On 8/31/2012 1:58 AM, notbob wrote:
> 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.
>
> nb
>

Why would that be? Do most Indians, even the poor ones, own cows? My
guess is that even if you did own a cow, vegetable oil would be cheaper
and easier to get.