On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:38:53 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 6:40:32 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, May 1, 1996 at 4:30:00 PM UTC+9:30, Marilyn Bolton wrote:
>> > I live in Canada and wish to make the Australian recipe "Chocolate
>> > Crackles" which calls for copha - a hard fat made from coconut I think.
>> > Does anyone have an idea for a substitution? Crisco works, but tastes
>> > awful in this recipe. Thanks,
>> >
>> > Marilyn
>>
>> Seems people are still looking this up and replying to it :-) as i was looking for a substitute for copha, and i live in australia.
>>
>> Copha is very bad for you, i remember the stuff in the 70's an 80's as a kid.
>> just this Christmas i made a bunch of white Christmas crackles.
>> after making them i read the label "horror" "Hydrogenated coconut oil"
>> it is essentially a block of pure trans fat because of the hydrogenation.
>
>It didn't kill you when you were a kid nor did you die this Christmas. What the heck are you complaining about?

Maybe she'd like to grow old. Cigarettes don't kill you on the spot
either.