In article .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?
>
> Temily

Most commonly available is a commercial product from Proctor and Gamble
called Crisco. Partially hydrogenated vegetable fat of (likely,
because the source probably changes with the market price for raw)
indeterminate origin.
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