Ghee

(Lisette) said:

Is this the correct method? (obtained from "Food 911"😉 Why the specification for unsalted butter?
Will it harden upon refrigeration?

Have no clue why unsalted is specified, 'though that's the tradition.

Yes, ghee will harden when refrigerated, just like butter. But you don't really need to refrigerate
it (although I do). Once you have evaporated all the water and strained out the milk solids, what
you have is pure fat.

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Is this the correct method? (obtained from "Food 911"😉 Why the specification for unsalted butter?
Will it harden upon refrigeration?

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Frogleg said:

(Lisette) said:

Is this the correct method? (obtained from "Food 911"😉 Why the specification for unsalted butter?
Will it harden upon refrigeration?

Have no clue why unsalted is specified, 'though that's the tradition.

So there's no salt in the ghee?

It's basically a cooking oil derived from milk. You don't want salt in everything.

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Yes, ghee will harden when refrigerated, just like butter. But you don't really need to refrigerate
it (although I do). Once you have evaporated all the water and strained out the milk solids, what
you have is pure fat.

Tastes like budda.

--Blair "I'll get the popcorn."

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Frogleg said:

(Lisette) said:

Is this the correct method? (obtained from "Food 911"😉 Why the specification for unsalted butter?
Will it harden upon refrigeration?

Have no clue why unsalted is specified, 'though that's the tradition.

Yes, ghee will harden when refrigerated, just like butter. But you don't really need to
refrigerate it (although I do). Once you have evaporated all the water and strained out the milk
solids, what you have is pure fat.

Yah. With no flavor. :-P

Sorry, but I am NOT a fan of ghee or clarified butter. Blech!

It's the solids that give it a "butter" flavor. With Ghee or clarified butter (I think they are
pretty much the same thing), you may as well just use vegatable oil.

Just my tastes. ;-)

K.

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Frogleg said:

Yes, ghee will harden when refrigerated, just like butter. But you don't really need to
refrigerate it (although I do). Once you have evaporated all the water and strained out the milk
solids, what you have is pure fat.

Yah. With no flavor. :-P

Sorry, but I am NOT a fan of ghee or clarified butter. Blech!

It's the solids that give it a "butter" flavor. With Ghee or clarified butter (I think they are
pretty much the same thing), you may as well just use vegatable oil.

I haven't prepared ghee in ages, but the long, slow cooking is said to impart a slightly "nutty"
flavor. The milk solids are what sometime brown and burn when sauteing with butter (and contribute
to spoilage), hence ghee and clarified butter for fying. I think you'd find a lot of argument that
clarified butter and ghee are the same as veg oil. But tastes differ. :-)

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So there's no salt in the ghee?

It's basically a cooking oil derived from milk. You don't want salt in everything.

Funny. I've seen some Pure Vegetable Ghee, derived purely non-animal products. I can check what
it's made from the next time I'm in that shop, but it came in a too bucket for me to buy it just to
try it out.
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(Lisette) said:

Is this the correct method? (obtained from "Food 911"😉 Why the specification for unsalted
butter? Will it harden upon refrigeration?

Have no clue why unsalted is specified, 'though that's the tradition.

Yes, ghee will harden when refrigerated, just like butter. But you don't really need to
refrigerate it (although I do). Once you have evaporated all the water and strained out the milk
solids, what you have is pure fat.

Yah. With no flavor. :-P

Sorry, but I am NOT a fan of ghee or clarified butter. Blech!

It's the solids that give it a "butter" flavor. With Ghee or clarified butter (I think they are
pretty much the same thing), you may as well just use vegatable oil.

but with ghee, you can have _ginger_ flavored butter!

seriously... that was the worst idea my boyfriend ever had. Flavor ghee with anything else, but
never, ever ginger. It smells vile (taste wasn't a problem... it went in stirfry and fried rice...
but the jar still smelled awful)

Lena

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MEow said:

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So there's no salt in the ghee?

It's basically a cooking oil derived from milk. You don't want salt in everything.

Funny. I've seen some Pure Vegetable Ghee, derived purely non-animal products. I can check what
it's made from the next time I'm in that shop, but it came in a too bucket for me to buy it just
to try it out.

If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

K.

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Funny. I've seen some Pure Vegetable Ghee, derived purely non-animal products. I can check what
it's made from the next time I'm in that shop, but it came in a too bucket for me to buy it just
to try it out.

If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

I just looked at it, as I went shopping today, and it's made from Hydrogenated vegetable oil,
vegetable oil, colour and flavouring; but it does say "Pure Vegetable Ghee" on the bucket ;0)
However, the bucket contained 2kg, and I'm not going to buy 2kg of something, just to find out if
it's good or not. Especially not at that price!
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Katra said:

Yah. With no flavor. :-P

Sorry, but I am NOT a fan of ghee or clarified butter. Blech!

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You may not be a fan of ghee, but it is not without flavour. Properly done it has a notable cooked
taste. That's why they bother, rather than just clarifying it. blacksalt

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Frogleg said:

(Lisette) said:

Is this the correct method? (obtained from "Food 911"😉 Why the specification for unsalted
butter? Will it harden upon refrigeration?

Have no clue why unsalted is specified, 'though that's the tradition.

So there's no salt in the ghee?

It's basically a cooking oil derived from milk. You don't want salt in everything.

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Yes, ghee will harden when refrigerated, just like butter. But you don't really need to
refrigerate it (although I do). Once you have evaporated all the water and strained out the milk
solids, what you have is pure fat.

Tastes like budda.

--Blair "I'll get the popcorn."

Ghee is clarified butter. Why use unsalted butter? For the same reason one should always use
unsalted butter and that is because it allows the cook to control the salt level, not the
ingredients. Salt is added to butter to make it last longer. If you use it in a reasonable amount of
time, unsalted is always a better choice. Good cooking.

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MEow said:

While frolicking around in rec.food.cooking said:

If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

I just looked at it, as I went shopping today, and it's made from Hydrogenated vegetable oil,

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Trans fats

It's the Margarine of Ghees!

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vegetable oil, colour and flavouring; but it does say "Pure Vegetable Ghee" on the bucket ;0)
However, the bucket contained 2kg, and I'm not going to buy 2kg of something, just to find out if
it's good or not. Especially not at that price!

Maybe it's for true vegans who won't deal on milk products.

--Blair "Awfully funny if they make margarine first and then turn it
into ghee..."

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Ghee is clarified butter.

You are wrong again. Ghee is stubstantually different from clarified butter.

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Why use unsalted butter? For the same reason one should always use unsalted butter and that is
because it allows the cook

to

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control the salt level, not the ingredients.

Nonsense. Most recipes using salted butter also call for added salt. The added salt can be adjusted.

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Salt is added to butter to make it last longer.

Not always the reason. Many people prefer the taste of salted butter.

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If you use it in a reasonable amount of time, unsalted is always a better choice.

Even if your facts are sometimes not quite correct, your opinion is always valid. So I ask for
another opinion: Which do you prefer - unsalted sweet butter or unsalted soured cream butter?

Charlie

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Good cooking.

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While frolicking around in rec.food.cooking said:

So there's no salt in the ghee?

It's basically a cooking oil derived from milk. You don't want salt in everything.

Funny. I've seen some Pure Vegetable Ghee, derived purely non-animal products. I can check what
it's made from the next time I'm in that shop, but it came in a too bucket for me to buy it just to
try it out.

Well you can find "garden burgers", tofu turkeys, and "textured" vegetable protein whatervers, too.
Each is also a travesty trading on a real food. Ghee is clarified butter; -from milk, -from animals.
What you saw was mucked with vegetable oil; -misleadingly labeled.

Well the East Indian store I get mine from has vegetable ghee as well.

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So there's no salt in the ghee?

It's basically a cooking oil derived from milk. You don't want salt in everything.

Funny. I've seen some Pure Vegetable Ghee, derived purely non-animal products. I can check what
it's made from the next time I'm in that shop, but it came in a too bucket for me to buy it just
to try it out.

If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

K.

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If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

I just looked at it, as I went shopping today, and it's made from Hydrogenated vegetable oil,

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Trans fats

It's the Margarine of Ghees!

Funny you should say that, because those were the first thoughts to appear in my head, when I read
the label, and in that order too.

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vegetable oil, colour and flavouring; but it does say "Pure Vegetable Ghee" on the bucket ;0)
However, the bucket contained 2kg, and I'm not going to buy 2kg of something, just to find out if
it's good or not. Especially not at that price!

Maybe it's for true vegans who won't deal on milk products.

Maybe that, and/or for lactose intolerant people, such as me and/or for those people whose religion
forbids them to cook meat and dairy products in the same dish (isn't that a Kosher thing?).
However, I'm not tempted to buy it, though I might've been, out of curiosity, if you could get it
in small jars.

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--Blair "Awfully funny if they make margarine first and then turn it
into ghee..."

Maybe they do. I don't know.
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Katra said:

If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

Yes, ghee is from milk fat, but plenty of Indians use a product that everyone there knows as
"vegetable ghee". I've never used it, but assumed it was either like crisco or has the addition of
saturated fats, like palm oil. MY ex ILs used ghee rarely, for health reasons, and used a simple
veggie oil instead. They also used much less, and just tended their dishes carefully while
cooking. blacksalt

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Why use unsalted butter? For the same reason one should always use unsalted butter and that is
because it allows the cook to control the salt level, not the ingredients.

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Nonsense. Most recipes using salted butter also call for added salt. The added salt can be
adjusted.

Most of my cookbooks recommend in the front matter that unsalted butter be used. You might want to
check that section once in awhile.

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Salt is added to butter to make it last longer.

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Not always the reason. Many people prefer the taste of salted butter.

However, the original reason salt was added was as a preservative. You have no position there. That
people became used to it and then salted became the standard is another matter.

jim

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MEow said:

While frolicking around in rec.food.cooking said:

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Funny. I've seen some Pure Vegetable Ghee, derived purely non-animal products. I can check what
it's made from the next time I'm in that shop, but it came in a too bucket for me to buy it
just to try it out.

If it's made from veggie sources, it ain't Ghee. ;-) Ghee is derived from butter!

I just looked at it, as I went shopping today, and it's made from Hydrogenated vegetable oil,
vegetable oil, colour and flavouring; but it does say "Pure Vegetable Ghee" on the bucket ;0)
However, the bucket contained 2kg, and I'm not going to buy 2kg of something, just to find out if
it's good or not. Especially not at that price!

Sounds gross. :-P

K.

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