Comments on: FAQs on Coconut Oil and How to Use It

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:36:38 +0000

Coconut oil is great on hair as well. Really helps my split ends.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:58:51 +0000

Tiago,
Try refined coconut oil; smoke point is higher. But if you really want a good frying oil, tallow can’t be beat! Katie

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:26:13 +0000

Never, never, never fry with olive oil …the oil is damaged structurally long before it stats to smoke.

I use coconut oil exclusively for frying. I have used virgin coconut oil in the past, but now just use refined coconut oil. It’s much less expensive and you lose the “coconut” taste after a few batches anyway. Coconut oil is SO stable, you never have to toss the oil, just filter out any chunks on occasion and reuse until it runs out.

By: Tiago Pereira

Tiago Pereira — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:11:49 +0000

Hi All, I was looking for an alternative for High Heat cooking oil, I notice that there are a lot of mentions to Coconut Oil (Unrefined) but following wikipedia chart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_point

The Coconut Oil smoking point is 350 F, does not seem so high compared to Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Can you someone share thought on whatoil to use to cook in high heat ?

Thanks

Tiago

By: Lauren via Facebook

Lauren via Facebook — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:24:58 +0000

So I had my first-ever taste of the extra-virgin organic stuff and it was SUBLIME! My first experience was with the steam-deodorized grossness that literally made me gag. REAL coconut oil smells exactly like shredded coconut and is actually something you’d want to eat.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:23:37 +0000

I bought some recently to use in deodorant. I had been using a few different brands of “natural” deodorant. One of them (not sure which) darkened the skin of (one!) underarm, and none of them made me smell any less sweaty. The stuff I made however, works great-no smell, I only have to use a tiny bit, only 4 ingredients. The dark skin peeled a bit but it’s still there, just lighter, don’t know what that is all about.

By: Lenetta via Facebook

Lenetta via Facebook — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:40:17 +0000

Just used some in this morning’s banana bread instead of butter!

By: Soaked Oatmeal Pancakes « Food. Fun. Family.

Soaked Oatmeal Pancakes « Food. Fun. Family. — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:13:13 +0000

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Banana Nut Muffins « The Keune Home — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:12:59 +0000

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By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:28:52 +0000

Great post on coconut oil! I absolutely love coconut oil. I also use it on my lips when they’re really, really chapped, which doesn’t happen often. But when it does, coconut oil is the only thing that will soften them up.