut butter, and a little raw honey. Quite palatable!

I was the one who suggested that combination, and just thot I'd let you

know that I tried it yesterday with almond butter instead of peanut butter,

which made it even MORE palatable.

> me, I thought I was going to die. This time, about halfway around I

noticed

> I was feeling pretty good, so we added an extra block. By the time we

turned

> back down our street, I was *just* starting to feel it in my back and

legs,

> and now that I have cooled off ... I'm NOT exhausted! Wow, there must be

> something to this stuff! LOL!

Glad to hear it gave you an energy boost. When I eat it, it holds me over

for hours without feeling hungry. I'm not really doing the Warrior Diet,

but seems like it would be great for that for a snack during the day.

~ Fern

[Guest guest]

thanks that sounds like something I could do!

I probably will try making the treats as well. It smells very nice,

but licking it off the spoon just isn't for me. And I think for making

scrambled eggs, I better use the CO that doesn't smell

CU Anja

> I just tried someone else's suggestion of mixing it with peanut

butter and a little honey for a quick-fix way to down some.

[Guest guest]

Does it come in jars like peanut butter does? (Peanut butter is by far

not as common as a spread here than it is in the US, although it

tastes nice. But it does mean a drive out to Walmart or Marktkauf to

get some...I expect)

CU Anja

I tried it yesterday with almond butter instead of peanut butter,

> which made it even MORE palatable.

> ~ Fern

[Guest guest]

i tried GOL at a friend's home and also thought it was soapy. i don't like any

other than coconut oil-online.

Suze Fisher <s.fisher22@...> wrote:> RE: Re: VCO

>

>

>>> OK is it just the VCO I bought or is it me? Because this stuff, which is

>from Garden of Life, tastes like soap. It has a really nasty aftertaste. Is

>it me, or the GOL? I can manage one of katja's candies but not much more.

>

>Well, I just got my first stuff from Tropical Traditions, and I used the

>expeller-pressed (doesn't taste or smell like coconut). I can't

>compare, but

>don't think it's at all soapy.

I got this at my local HFS recently and just use it for cooking. There's

absolutely no comparison to the Indian VCO from WFN, which is the best

tasting VCO I've had yet.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

" The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

----------------------------

[Guest guest]

Right, almond butter is often sold close to where the peanut butter is, in

jars. I got mine at the local health food store. Or, you can grind your own

almonds to make it if you have the proper equipment.

~ Fern

----- Original Message -----

From: " Anja "

> Does it come in jars like peanut butter does? (Peanut butter is by far

> not as common as a spread here than it is in the US, although it

> tastes nice. But it does mean a drive out to Walmart or Marktkauf to

> get some...I expect)

> CU Anja

>

>

> I tried it yesterday with almond butter instead of peanut butter,

> > which made it even MORE palatable.

> > ~ Fern

[Guest guest]

Lynn-

>OK is it just the VCO I bought or is it me? Because this stuff, which

>is from Garden of Life, tastes like soap.

I've never tried GOL's oil, but the good oils I've tried taste like

anything but.

-

[Guest guest]

I got peanut butter (they only had one brand) and hazelnutbutter. But

both were with sugar added That was at Walmart. But I do remember I

once got peanut butter w/out added sugar. Will look further...

CU Anja

> Right, almond butter is often sold close to where the peanut butter

is, in jars. I got mine at the local health food store. Or, you can

grind your own almonds to make it if you have the proper equipment.

> ~ Fern

[Guest guest]

> I got peanut butter (they only had one brand) and hazelnutbutter. But

> both were with sugar added That was at Walmart. But I do remember I

> once got peanut butter w/out added sugar. Will look further...

> CU Anja

Hazelnut butter at Walmart in Germany? Can't find hazelnut butter anywhere

here but online. Regular groceries don't carry other than Nutella hazelnut

butter with chocolate. Not in any health food stores or United warehouse

buying club catalog. Used to be able to get it at Bread & Circus. Must be

that acid nut thing.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

I found hazelnut butter at whole foods in California.

Irene

At 05:10 PM 4/8/04, you wrote:

> > I got peanut butter (they only had one brand) and hazelnutbutter. But

> > both were with sugar added That was at Walmart. But I do remember I

> > once got peanut butter w/out added sugar. Will look further...

> > CU Anja

>

>Hazelnut butter at Walmart in Germany? Can't find hazelnut butter anywhere

>here but online. Regular groceries don't carry other than Nutella hazelnut

>butter with chocolate. Not in any health food stores or United warehouse

>buying club catalog. Used to be able to get it at Bread & Circus. Must be

>that acid nut thing.

>

>Wanita

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[Guest guest]

Hi Anja. Too bad about the sugar in the peanut butter and hazelnutbutter. I

bet the hazelnutbutter would taste wonderful with the VCO and a bit of

honey, though. Hope you're able to find some without sugar. I would imagine

any nut better would work great.

~ Fern

----- Original Message -----

From: " Anja "

> I got peanut butter (they only had one brand) and hazelnutbutter. But

> both were with sugar added That was at Walmart. But I do remember I

> once got peanut butter w/out added sugar. Will look further...

> CU Anja

>

>

> > Right, almond butter is often sold close to where the peanut butter

> is, in jars. I got mine at the local health food store. Or, you can

> grind your own almonds to make it if you have the proper equipment.

> > ~ Fern

[Guest guest]

Wanita,

don't be jealous, it's pretty much like Nutella just without the

chocolate. Sugar is the 2nd listed ingredient, just like with the

peanut butter I got. The same company produces bad tasting " Nutella " .

Well, had to try it

CU Anja

> > I got peanut butter (they only had one brand) and hazelnutbutter. But

> > both were with sugar added That was at Walmart. But I do

remember I once got peanut butter w/out added sugar. Will look further...

> > CU Anja

>

> Hazelnut butter at Walmart in Germany? Can't find hazelnut butter

anywhere here but online. Regular groceries don't carry other than

Nutella hazelnut butter with chocolate. Not in any health food stores

or United warehouse buying club catalog. Used to be able to get it at

Bread & Circus. Must be that acid nut thing.

> Wanita

[Guest guest]

Fern,

I bought both anyways. The hazelnutbutter is very similar to Nutella,

just without the chocolate taste. But after the praise of almond

butter, I couldn't resist By now, I have only eaten the hnb on bread.

I'll have my chance to use a handheld blender on Sunday and won't have

the chance to get to Marktkauf, 'till then (shops are only open 'till

8 p.m. (not the hfs, those aren't open as long) and not today, because

it's a holiday ect.). So, I'll try that peanut butter on Sunday

will let you all know!

Stolen idea (from Angie from the coconut-info-group): " I toast some

low carb bread and spread it on like butter then drizzle some honey on

top. Delicious! "

Well, I find that even on untoasted bread, the VCO is surprisingly

easy spreadable. But the rest of the idea sounds good.

*For me*, the VCO just lacks some sweetness. It smells sweet but

doesn't taste sweet and that doesn't go well together.

CU Anja

> Hi Anja. Too bad about the sugar in the peanut butter and

hazelnutbutter. I bet the hazelnutbutter would taste wonderful with

the VCO and a bit of honey, though. Hope you're able to find some

without sugar. I would imagine any nut better would work great.

> ~ Fern