Re: Re: Butter vs. Margarine

[Guest guest]

>> Where do you buy ghee? OR do you make it?

I've seen it sold in health food stores, but I've always made my own. You

just take a pound (or two, in my case I make a whole batch at once for

time's sake) of unsalted butter, and melt it SLOWLY in a heavy pan. Skim off

the foam as it comes to the top. Continue to simmer slowly, and eventually

the milk solids start to sink to the bottom -- when they become brown

crumbs, strain into a jar that seals well. I line a funnel with a paper

coffee filter and slowly strain through that. The clarified butter will

partially set, but never as hard as it was as butter, and you can scoop out

a tablespoon or so for cooking purposes. Easy and delicious!

~~ Lyn

[Guest guest]

>> I don't *think* it has the saturated fat removed, just the milk

solids.

I got that information from http://www.yogajournal.com/health/56_1.cfm (see

the first line)

Either way, since we don't absorb much fat, I'm gonna keep using it.

" Ayurveda places ghee, or clarified butter, at the top of the oily foods

list, as it has the healing benefits of butter without the impurities

(saturated fat, milk solids). The Susruta Samhita, an Ayurvedic classic,

claims ghee is beneficial for the whole body, and recommends it as the

ultimate remedy for problems stemming from the pitta dosha, such as

inflammation.

Long a favorite of yoga practitioners, ghee lubricates the connective

tissues and promotes flexibility, says Dr. Vasant Lad, director of the

Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Traditionally, the

preparation has been used to promote memory, intelligence, quantity and

quality of semen, and to enhance digestion. Modern science tells us that

ghee also harbors phenolic antioxidants, which bolster the immune system. "

[Guest guest]

ROTFL.......I hate to tell you that it will be when Maine lobsters grow in

the Puget Sound before I " can " (what do you call putting things into JARS?)

soup. Regina, you can come and visit and I promise to make some soup for

you....but that order....well....I am afraid you will be disappointed!

Unless Santa will come and get it and deliver it. HUMMMMM maybe a cute UPS

guy in brown shorts? .... OH no...gotta stop...the brain is on drugs...and I

could get into serious trouble here.

Debbie &

in Gig Harbor

(170cm medial)

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-----Original Message-----

From: Regina Block

Lyn:

If you consider this easy, what do you consider work. The words simmer

slowly & eventually, to me means time consuming. I'll look for it in the

healthfood store. Unless you want to ship it with my order of chicken soup

that I ordered from Debbie. LOL

Regina

[Guest guest]

>> If you consider this easy, what do you consider work. The words simmer

slowly & eventually, to me means time consuming. I'll look for it in the

healthfood store.

You don't have to stand and stir it -- it pretty much does its own work in

the pan! LOL! The time is all on the butter, not on the cook. I dump the

butter in a pan on low heat, and go back and peek in half an hour later, and

if it's not ready, I check again in another half an hour. No biggie.

Now those silly folks who make shakes in a blender, THAT's work! You have to

clean all those little parts and all -- nah....

~~ Lyn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/14/2003 3:11:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Penelope@... writes:

It's constantly being cleaned so it is ready for the next

person to use it. Takes 20 seconds to clean it.

============================================

That's ok for normal people, not lazy dazy's like me. I have cans in the

frig at work and put the powder in a sippy cup at home and shake and drink. I

am

a purist so I prefer to have most of the ingredients other's add, like

strawberries, on their own as a separate item.

Fay Bayuk

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[Guest guest]

Oh Debbie: I am sad, so, so sad. However, if I do get a cute UPS guy to come

over you will send me the soup? Doesn't have to be in jars, can be in Ziploc

freezer bags you know. I'm not particular. Ok, Santa or the UPS guy. I can do

this. I will do this. I must do this. Oh well, if I can't, my German neighbor

around the corner makes me marrow ball soup. I look forward to the winter only

for her soup. Howeve, she is getting on in years and not feeling well. But the

old bitty won't fork over her recipe for it either. LOL Why are my soup

connections going away? Its a plot to get me to make my own stuff. I won't do

it I tell you. I won't. Well, actually, I can't. Homemade soup is not my forte.

However, the cosmos seem to be. : )

Regina

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Debbie McNeice wrote:

> ROTFL.......I hate to tell you that it will be when Maine lobsters grow in

> the Puget Sound before I " can " (what do you call putting things into JARS?)

> soup. Regina, you can come and visit and I promise to make some soup for

> you....but that order....well....I am afraid you will be disappointed!

> Unless Santa will come and get it and deliver it. HUMMMMM maybe a cute UPS

> guy in brown shorts? .... OH no...gotta stop...the brain is on drugs...and I

> could get into serious trouble here.

>

> Debbie &

> in Gig Harbor

> (170cm medial)

> ladybostons@...

[Guest guest]

>> I'm one of those silly folks who makes her shake in a blender. I rinse

the shake glass out thourghly after I'm done making te shake. Takes two

small seconds.

Well there's my problem. My mom always made me take the whole blender apart,

wash all the little gaskets and the blades and such (there must have been

umpteen little parts to that thing), and I hated the whole concept so much

that I have never even bought a blender as an adult (and I'm 48). And I

haven't had a dishwasher in years and years, so that's out. Good old

Tupperware shaker, though, is always ready.

~~ Lyn

[Guest guest]

That's me, too. Don't mess with my choco. PB goes on bread, berries &

bananas go in salad or my face, directly.

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Re: Re: Butter vs. Margarine

> In a message dated 11/14/2003 3:11:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> Penelope@... writes:

> It's constantly being cleaned so it is ready for the next

> person to use it. Takes 20 seconds to clean it.

> ============================================

> That's ok for normal people, not lazy dazy's like me. I have cans in the

> frig at work and put the powder in a sippy cup at home and shake and

drink. I am

> a purist so I prefer to have most of the ingredients other's add, like

> strawberries, on their own as a separate item.

>

>

> Fay Bayuk

> **300/169

> 10/23/01

> Dr.

> Open RNY 150 cm

> Click for My Profile

> http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=Bayuk951061008

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>> Okay, Regina, I am really good with homemade soup. Most of them I

just make up.

You all talking about soup made me hungry for homemade soup. So, I went out

and got the fixins. Kids are vegetarians, so much as I'd like to just start

with a chicken, I went to Albertson's and got some of the vegetarian " no

chicken " broth (which amazingly does taste a LOT like chicken!) and I have

thrown in (so far) carrots, celery, onion, and a LOAD of garlic. Later on

I'll add some egg noodles. And maybe some spinach leaves...nummy.....

~~ Lyn G