, 1886-12-08
TIE HINDO0'S "GHEE"
AN ARTICLE OF IMPORTANCE IN
MANY PARTS OF INDIA.

AN ARTICLE Or tMFOn NlFLE I'm
MANY PARTS OF INDIA.
It's u, for Ordinary Cooking rusppscs.
said t., BE The rure.t Iatahle Hing
ON TArtli-It- Offering to the Gaa,.
TNpi.t"r, Kites.
Villa; is ehccs How is it used hy the
natives of India Aud why Is it's ndulieri
ti,n by cowa' or pigs fat SO o~bnoNious TO
them Clear answers to these questions
will bring home to Euglishnien thr cause
Of tire present agitation about gucc il
India Ghce is prepared Us builina fresh
drawn milk in carthcn pot for an hour
or more, and then adding, nfier it has
cooled, II little curdled milk. Thu cur
died mas is then churned for half an
hour, some hot water is added, and the
churning continued for half an hour
longer. when the butter forms. This
butter is then boiled antil all the watcry
particles and cnrds haye been thrown on
by repeated skimmiugs. The clear oil is
poured into u vessel TO cool. and the
gruuulated mass thus formed is ghce. It
is kept in earthcn pots, and sold in ban
vas shops mt the rate Of two pounds to
three pounds for ii rupee. II well made,
ghcc will keep good for years-losing its
flavor somewhat, but not its properties,
which improve with age. ln'somc old
families you will find ghcc over "A hun
drel years old buried under the earth in
carthcn jars. Instances are known of
the preservation OF nhce, without faint,
for 200 years, ani even longer. Ghce
is an arti great commercial
importance any parts Of India,
being cNf all the seaqoast of east
crn and Asia to the extent of
400 To annually. According to
the al authorities. 1926 ABB
pouu' Zee were exported from India
in tn n ls10-'S0.
fa.. oOKIN PURPOSES.
elt the poorest classes in India.
IIindoos or Mohammedans. use
for ordinary cooking purposes.
Pc the English cook uses butter, suet
ri, the Indian uses ghec. In frying
l.tltoes, In cooking dial, in making
sWcctmeats, in preparing tasteful dishes
the upper and middle classes always use
ghee, which is also rubbed over chupat-
ties, the fiat flour cakes serving for bread.
and poured over rice Mt the time of eat
ing. One of the secrets of the fine flavor
of Indian made curries is the use Of
good ghce. And neither TIindoos nor
Mohnmmedans will touch any food that
,a IT,, .1 No., - ~
na.t1os t,s ordtna., rs M
for medicinal purposes. Taken with hot
milk it nets ms a strong aperient and
from its soothing and cooling properties
it Is rubbed over the body by fasting
people Old ghee occupies II prominent
pi"'' III 'ne pnarlhncopuia ol inc nm
I'll, a,l nn,"eli,i' .,% iei'v"s "
rnhi,aJ ~, thn Ghost in cnee. ~ ,rhoor ~.
cnnch Nrrliod in , sfmnar -
ptrn,lv ,lInrintns min IN rhonnntsr,
80, A m. IL a.. - -
,rr ~ ARRIVAL md ,Ln nnro aui.SIy =,
MOI. al ea, III ,ho.. ~
n,,,st H., nhs,In,.ir r r"o r"" nr''
nus r,.t,sr
GLce ia heli,,od hv ,ho iu1oo.
th. uur,st cot,rl. ,,vda, tiaasn, Tne
vvidr,e whn is tnrhtiI,n 80 ~
luxurinu. f,od is ,lis-' i"l,.Hke Oh
win L.r SIM, "eu !" IKE ehee
,Icrri,. "ienu "I rice me se!I-
~ 49, SHnnl"Hs' anu other
,L,," n "'e "h hv'hlhR put
x ''"''"ES luner"l9' ana ON
"'"cs "''"S'ns' pune ulhhers
mus, M ~ u' 'he "neilHlhg party
viii he punished n-"rN COMMUNICATION
from caeir. Most of The dishes Nh. are
served at these hanqueis are prepared
win slce. Al many festivals alms con
sisiiug of rice, DAD and sweetmcais ara
given t" h~rnl,nhns, ANA these sweetne'is
must be cooked IA Ehee' ioou SGT
n'l"I' inc l'rahnl'hH ~ Ieas, tlhle7 innlnly
CON "i a"ee'iNe'ts' IA lhe preparation
ol "high sher enters largely At creina.
''n9 S.'e l. poured over the corpse anu
"' '"c '""''"l py'''
ANl'hp USE OF 1lIh
Ini fhr MOST sacred use of gh'r is its
ui,riu.s to the gols, who are supposed by
the llunious 10 have "a great production
FOR tbs article. Besides tie dcities IN the
temples and shfines' to whom ghec must
be offered, every strict iliudoo has got
Lis iHtelary god at home, whom he wor