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The best oil for cutting boards and your chakla-belan
The best oil for cutting boards, chakla-belan and wooden spoons: which oils stay fresh instead of turning sticky or rancid, how to apply them,...
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A1 vs A2 milk: what the protein difference means for ghee
A1 vs A2 milk: the two differ by one amino acid in beta-casein. What the science says about digestion, which breeds give A2 milk,...
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Danedar ghee: why good ghee turns grainy
Danedar ghee is ghee that cooled slowly into grains. Why the grains form, why ghee sets in winter and melts in summer, whether grainy...
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Adulterated ghee: how to check ghee purity at home
Adulterated ghee is usually cut with vanaspati, cheaper oils, animal fat or starch. Which home tests help, which are myths, what a lab checks,...
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Shata dhauta ghrita: the 100-times washed ghee, explained
Shata dhauta ghrita is ghee washed with cold water a hundred times into a soft white cream. How it is made, what it may...
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Mukhwas: why Indians end a meal with saunf and mishri
Mukhwas, India's after-meal mouth freshener, is often just saunf and mishri. Why Indians eat it, what fennel may and may not do for digestion...
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Postpartum massage: India's jaapa tradition and its safety rules
Postpartum massage is the heart of jaapa, India's 40-day rest after birth. Which oils are used where, what massage can and cannot do, and...
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Does coconut oil help sunburn or work as sunscreen?
Does coconut oil help sunburn, and can coconut or sesame oil work as sunscreen? What the evidence says about their SPF, what to put...
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Does ghee need to be refrigerated? Can it go bad?
Does ghee need to be refrigerated? Usually not, but it is not immortal. How long it lasts, how to tell when it has turned,...
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Castor oil for face: wrinkles, pores and what is true
Castor oil for face care is sold online as a wrinkle eraser and acne fix. What it really does for skin, whether it clogs...
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Ghee around the world: niter kibbeh, smen, samneh and more
Ethiopia's niter kibbeh, Morocco's aged smen, Arab samneh, Persian roghan and French clarified butter are all cousins of ghee. What makes each different, and...
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Ghee coffee and Tibetan butter tea: the tradition behind it
Ghee coffee is a modern cousin of Himalayan butter tea. Here is the tradition, how to blend a cup properly, how it compares with...
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