Hi Everyone, I have never used coconut oil before, until now. And by golly I have been missing out. While I have always been intrigued by it, somehow I never got around to using coconut oil. The main thing I wanted to do was to test the refrigerated, hardened oil, to make pastry.
When I bought my coconut oil from a friend who makes it locally, I opened the container to have a look and was immediately greeted the most wonderful aroma. I could smell the coconut, clean and fresh, but there were other notes too – vanilla and sweet bay. Umm, sigh. I now understand why people use this as a moisturizer too.
Overnight, the oil was rock solid (due to the high amount of fatty acids). Studies have shown that the fatty acids found
