Rhonda Anderson wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
Hey, I just googled it, and it sounds like Crisco, altho it's made from
coconut. Seems like butter might be a better alternate- at least in the
flavor dept