"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
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> 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.

are you sure you didn't mean suet, rather than lard?