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Coconut Flour

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 6:04 pm
by AleyedtoBuggie
I didn't see this in the search I tried or on the safe and unsafe foods.

Can the hermies eat organic coconut flour? It's only ingredient is organic coconut.

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Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 6:17 pm
by pandaincognito
I am curious to know this too. I use it occasionally, and if I could use it for crab cookies, that would be awesome

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:25 pm
by hprmom
Me, three! :)

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:30 pm
by Rawrgeous
http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... p?t=109524 There Ya go. :)

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Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:40 pm
by AleyedtoBuggie
pandaincognito wrote:I am curious to know this too. I use it occasionally, and if I could use it for crab cookies, that would be awesome
I was going to try that lol. Can ask I you have a recipe I can try?

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Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:43 pm
by AleyedtoBuggie
Rawrgeous wrote:http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... p?t=109524 There Ya go. :)

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Oh, cool. Thanks! My orig. search didn't bring that one up!

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Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 7:40 am
by pandaincognito
AleyedtoBuggie wrote:
pandaincognito wrote:I am curious to know this too. I use it occasionally, and if I could use it for crab cookies, that would be awesome
I was going to try that lol. Can ask I you have a recipe I can try?

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I dont have a recipe :/ I was going to experiment. Add things like raisins, sunflowers, and daffodils. We will see how it works out lol.

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:02 am
by CallaLily
pandaincognito wrote: I dont have a recipe :/ I was going to experiment. Add things like raisins, sunflowers, and daffodils. We will see how it works out lol.
Just an fyi. Daffodils are toxic to many animals. I don't know for sure about hermit crabs but I definitely wouldn't trial them in a recipe, but rather whole. Though honestly, I wouldnt trial them at all with my crabs.

Edit to add a link to an older thread: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=79856&p=737052&hil ... il#p737052

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 10:02 am
by pandaincognito
I didn't mean daffodils xD I keep calling dandelions daffodils for some reason.

I blame this darned medicine they're making me take. They have my brain cells all jacked up... Now I gotta make sure my shopping list that I sent to my man says dandelions not daffodils

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 1:43 pm
by CallaLily
pandaincognito wrote:I didn't mean daffodils xD I keep calling dandelions daffodils for some reason.
Been there, done that. :D :lol:

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:41 pm
by AleyedtoBuggie
In the earlier link Rawrgeous suggested might help with recipe ideas.

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Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:30 am
by pandaincognito
Im going to be trying a batch of krill/carrot and sunflower seed /raison (or craison)/dandelion (mot daffodil, haven't taken meds yet) tonight. ^^ I will let you guys know the ratio of ingredients, effects of organic preservatives, and popularity among my little colony. :D hopefully they turn out alright!! Just need some filler and coconut sugar. My man sucks at shopping :P

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 7:55 pm
by AleyedtoBuggie
Good luck! :) I eagerly await the results!

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Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 9:09 am
by pandaincognito
I know, im sorry guys, yesterday was the last day of those awful meds! So I can go myself today and get the stuff. I love my man, but he is so forgetful!

Re: Coconut Flour

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 6:43 pm
by jocelyndale
I use unsulphured coconut flour. Dunno if the sulphur would be a problem or not, but it's what I happen to have since I do a lot of GF baking for myself. I often mix it with honey and spirulina or kelp powder. I also put some coconut flour in the "vacation" mix, which is a mix of dehydrated veggies and meals that a friend feeds to the crabs when I'm out. (Vacation proteins are whatever canister of dried shrimp/bugs he feels like dishing out that day.)

They eat it. They prefer seeds and fresh coconut, of course.