Dawn > wrote in news:G2dTg.1257$3E2.453
@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com:

> Temily wrote:
>> merryb wrote:
>>
>>>I have never heard of copha - what is it?
>>
>>
>> Copha - it's the white vegetable shortening that you use in
>> cookery...made from coconut oil. What do you call it?
>>
>
> Crisco.
>
> But it was probably 'white chocolate', which is cocoa butter and sugar,
> and often appears over here in chips like the chocolate ones. It can be
> melted and drizzled over the cookie bar.

I don't think Temily means that she saw white bits in the slice. Copha,
which sets very hard when refrigerated, is often used here by melting and
mixing with chocolate to make a shiny topping or coating that sets hard.
Or it's mixed in with other ingredients to make a sweet or slice that is
not cooked, but sets hard.

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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia