ViLco wrote:

> >>> 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.
>
> > Are you saying cows are no longer sacred in India?
>
> Why shoudln't cows be no more sacred? To have butter/ghee one just needs to
> milk the cow, not kill it, and cows in India have always been milked.

Oh, right. I thought he meant rendered lard.