Talk:Jaggery

message: "Jaggery is considered as a wholesome sugar and unlike refined sugar retains more mineral salts making it much healthier. Moreover, the process is natural without the use of chemicals. It is medicinally considered to be much safer and is beneficial in treating throat and lung infections." -- By whom? I'm further exceedingly skeptical of the claim that it's beneficial in treating infections. I'd like to see a citation of these facts, or the sentences should be reworded to "Some consider" to make it clear that its supposedly health benefits are somewhat disputed. This sounds like typical health nut "it's natural so it must be good" chatter, IMHO. --FreelanceWizard 02:37, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed Health Benefits 

message: What is the spelling of the Hindi word for jaggery? I found 2 different spellings in the article: "gur" in the text and "gud" in the caption of a pic. Experts please verify. 
-- DaCentaur
:In Punjab (and North India), I have not heard anyone say "gud"........I think in the caption, it may have been a typo, as R and D keys too are next to each other....In my opinion it is "gur"--Nothing is free in this world (talk) 02:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguous spellings 

message: —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DaCentaur (talk • contribs) .
:If that phrase were to be added, it would be POV unless backed up by some cited evidence on preferences. It's obviously used as an alternative to sugar, of course, by inclusion in its category and by the text. While it may be tastier to you, it certainly isn't to me, and possibly to others; what's an excellent and tasty alternative is a matter of opinion, not fact. FreelanceWizard 03:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Used as an excellent & tastier alternative to sugar 

message: "Jaggery is also considered auspicious in many parts of India, and is eaten raw before commencement of good work or any important new venture.[citation needed]"
What do you mean citation needed? I didnt put this in, but I am from India and it is an unquestioned fact in most parts of India (maybe that should be specified). It is an obvious part of the Indian culture, since jaggery was the traditional sweetner before refined sugars became available.  
Asking for citation is akin to asking for some kind of written recognition for this from the western media. I think this is ridiculous. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.186.153.25 (talk • contribs).
:The fact is that most people reading this article are NOT from India and are trying to learn about the subject. The nature of Wikipedia is that anyone can make an edit to an article. If I wanted to I could put something silly in the article like, "Jaggery, when rubbed into the bellybutton, produces a feeling of euphoria." Without a citation, I have no way to evaluate whether the information given is factual or nonsense. It's intended for the best interest of the article and isn't meant as a personal affront to people who personally know about the subject. For more on the subject, read Wikipedia:Verifiability. By the way, I didn't put up the citation needed tag, I'm just trying to help out :-). --Elipongo 15:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  67.186.153.25, is "raw, sweet food before commencement of good work or any important new venture" the obvious part of Indian culture that you're talking about? If so, and if every English speaker in the world intuitively understands that obvious tradition or superstition or whatever it is (I don't even know), then, sure, I see your point about jaggery being the oldest sweet. But: To what non-Indian is the rest of it "obvious"? I don't even know what events you and the original poster are talking about! Signing a contract? Joining the Army? Having a surgical operation? Face it: I don't even know what's "obvious" to other native English-speakers in my own country, so, if someone is going to claim that it's customary to lasso the trophy at the end of the rodeo, how the crap am I (or YOU) supposed to know if it's for real or not! Citations, that's how. The English speaking world is very huge, 67.186.153.25, and people like you have to stop thinking everyone else owes some extraordinary sensitivity. 68.124.137.173 02:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ridiculous Citation Request 

message: Burma is mentioned as a place where toddy palm syrup is used to make jaggery, but I believe this is also done in Vietnam, Thailand, and other mainland Southeast Asian nations. Badagnani 00:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other nations 

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 18:16, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: There is an alternative spelling of "jaggeree", which, as far as Google can tell me, exists mainly in a short story by Edgar Allen Poe.  I mention this as I've just been all around the internet trying to find out what on earth "jaggeree" was before ending up here.  I doubt I'm the only one - so hopefully a reference here will draw people to this fine article. --Waynemarkstubbs (talk) 15:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative spelling 

message: Jaggery is NOT called DESI in Pakistan. In Pakistan too, it's called GUR just as India. So the word DESI used for Jaggery is either wrong or used by minor sub sections. On the other hand, the word DESI refers to the people, things and culture of the South Asian diaspora.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.132.115.213 (talk) 00:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name in Pakistan 

message: Rapadura seems to be just the Brazilian name of jaggery. However the section "Rapadura controversy" in that article could be made into a separate article, since it is not about the food but about trade regulations. All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 14:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge from rapadura 

message: Opening sentence says : "Jaggery (made gud from glass and alcohol)". This does not make sense. Can somebody edit please? thanks! Sorry but I don't know what it's supposed to mean so can't do the edit myself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.108.145.40 (talk) 11:39, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit needed in opening sentence?

message: The first sentence says it is cane sugar, the second sentence says it is made from date, cane, or palm. Which is it? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 03:02, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  what is it made from?  

message: According to the text, it is poured from the boiling container into concrete troughs. However, every photo showing the process very clearly shows it being poured into some sort of wooden frame. Perhaps the text needs to be extended to recognize that concrete troughs may not be the most common container? Or are the pictures the rare exception? If so, do they serve as good examples, being such oddities? One or the other may need a bit of modification from someone more in the know about such things. 69.255.61.212 (talk) 07:17, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed 'concrete'. I do not think there is any need to be more specific. Verbcatcher (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos vs text 

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