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General Purpose Cooking Oil
On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 7:53:27 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 1:39:54 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 10:30:49 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >
> > > On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 4:02:30 AM UTC-10,
> > > wrote:
> > > > For the last decade or so, we've bought exactly one oil to keep in our
> > > > kitchen, a non-EV olive from Trader Joe's. We're now considering
> > > > alternatives. I tried canola oil - seems fine. We mostly use it to sautée
> > > > but also use it wherever and whenever we need, e.g., baking, on salads,
> > > > frying. I'm considering keeping one oil for cooking and getting some EV
> > > > olive oil for salads.
> > > >
> > > > Your thoughts appreciated, and thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > -S-
> > >
> > > My daughter made a chocolate cake with almost a cup of coconut oil. It
> > > tastes like coconut chocolate cake. I used some on my hair yesterday. It
> > > works pretty good on hair too. Smelled great when first put on - later on it
> > > smelled like candle wax.
> > >
> > > ==
> > >
> > > Was it hard getting the chocolate cake out of your hair ...? ;p
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
> >
> > Funny lass. 
> >
> > OTOH, chocolate scented coconut oil might be a good hair preparation. The stuff I usually use has a strong vanilla scent - it's not cake though. 
>
> I generally use unscented stuff, but my shampoo smells of mint and
> the goo that I use to hold it in place smells of limes. I had to
> look quite hard to find that mousse; most of it smells atrocious.
> What is that stuff? Artificial green apple scent?
>
> Cindy Hamilton
Green apple scent is popular for shampoos. Lime scented goo for the hair sounds good. I use a tube of "spiking glue" for my hair. That's an awfully goofy name for a hair product. Modern hair products have goofy names these days.
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