Topic: Coconut oil ?

[baggyray]

Just dropped my first clanger I think ..on an ingredient buying trip in a local Asian shop,I bought a bottle of KTC coconut oil (it seemed a good idea at the time).
But on searching this forum,I can't find any reference to it have I dropped a boo boo ? or does it have it's uses ?

[PaulP]

Hi Baggyray,

Personally I wouldn't eat that stuff as refined coconut oil contains hydrogenated and trans fats.

I used a batch of the expensive cold pressed organic coconut oil a while back and it cost me about 25 quid for 1.5 litres!

I can't say it made much improvement to the flavour of the curries I used it in so I now use mostly rice bran oil for my curry cooking.

Here is a link to some info about the expensive coconut oil:

http://www.coconut-connections.com/healthiest_oil.htm

Paul.

[graylensman]

I have access to tons of the good stuff (Hand crafted by maidens on the sunny beaches of west Africa! ;D ) It's brilliant if you want to go the way of the Caribbean curry, goes well with fish like Snapper, if you use scotch bonnet peppers, a sublime mix. It is used in abundance here with no sign of people keeling over yet.