CO substitution help, please! :)

[JustBeachy]

Ok Alice, here's my prescription.

Take 204.627 grams of tallow, rendered from a 3 year old New Zealand hairless rodent.
Add in 3 well aged eye-of-newt
1 cup of dirt, any dirt will do here, we're just trying to create a good looking mud pie.

Now mix this all together and add in a solution of vinegar and baking soda. We don't want this to actually do anything. It just looks cool when it froths up.

Cook this mixture at wildly varying temperatures for 6 days. On the seventh day, when it's finished, don't even take the mixture out of the pot. Just find a big, deep hole, and bury the batter, pot and all. It won't do a thing for your friends condition, but that's sorta the point.

No one in their right mind should be giving medical advice on a forum about making soap.

Now, I'm not saying you have to agree with Carolyn, or anyone else on here for that matter. Different opinions and open discussion is a great thing, but snide remarks towards someone because you don't like their answer, is about as helpful as the recipe I just gave you. If you don't like the answer or disagree with the advice, it's really easy to just bypass it. Or just a post of , "thanks for all the advice, but I'm going to search for a different solution".

*Disclaimer* The above recipe is not a cure for any known medical condition. It will, however, help in the disposal of that ugly rusted out old pot you've been trying to get rid of. If while making this concoction you experience: dizziness, headaches, fits of uncontrollable flatulence, unwarranted fear of kittens, the urge to skydive, new appendages growing from your torso, or any loss of hair, please seek medical help immediately. Or at least before the end of next year.

 

[JustBeachy]

Sorry QueenBee, didn't mean to hijack your post.

My advice is the same as the others. The PKO works really well in the place of CO and it's an inexpensive option. Hope it all works out for you. But again, DeeAnna has a good point on the allergy thing. Might want to check that out first. She could be allergic to PKO as well.

 

[DeeAnna]

I think I got mixed up on who said what in this thread. But I stand behind what I've said, even if I'm confused about who is who.

 

[JustBeachy]

I think I got mixed up on who said what in this thread. But I stand behind what I've said, even if I'm confused about who is who.

No you were right, but since the original post was about someone with a allergy to coconut oil, I thought your advice was relevant to her as well as the one who didn't like Carolyn's answer. For that matter, anyone with the allergy questions.

 

[Obsidian]

I guess what bothers me most is I've seen other posts about coconut allergies and while people did recommend a doctor, they also nicely explained that PKO and babassu could also be allergins. Other alternatives were given instead, like trying castile or lard and not using any "cleansing" oils at all.

I don't see where the OP was asking for medical advice, just a alternative to coconut. I should make it clear that I do agree with the severity of allergies and that a doctor needs to be involved when switching to a new product.I just feel people could have been nicer and a bit more helpful.

 

[JustBeachy]

Obsidian, I could be wrong, but I see nothing but helpful posts directed at the original poster. Pretty much everyone agreed with your advice to her at the beginning of the thread. Good advice. The responses that I "think" you're referring to weren't directed at QueenBee.

And to be honest, I didn't see anything "not nice" in Carolyn's post, that wasn't quoting the original poster by the way. The thing that pulled away from the civility and led more into the discussion of the dangers of giving medical advice, came after the snitty response to Carolyn's realistic response.

I don't think anyone's rebuttals were directed at QueenBee. I can't speak for everyone, but I know mine weren't, hence the apology for sidetracking on her thread.

It is a very civil environment for a public forum, in my opinion. I've been on some that advocate eating their young. But the one comment, which had nothing to do with the original poster, was inflammatory. As such, the rebuttals were bound to happen.

I agree with you, people should be nice on the forum, but that should also include just bypassing advice you don't agree with. Not taking jabs at the member because you don't agree with their opinions. In my opinion, that's what derailed the thread. I think if you reread it, you'll see what I'm talking about. If not, you have the right to disagree with my agreements on what I disagree with, in regards to disagreements.