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"Sheldon" > wrote:

> Charles Gifford wrote:
> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> I do clarified butter all the time in the microwave oven... simply melt
> a stick in a two cup Pyrex measuring cup until it's boiling (good to
> place a saucer over the cup) and pour of all but the last dregs...
> naturally when I butter popcorn I use it all, every last drop. <g> I
> know most folks opt for air-popped pop corn to save on fat calories but
> not me... cold weather is coming so it's time to break out my Wearever
> Popcorn Pumper... I tend to over fill it so it makes six quarts of
> popcorn, just right for my stick of butter.
>
> Sheldon
>

Damn you! ;-)

Now I have a craving for popcorn... and I have a box of "Act II"
microwave popcorn!

<sigh>
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