Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Stir in vanilla, then add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Sift together flour, salt, and soda. (I just stir together.) Add to creamed mixture. Stir in rolled oats and cocoanut. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 5 cm apart onto well-greased baking sheets. Bake at 180ºC or 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on rack. ORomit cocoanut, divide dough into thirds. Add one third cup cocoanut to a third, add one third cup raisins to a third, and add one third cup chopped nuts to the final third. OR you can just omit cocoanut and add nothing. This recipe makes 14 to 16 dozen depending on how big a spoonful you drop. They freeze MAGNIFICENTLY, actually taste better, brings out the butter flavor or something. ----