Ghee

[punkin]

Wouldn't it be great if there was a buffalo dairy industry in Australia, however they are just a feral pest here :unsure:

http://www.bluebaycheese.com.au/yoghurts.html

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2011/04/27/323761_on-farm.html

http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s1777965.htm

 

[Bribie G]

We live in hope

Hey, here's a graph of coronary heart disease and stroke arranged by European and Middle Eastern countries, sloping down from countries with lowest saturated fat intake to France and Switzerland who have the highest consumption of saturated animal fats. For example the French cuisine is based on butter. Italy and Spain are also interesting as they use masses of olive oil (one of my favourites other than ghee) Israel is also interesting, as Golani would confirm a typical Israeli breakfast usually includes bowls of sour cream etc. On the other hand they don't actually smoke or drink all that much in my experience there.

 

[Edak]

Chart means nothing unless you have per capita on there.

BTW: Nigella is bloody hawt! My wife is not a small woman. That french chic mentioned on page one has bazookas under her top... Trouble is with these women it's be hard not to put a bun in her oven...

 

[CosmicBertie]

Chart means nothing unless you have per capita on there.

BTW: Nigella is bloody hawt! My wife is not a small woman. That french chic mentioned on page one has bazookas under her top... Trouble is with these women it's be hard not to put a bun in her oven...

Take the baguette out of the oven before its fully cooked, and then ice the muffins*


* Not guaranteed to be 100% bun proof. Although its a fully endorsed left-footer method.

 

[Bribie G]

I'll check the site, those figures may be per 100,000 or something - would guess so as some of those countries have very small pop - for example Georgia.

Edit: yes it's per annum per 100,000 pop and the figures were supplied by the British Heart Foundation.

Of course there are other factors as well that can exaggerate the results in some countries such as many Eastern European and West Asian countries where most of their calories come from flour, rice and potatoes or, in the case of the former Soviet Union vodka alcoholism is epedemic and smoking is almost universal. But the overall trend is pretty impressive.


every sperm is sacred

 

[vonromanz]

Christ I have a thing for Nigella!

My claim to fame: Me and a mate dated Italian sisters, one who was a nanny for Nigella. We use to go on a regular basis back to Nigella's house, she wasn't there of coarse, after a session at the Walkabout and kept on drinking etc. into the early mornings. I never knew who she was, just that she is a celebrity chef. We walked out of Victoria station in London one day and my friend said, "Dude, that's Nigella". There it was, the biggest billboard with her on it advertising her cooking show. I felt like a celebrity.

 

[JDW81]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtS2Ikk7A9I

 

[sinkas]

wouldnt it be cheaper/easier to buy comercially prepared ghee?
I was under the imporession the stuff you get in green can here, is world renown

 

[Bribie G]

At $5 to $6 for 500g the stuff in the green tins is somewhat more expensive than Aldi unsalted butter at $2.60 for 500g

Cheapest Indian imported ghee I've bought was from Geeta Enterprises in Brisbane which is THE Indian supermarket in Queensland and it was $6.60 for a kilo tin. That stuff is nice as it's got that "rancid" twang that Practicalfool mentions above.

However Indian supermarket at Newcastle is two hour hike from here :unsure:

 

[pk.sax]

To save you confusion. Even in India, different regions use different milk.

For example, a 'milkfed' or 'verka' branded ghee would be that sharper buffalo milk ghee from Punjab. Fairly white in colour.

'Amul' branded ghee would be from Gujarat where they predominantly use cow milk. It has the same yellow tinge and similar in taste to Aussie produced ghee. Actually no discernible difference. I just pick up a 2 kilo tin of allowrie ghee (kiwi I think), cow milk ghee that lasts little old me a few years.

 

[pommiebloke]

My claim to fame: Me and a mate dated Italian sisters, one who was a nanny for Nigella. We use to go on a regular basis back to Nigella's house, she wasn't there of coarse, after a session at the Walkabout and kept on drinking etc. into the early mornings. I never knew who she was, just that she is a celebrity chef. We walked out of Victoria station in London one day and my friend said, "Dude, that's Nigella". There it was, the biggest billboard with her on it advertising her cooking show. I felt like a celebrity.

Would they be the Italian sisters (Lisa and Francesca Grillo) who are facing criminal charges for stealing from Nigella and hubby?

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/nigella-lawson8217s-dispute-with-charles-saatchi-over-former-personal-assistants-8216sparked-strangling8217/story-e6frfmqi-1226672132152

 

[Batz]

Cheapest Indian imported ghee I've bought was from Geeta Enterprises in Brisbane which is THE Indian supermarket in Queensland and it was $6.60 for a kilo tin. That stuff is nice as it's got that "rancid" twang that Practicalfool mentions above.

That's where I get mine, and lots of other brewing and yummy stuff as well