coconuts

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

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 news:e29Vb.7236$Ur.405214@localhost...
>
> 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

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 news:e29Vb.7236$Ur.405214@localhost...
>
> 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

cecelia@ecn.ab.ca () wrote in message news:<e29Vb.7236$Ur.405214@localhost>...
> 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

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!

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

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.

"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.

"George W. Cherry" <GWCherryHatesGreenEggsAndSpam@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:<pGaWb.20747$QA2.63816@attbi_s52>...
> "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

"George W. Cherry" <GWCherryHatesGreenEggsAndSpam@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:<pGaWb.20747$QA2.63816@attbi_s52>...
> "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

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.

John 'the Man' <DeMan@fwkitiy.com> wrote in message news:<5p1k205l9ci9je27lc536een12ma4bk6nq@4ax.com>...
> 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

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.

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.

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"... ;^]

--
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