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Ghee: is it really better for you than butter?

Posted on 10/12/17 at 7:37 pm
Posted by tigerpawl
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 7:37 pm
My sister, who seems to know a lot about the nutritional value of foods, claims that Ghee is better for you than butter, and even went so far as to say it's good for you. She says lots of old-line traditional restaurants (including Galatoire's) use it generously.

Is it really less harmful than butter, or is it just a culinary loophole to reduce butter-guilt?
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32599 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 7:52 pm to
It’s all crap. My grandfather is 94 and he bitched at my mom as a kid when she used margarine and sweet and low.

“Real butter, sugar, and bourbon.”
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
32668 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:02 pm to
Why would I want to live to be 100 and never eat butter?
Posted by Cjscore
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2016
592 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:09 pm to
Ghee, I don't know
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
76552 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:14 pm to
Ghee is nice due to the higher smoke point.

Never heard it was better for you.
Posted by Jackalope
Paris. (Austin Native)
Member since Apr 2009
2252 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:16 pm to
If your sister truly "knows a lot about the nutritional value of foods" she would know that the Butter farce is bullshite. And as time goes by more and more doctors and researchers say the whole cholesterol scheme is bullshite
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:20 pm to
No it’s still butterfat, the only difference is the solids have been removed and the water has been boiled out. I use it for higher heat searing and blackening with excellent results.
Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
7667 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:45 pm to
It's just clarified butter. Not sure on her logic to claim butter is healthier for you than..... BUTTER!
Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 9:27 pm to
Ghee is butter
Posted by busbeepbeep
When will then be now?
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 11:49 pm to
Better for you, no, just more suited to high heat.
Posted by rbWarEagle
Member since Nov 2009
49999 posts
Posted on 10/12/17 at 11:57 pm to
Butter isn’t harmful. The butter is bad for you myth needs to die a quick death.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11809 posts
Posted on 10/13/17 at 5:55 am to

Pan sear your salmon in ghee.. comes out beautiful
Posted by Treacherous Cretin
Columbus, OH
Member since Jan 2016
1503 posts
Posted on 10/13/17 at 1:30 pm to
It's not worse.
Posted by Quinn225
Member since May 2017
408 posts
Posted on 10/13/17 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Is it really less harmful than butter, or is it just a culinary loophole to reduce butter-guilt?



Ghee is less harmful if you are lactose intolerant.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48861 posts
Posted on 10/23/17 at 12:37 pm to
Decided to make it since it is a lot cheaper. $8.00 for 4 pounds unsalted butter .















30 minutes medium heat. Made 3 1/2 pints.








Posted by Tigers0891
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2017
6595 posts
Posted on 10/23/17 at 9:56 pm to
its slightly better for you than butter. The best part about it is the nuttiness is slightly more than butter and it has a high smoke point. It's great to seer things with. Especially when blackening foods since you don't have the butter burning.
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