Coconut cream pie

The kids and I were watching iCarly during dinner tonight (don't laugh, it's what all the tween girls are watching this year), and the Galini's Pie episode was on. Rowan started asking about Coconut Cream Pie, and we ended up looking up the Galini recipe from the episode. It's fairly straightforward, but there's no mention if the coconut should be toasted or not. So, oh LJ Food Gurus and Foodistas, I'm asking you.

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I'm on oxycodone for the time being. For some reason, I've developed a pretty severe ache in my right hip, and haven't been able to sleep because of it.

I'm worried. I'm taking a lot of really intense medications, and I'm balancing taking them as little as possible with trying to be functional past the pain. I don't like that two of my regular, daily meds have high addiction factors. Part of me is terrified of the thought of becoming an addict. But if I don't have them, I deal with crippling pain, pain that leaves me writhing on the ground, weeping and hating myself for being so damn broken.

I know a lot of people reading this deal with similar issues. How do y'all handle it?