bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

Very interesting. Surprised about the high smoke point. Sounds like the perfect part of butter with caveats.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Ghee is a critical product of Tabet. There are two forms of Ghee, the lesser known Ghee is animal based while the more plentiful variant is plant based Ghee. Tibetan monks use Ghee as part of their religious structure. They keep seven pots of Ghee with a wick in each pot. The pot is a candle that burns for one day and then is exhausted. Each week the monk will replenish the spent Ghee pots and begin the ritual over again. Prior to the first lighting of the first pot a ritual cleansing of the space is preformed to rid the space of poor or negative energy, it is a critical sermon.

An excellent product is a metal can with fitted metal lid that is made by Dalda and is a vegetable based product. Any decent market supplying these Eastern/Asian products will have Ghee for sale, and Dalda is the most common maker of the Ghee products.

I learned all this from my friend Rabkar Wainchuck, a Tibetan monk who lives in New York City now and is a close friend of His Holness The Deli Lama. If you are looking for a Tabetan Monk in the USA, go to any Target Store, Tibetan Monks love Target.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Your welcome.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Ghee is the Indian name for it, it is also known as clarified butter. (the dairy version). It's easy to make at home, just Google for recipes.

Red6

Any cook should have ghee as one of their main tools for cooking. Ghee is simply clarified butter which means butter that has had the milk solids removed. The milk solids are what cause butter to burn and smoke when using it for frying or browning. Ghee has a high smoke point and is often used in baking and frying.

I do not fry much but when I do ghee is the fat to fry with - especially grilled cheese sandwiches or any lean meat such as chicken that you want to brown when cooked. Ghee and olive oil are the two best oils to use when cooking. Ghee has a much higher smoke point than olive oil

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I avoid things like that.

Red6

Actually, olive oil, avocado oil, and ghee are considered good fats and should be consumed in moderate amounts. Much of the older info from years ago on avoiding all fats were based on sketchy and biased data. Fat is just as essential a nutrient as protein and complex carbs.

C. Loren Loc: MN

As I recall, "GHEE" is the instructions to a team of horses to turn right!

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

That's funny! Haw! Haw!

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

Thanks for clarifying all that.