coconuts

[cecelia]

Does anyone know how to get the oil out of a coconut at home.
I want to see if coconut oil will help a skin condition I have
and do not want to spend bit bucks for a bottle of it at a
health food store so I thought maybe if I bought a coconut I
could extract some of the oil at home and test it that way. I
bought some unsweetened fine flake coconut, mixed it with some
hot water and crushed the flakes a bit and got what appears to
be coconut milk out of the flakes. But that is not the oil, so
I do not know what to try next. Any ideas?

margo

[Rmp]

Buy regular coconut milk in cans from a Ethnic store. The top
part is oil fact. Or go to a Indian ethnic food store. You can
buy coconut oil. Look for such stores on the web as well.

<cecelia@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone know how to get the oil out of a coconut at
> home. I want to see if coconut oil will help a skin
> condition I have and do not want to spend bit bucks for a
> bottle of it at a health food store so I thought maybe if I
> bought a coconut I could extract some of the oil at home and
> test it that way. I bought some unsweetened fine flake
> coconut, mixed it with some hot water and crushed the flakes
> a bit and got what appears to be coconut milk out of the
> flakes. But that is not the oil, so I do not know what to
> try next. Any ideas?
>
> margo

[Janet]

as a soap and skin lotion-cream maker i can tell you that
straight up coconut oil will dry out your skin.

<cecelia@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone know how to get the oil out of a coconut at
> home. I want to see if coconut oil will help a skin
> condition I have and do not want to spend bit bucks for a
> bottle of it at a health food store so I thought maybe if I
> bought a coconut I could extract some of the oil at home and
> test it that way. I bought some unsweetened fine flake
> coconut, mixed it with some hot water and crushed the flakes
> a bit and got what appears to be coconut milk out of the
> flakes. But that is not the oil, so I do not know what to
> try next. Any ideas?
>
> margo

[Tcomeau]

cecelia@ecn.ab.ca () wrote in message
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> Does anyone know how to get the oil out of a coconut at
> home. I want to see if coconut oil will help a skin
> condition I have and do not want to spend bit bucks for a
> bottle of it at a health food store so I thought maybe if I
> bought a coconut I could extract some of the oil at home and
> test it that way. I bought some unsweetened fine flake
> coconut, mixed it with some hot water and crushed the flakes
> a bit and got what appears to be coconut milk out of the
> flakes. But that is not the oil, so I do not know what to
> try next. Any ideas?
>
> margo

One way to get any oil from a plant is to mash up the
material as small as possible, maybe use a blender. Let it
dry thoroughly. Soak in 99% isopropyl. That is rubbing
alocohol. The other 1% is water. Let it soak a day or two.
Strain out the plant material using cheese cloth, squeeze all
the liquid out.

The next step may be difficult. You need to evaporate the
alcohol which then leaves you with oil in the container. Be
very careful, alcohol vapours are very combustible. You can
use a distillstion apparatus or just simmer it in a pot on an
electric hotplate in a *very well ventilated* area away from
any possibility of any sparks or flames coming into contact
with the fumes.

This is how they extract many oils from plant materials. I
wouldn't recommend it unless you have a proper distillationr
apparatus.

TC

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
retorts, thusly ...

>This is how they extract many oils from plant materials. I
>wouldn't recommend it unless you have a proper distillationr
>apparatus.

Other people just like to use a hammer or metal baseball bat.
:)

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

It is good exercise, but your neighbors might not appreciate
your health activities. :(

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

[Tcomeau]

John 'the Man' <DeMan@fwkitiy.com> wrote in message
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> Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
> coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
> retorts, thusly ...
>
> >This is how they extract many oils from plant materials. I
> >wouldn't recommend it unless you have a proper
> >distillationr apparatus.
>
> Other people just like to use a hammer or metal
> baseball bat. :)
>
> Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
>
> It is good exercise, but your neighbors might not appreciate
> your health activities. :(
>
> Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

What is the point of this kind of silly posting? Why are you
wasting your time and ours?

TC

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
retorts, thusly ...

>What is the point of this kind of silly posting?

TC has broken open one too many coconuts with his skull. :(

Just thought that you might want to know. :)

[George W.]

"tcomeau" <tunderbar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> John 'the Man' <DeMan@fwkitiy.com> wrote in message
news:<kbdd20t8845ahim5fla3ag1m9djjbqk4an@4ax.com>...
> > Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
> > coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in
> > sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...
> >
> > >This is how they extract many oils from plant materials.
> > >I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a proper
> > >distillationr apparatus.
> >
> > Other people just like to use a hammer or metal baseball
> > bat. :)
> >
> > Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
> >
> > It is good exercise, but your neighbors might not
> > appreciate your health activities. :(
> >
> > Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
>
> What is the point of this kind of silly posting? Why are you
> wasting your time and ours?
>
> TC

Yes, why aren't you just tirelessly repeating the tired old
Atkins' mantra that most of us learned about decades ago.

[Tcomeau]

"George W. Cherry"
<GWCherryHatesGreenEggsAndSpam@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
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> "tcomeau" <tunderbar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:b550f406.0402100759.3a0aaa14@posting.google.com...
> > John 'the Man' <DeMan@fwkitiy.com> wrote in message
> news:<kbdd20t8845ahim5fla3ag1m9djjbqk4an@4ax.com>...
> > > Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about
> > > "Re: coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in
> > > sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...
> > >
> > > >This is how they extract many oils from plant
> > > >materials. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a
> > > >proper distillationr apparatus.
> > >
> > > Other people just like to use a hammer or metal baseball
> > > bat. :)
> > >
> > > Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
> > >
> > > It is good exercise, but your neighbors might not
> > > appreciate your health activities. :(
> > >
> > > Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
> >
> > What is the point of this kind of silly posting? Why are
> > you wasting your time and ours?
> >
> > TC
>
> Yes, why aren't you just tirelessly repeating the tired old
> Atkins' mantra that most of us learned about decades ago.

Actually, my mantra is not Atkins. It is the evils of
refined, high-GI and junk carbs. I suppose you feel that is a
need for nutritionally empty refined white flour and sugar in
our diets?

Explain to me what you learned about low-carb decades ago.
Judging by your posts, you haven't learn much about anything,
especially nutrition.

TC

[Tcomeau]

"George W. Cherry"
<GWCherryHatesGreenEggsAndSpam@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
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> "tcomeau" <tunderbar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:b550f406.0402100759.3a0aaa14@posting.google.com...
> > John 'the Man' <DeMan@fwkitiy.com> wrote in message
> news:<kbdd20t8845ahim5fla3ag1m9djjbqk4an@4ax.com>...
> > > Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about
> > > "Re: coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in
> > > sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...
> > >
> > > >This is how they extract many oils from plant
> > > >materials. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a
> > > >proper distillationr apparatus.
> > >
> > > Other people just like to use a hammer or metal baseball
> > > bat. :)
> > >
> > > Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
> > >
> > > It is good exercise, but your neighbors might not
> > > appreciate your health activities. :(
> > >
> > > Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
> >
> > What is the point of this kind of silly posting? Why are
> > you wasting your time and ours?
> >
> > TC
>
> Yes, why aren't you just tirelessly repeating the tired old
> Atkins' mantra that most of us learned about decades ago.

And, by the way, the thread that you chose to use to criticize
me about repeating "the tired old Atkins" mantra" has
absolutely nothing to do with carbs. It has to do with
extracting oils from plant material.

Are you somehow upset that I knew how to do this and you
didn't? Is this jealousy rearing its ugly head? Look, don't
feel bad, I know plenty of things that people like you can
never hope to know about. You are not alone in your lack of
knowledge. Just relax, keep reading my posts, and eventually
you may learn enough to appear to be intelligent to those
around you.

TC

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
retorts, thusly ...

>Are you somehow upset that I knew how to do this

You never stated that you used a hammer or metal baseball bat.
So, stop making such silly claims.

Just thought that you might want to know. :)

[Tcomeau]

John 'the Man' <DeMan@fwkitiy.com> wrote in message
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> Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
> coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
> retorts, thusly ...
>
> >Are you somehow upset that I knew how to do this
>
> You never stated that you used a hammer or metal baseball
> bat. So, stop making such silly claims.
>
> Just thought that you might want to know. :)

What on earth does a hammer or a baseball bat have anything to
do with this discussion?

TC

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
retorts, thusly ...

>What on earth does a hammer or a baseball bat have anything
>to do with this discussion?

Making fun of TC, of course.

Just thought that you might want to know. :)

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow tcomeau rambled on about "Re:
coconuts." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
retorts, thusly ...

>What on earth does a hammer or a baseball bat have anything
>to do with this discussion?

Any post *not* on 'Chung, the board certified quack' is more
interesting. :)

Just thought that you might want to know. :)

[Kristofer]

tcomeau <tunderbar@hotmail.com> wrote:
> What on earth does a hammer or a baseball bat have anything
> to do with this discussion?

Easy, "John" (Juvenile, Obstreperous, Highly Noxious) got
"hammered" again, and then went "bats"... ;^]

--
_o Kristofer Dale, _ \<,_ ragged individualist,
_____( )/ ( )_____ statistic at large...

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