Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-21
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,uE HINDOO'S NGHEE,'
,.,e OF IMPORTANCE IN
y ~ PARTS OF INDIA.

ordinary Cooking Purposes
yr'' a, the Turest Eatabio Thing
sd Offering to tho Gods
spla'ory Rites
-A.s, How is it used blythe
Ehst : lila, And why is its adultera-
saIes o !, or pigs fat so obnoxious to
10 ,! CIV" answers to these questions
ben home to Englishmen the cause
d brIns sSnt agitation about ghee in
ths PESss is prepared by boiling fresh
bis u nE IN earthen pots for an hour
sFn MI" III then adding, after 1t has
nor, little curdled milk. The cur
NLd' > i then churned for half an
il PISS hot water is added, and the
Nar Sum .nntinucd for half an hour
s1-ahs M ,he butter forms. This
aar, .Tsn hplled until all the watery
.rsr : VI curds have been thrown of
,trJ skjmmiuSS. Inc cLear OH
n9,' , . vessel 20 cool, and the
aGeG ~ MASS thus formed is ghee. 1t
s1a" hen pots, and sold in ban
stP' ~ ,tb rate of two pounds to
IS sS0g, = for a rupee. II well made,
TX I'm Good for years-losing its
%mrwha,, but no; its properties;
brt ,~rrore with age, In some old
r-tl ,,n will find ghee over a hun
1-s old buried under the earth in
.s~s Instances are known or
tlv~ .ra,i,n Of ghee, without faint,
. ,sors and even longer. Chez
q ~ or,irIe Of great commercial
; - in many parts Of India,
~a,--,T 20 all the seasoaSt OF east
,r,bern Asia to the extent Of
= al: rors annually. According to
~ ,,fstfrsl authorities, l,236,4S3
q - ,bee were exported from India
he year $3.50
FOR COOKING PURPOSES.
~ IN, the poorest classes in India,
=. UiuduOs or Mohammedans, use
l- ordinary cooking purposes.
.r. English cook uses butter, suet
~ he Indian uses ghee. In frying
in cooking DIAL, in making
.r.,-s. in preparing tasteful dishes
..r.- aud middle classes always use
ra.rh is also rubbed over chuPat-
INF flour cakes serving for bread,
..~rsI over rice ut the time Of eat
am. Of the secrets Of the fine flavor
.Ie, made currieS is the use Of
.lre. And neither Iiindoos nor
,nrIaus Will touch any food that
.l with ghec which they believe
alr,,-rated by pigs or cows fat.
,s ordinary Uses, ghee is taken
...Hrsaal purposes. Taken with hot
70 acts rs u strong aperient, and
2, soothing and cooling properties
~.hIcI over the body by fasting
Old ghee occupies u prominent
IN the pharmacOpUia OF the Hin
who consider il the best remedy for
rs and bronchitis, and order it TO be
FL! ou the chest in cases Of whooping
mo. Applied in a similar way, it
Z, a,,ryiutrs pain in rheumatism,
r,c The older the ghee is the bet
, priced, and the more quickly il
And for all these purposes ghee
-tlr lh>ulutcly free from all eXtrane-
Mailer.
,., IS believed by the HindOOs TO be
..-.st ratable under the sun. The
IT, who Is forbidden TO partake of
.r, food. is allowed TO take ghee
.ar simple bread or rice. The self
.-. iDgrcS. SunnyaSiS, and other
Rios sometimes live on nothing but
At weddings, funerals, and on
grand occasions, public dinners
BE- -.yeu. or the offending party
ay punished 10y accommodation
..s,r. Most Of the dishes that are
40 these banqUetS are prepared
-aur. Vt many festivals aims con
rf rice. dial and Sweetmeats r
.l BrahmiuS, and these sweetmeats
nr cooked in ghee. The food set
the Brahmins at feast times mainly
,,,, Of Swcetmeats, in the preparation
% ghee enters largely. AT crema-
o, .hee Is poured over the corpse and
lie funeral pyre.
SACRED USE OF GHEE.
7- the most sacred use Of ghee is its
III o. the gods, who are supposed by
H,aiuuS To have a great prediction
r-;. article. Besides the deities in the
r-.rS aud ShTineS, to whom ghee must
tgrrt, every strict HindOo has got
w,rlary god at home, whom he wOr-
every day. Sandal wood and tool
leaf are placed before the image, and
else Is burned before it in a little cup.
contents Of which are then thrown
.- the idol. This incense is a com
.-Io 4 sandal, dhOop (anOther fragrant
i -hre, camphor, and one or two
things. And then the god must be
with swcctmeatS cooked in ghee. For
worship Of all kinds of gods the Hin
mrsi use ghee. which is also the chief
ia. IN jlgS and hons, or burned offer
= To De Teinstuted in caste, which a
ADO may have lost by breaking n or
.-ruf IFS inuumeTable rules, he must
through some solemn eXpiatOry rites,
'a free distribution of money to Brah-
and others VI course. One Of them
list be must sOlcmnly eat in public
articles connected with the cow
w glrl, EllH, ana TWO OlhefS WHICH
"a. not mention.
-u all this il will be evident to what
-ace is useful and sacred TO the
os, and why it must be pure in all
To adulterate il by an admiNture
lie lat Of animals which are abOmina-
$ in the eyes of the HindOos is not
20 dehase its quality and render it
- for culinary and medicinal purposes
lear Of losing caste, which is 50 pre-
q Them, but also to make it lcath-
To-" 20 the Brahmins, who must be pro-
l.ed, and 10 the gods, who must be
">alPet, with Ghee. -HindOo Letter.
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