Babassu not good for HP?

[sandra]

I'm HPing a batch in the crock right now. It started to expand too much and I had to transfer to larger crock pot . It seems really loose, usually by this stage it's quite waxy (been cooking for about an hour). I thought that was odd and then somewhere in the back of my head I seem to recall someone saying that Babassu oil does not behave very well in HP. Am I imagining this? My recipe is: water 15.2 oz, lye 5.848 oz
Babassu 30%
CO 20%
Palm 10%
Castor oil 5%
Shea 5%
Jojoba 5%
Cocoa Butter 5%
Lard 10%
Olive 10%
oatmeal and honey added at trace
Should I just keep cooking until I get that waxy mashed potato look? Will I ever get there?

 

[carebear]

I'm not aware of any reason not to use it in HP. If you find out what the issue is, please let me know!

 

[krissy]

just keep cooking! zap test every so often. it may not look like it goes through the "typical" stages of cooking but sooner or later it will cook through.

i don't know about the oil, i've never soaped with it.

 

[Guest]

I haven't heard of any problems doing hp with it either .

 

[sandra]

Well, it finally cooked. Took four hours but finally no zap. Still really smooth and loose though. We'll see how it unmolds tomorrow. I'll let you know.