The Coconut Oil

 Here's a crazy little video for a crazy little song that has been stuck in my head forty years.  

Nancy's been reading a book on coconuts. I think it was a book group assignment or something. The coconut turns out to be natures best kept secret. Where once there was butter, now there is coconut oil.  And suddenly, we're eating coconut oil in just about everything.

We get to hear all the benefits of coconut while we eat eggs cooked in coconut oil, while we enjoy toast topped with it, and at dinner over a plate of fettuccine covered in coconut Alfredo sauce.

From what I've been told and from the little research and first hand experience I have, I would tend to agree this change in our diets. Weight loss, shiny hair, and smooth skin are some of the benefits. It is also said that people who eat and regularly use coconut oil enjoy better heath, stronger immune systems and heal faster after injuries.

Long before we knew all this stuff, we started using a healthy dose of coconut oil in every batch of Whimsy soap. We heard it made great lather and that was good enough for us. Since then, we have noticed smoother skin and less cracking associated with the dry, winter air. That alone seems reason enough for us to keep making soap with coconut oil in it.

Oh, and by the way, unless maybe you are from the islands, fettuccine with coconut Alfredo is something you probably want to avoid. Let's just say, the exchanging-butter-for-coconut thing can only be taken so far.