On 2012-08-31, dsi1 > wrote:

> Probably the most important reason is so you can fry with it. There's
> nothing special about ghee - it's just the kind of fat that was
> available.

That, and the cow is sacred to Hindu Indians. They use it for
everyhing. Ghee, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, etc. They even use the
cow doody to plaster their houses/floors/etc. No kidding.

> In this country, people routinely used pork fat because that's what
> they could render. These days, we mostly use vegetable oil. My
> guess is that's what the Indians use too.

Perhaps rich Indians. Poor indians still rely on the cow.

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