On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 20:26:27 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>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.

Coconut palms are a very important crop, with all parts of the tree
being useful. The coconuts have many uses... copra is used
extensively in the confectionary industry.
https://www.fruit-crops.com/coconut-cocos-nucifera/