"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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> As I mentioned in my previous email, my bought butter labeled 'ghee' was
> this way,

Just make sure everyone knows, although I am sure they do, ghee and
clarified butter are not the same thing. Ghee is taken a step further than
making clarified butter. It's solids are browned before having the liquid
poured off. This adds a great deal of nuttiness to the ghee. Clarified
butter is so quick and easy to make when needed, that I see no reason to
make it in quantity beforehand. Ghee is a little more time consuming and
requires a little more care in it's preparation, so having it done ahead of
time is reasonable. I have purchased bottled ghee at one of the local Indian
groceries when it was cheaper than fresh butter and never had any problem
with spooning some out when needed. The grocery did not refrigerate it. I
did, though I usually took it out a while before I used it to allow it to
soften a little.

Charlie