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Ralph56 Wrote:
Jan 26, 2013 1:02 PM
Yo Kimgee The government does the post office, DMV, and tax collecting, all abject failures. The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen. Government should never assume the risk for businesses. That's what gave us Solyndra and the other failures that we, the bill payers have had to fund. The markets do the best as arbiters of which ones should survive and which should fail. Not every business should survive and the government is the LAST entity to decide who succeeds and who doesn't.

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May 20 2012 at 8:13 AM
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Im 16 and have phimosis I think. I live in USA but was born in Wales. My penis is pretty normal I think, it is around 6.5 inches and I am Uncut.. But my foreskin goes about an nch past my head of my penis, which I have never really seen. When it is soft,I can pull the skin back and almost see the tip of my head,but the skin that I pull back looks inda weird and bumpy. When it is hard,it is pretty much the same thing I can almost see the head and the skin is weird and bumpy. But sometimesI can see the top of my head and is is super sensetive. And I'm worried cause this girl I am going to date soon, has had sex with two guys prior, and I'm assuming they were cut. Will she find it weird to see an uncut kid, and one with phimosis. And how would getting a blow job and having sex feel like to me and her? And ive been doing the finger stretching for like 4-5 weeks now. I can post pictures if they would help.
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After some advice if anyone can help?
My little sis recently purchased some goods from Ebay, and was having trouble contacting the seller following the end of the auction. The seller eventually got back to her and apparently has returned from holiday to find that his account has been hacked into. The money has left my sister's account and has gone to the hacker.
She paid via Paypal and has reported the issue to Ebay and Paypal, as has the seller. I have also told her to contact her local Citizens Advice Bureau and Consumer Direct to see if they can help. She has also printed out all transaction paperwork and correspondence and taken it into her bank.
I was just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation, or are seasoned Ebay veterans and can offer any further advice that has escaped me? Presumably these things can take a while to resolve?
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Environmental Economics Seminar Series
Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, 1996
Mick Common
Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies Australian National University
It is implicit in much of the discussion of environmental protection in the industrial economies, such as Australia, that it is a matter of changing production processes, rather than changing consumption patterns and levels. The Australian Government's commitment to ecologically sustainable development does not, for example, appear to entail questioning current Australian lifestyles. Those who argue that what is required is a fundamental change in individuals' consumption habits, are generally regarded as radical. For example, in the context of transportation, the mainstream arguments concern private versus public modes, leaded versus unleaded petrol, road versus rail, etc. The proposition that what is required is less passenger or freight kilometres per annum is not widely canvassed, beyond the radical fringe.
We can distinguish two varieties of the view that consumption, rather than just methods of production, is, in rich nations, an environmental problem. The first identifies the pattern of consumption as the problem. This is essentially the view taken in the 'Brundtland Report' (World Commission on Environment and Development 1987). It does not call for the cessation of growth in the industrial nations. On the contrary, it explicitly argues that its continuance is necessary for the alleviation of poverty in the developing nations. However, sustainable development is taken to require changed patterns of growth in rich country consumption. On the second view, it is the level of consumption that is the problem. According to 'Beyond the Limits' (Meadows et al 1992), for example, the level of material consumption in the industrial world needs to be substantially reduced if sustainability is to be achieved.
This distinction is useful in terms of the immediate practical implications of the positions taken. But in some respects it is misleading and unhelpful. A changing pattern of consumption would have implications for the level of material consumption. In the transport context, for example, with passenger kilometres per annum constant, a large move from private to public modes in urban areas would reduce energy consumption, and hence a number of other environmental impacts. The level of aggregate consumption is necessarily measured in value, rather than physical, terms. Hence, it could be growing while some environmental impacts are constant or falling, due to a changing composition of the aggregate, and/or changing methods of production. However, many would argue that if the environmental impacts arising from consumption in rich nations are to be reduced so as to be consistent with the requirements of sustainable development/sustainability, then the pattern changes required are such as to mean major lifestyle changes, even if this goes with a rising value total.
In considering consumption and the environment, from the perspective of a rich industrial nation,there are three broad questions arising:
a) Given a commitment to sustainable development/sustainability, is there a need for changed lifestyles?
b) If current lifestyles are considered inconsistent with sustainable development/sustainability, does this mean that active policies are required,
or can the matter be left to market forces driven by changing consumer tastes?
c) If active policies are considered necessary, what sorts are desirable and effective?
The answer to this question is not purely a technical matter, but depends also on the value system or ethical stance adopted. If we do not care at all about future generations, then the fact that current lifestyles definitely imply future impoverishment does not lead to the conclusion that current lifestyles must change. Given that we do care about future generations, as a commitment to sustainable development indicates, the answer to the question turns upon how we conceive their interests, and our assessments of how current lifestyles affect those interests. This in turn depends upon assessments about substitution possibilities in production, and about the functioning of the natural environment in terms of its capabilities to provide inputs to production and to handle the wastes arising in production and consumption. These are difficult and complex questions, about which we know rather little. Some take the view that this uncertainty is itself sufficient to make the argument for lifestyle change.
Ehrlich et al (1973) introduced a very simple identity
I is impact as total emissions
P is population size
C is consumption per capita
T is technology as emissions per unit consumption
Their point was that population size, affluence (the identity is sometimes written I = PAT) and technology combine multiplicatively to determine total environmental impact. The point was made to rebut Commoner's argument that technological change had been the dominant source of environmental damage in the USA in the period between WWII and 1970 (Commoner 1971). Ehrlich et al (p214) explicitly considered the example of lead emissions from automobile exhausts, where I increased by 414 per cent over the period 1946 to 1968. The increases in the right hand side arguments were: P 42 per cent; C, as vehicle miles per capita, 100 per cent; T, emissions per vehicle mile, 81 per cent.
This identity and example can be used to illustrate the relative roles of consumption and production. Suppose that we allow population to increase by 42 per cent and consumption by 100 per cent, then what is the reduction in T required to hold E constant? For P =1.42 and C = 2.00, I = 1 requires T = 0.35. To accommodate the historical population and consumption increases to constant total emissions would have required changes in the method of production of vehicle miles such that emissions per mile fell by 65 per cent, rather than increasing by 81 per cent. Holding population constant reduces the required emissions per mile reduction to 50 per cent. While the identity is simple, it makes an important general point, and can in any particular case be used to figure what is required of changed production methods if increasing consumption is to be accommodated to constant, or reduced, total emissions.
As individuals and nations become richer and consume more, so their consumption patterns change in predictable ways. Proportionately less is spent on the material necessities of life, proportionately more on the outputs of the service sector. Given that the production of services is less energy and materials intensive, it is argued, this means that as nations get richer, so the environmental impact per $ of consumption falls. Given this, it is argued, lifestyles move in the required direction without the need for deliberate policy action.
A strong version of this argument has it that they also move at a rate such that environmental damage in total falls as economic growth proceeds. There is an argument (see, for example, World Bank 1992) that far from being a threat to the environment, economic growth is the way to save it. The basis for this argument is the 'environmental Kuznets curve' hypothesis, according to which environmental impact per capita plotted against income per capita first rises then falls with increasing income. This hypothesis has been tested by a number of researchers for a variety of impacts using a variety of data sources (notably Panayatou 1993, Selden and Song 1992, Shafik and Bandyopadhyay 1992). The results are mixed. However, even where they appear to support the hypothesis, there are a number of reasons for doubting that the implication claimed - that the world can, generally, grow out of its environmental problems - does follow (see Stern Common and Barbier 1994 for a review). The most basic consideration is that unless emissions per $ consumption go to zero at some level of consumption, in the long run emissions must grow with consumption. In the Ehrlich et al identity, an increase in C must, for constant population as P =1, imply an increase in I unless T is zero.
The idea that economic growth reduces environmental impacts per $ of total consumption relies heavily, but not entirely, on the shift out of material consumption into the consumption of services. It assumes that the production of services generates less impacts of all kinds than the production of material consumption goods. This is true, but to a smaller extent than is generally believed. The implications of increasing the consumption of service sector outputs are frequently considered in terms only of the direct inputs to, and emissions from, that sector. This is misleading, as the delivery of services uses resources and generates wastes indirectly as well as directly. It is not just a question, for example, of the direct energy inputs to broadcasting and receiving TV programmes, but also of those used in manufacturing the equipment necessary at both ends, and of those used in making the programmes shown, and the equipment used in making the programmes. For carbon dioxide emissions in Australia, for example, Common and Salma (1992) show that when indirect as well as direct responsibility is accounted for, some of the service sectors have similar emissions per $ output to some manufacturing sectors. The general point is that the delivery of the kinds of services required for current lifestyles requires a substantial material infrastructure. This limits the extent to which shifting the pattern of consumption toward more service outputs can reduce environmental impacts.
Actually, the explicit arguments for the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis do not rely solely on the above income elasticities of demand type considerations. Reference is also made to production methods and changes thereto. Bernstan (1991), for example, notes that competitive pressures for cost minimisation generate incentives for reducing the use of material inputs, which, via the materials balance principle, have implications for waste discharges. It is also argued that as incomes rise, so there is an increase in 'green consumerism' (see for example Cairncross 1992), with individuals being concerned, and willing to pay more if necessary, to consume products and varieties understood to have been produced by relatively environmentally benign processes. The environmental leverage of green consumerism depends not only on the extent to which individuals are so motivated, but also on the extent to which they have the requisite information to act so as to reduce the impact of their consumption. It is sometimes claimed that much of the advertising claiming green credentials for products is misleading.
Finally in support of the hypothesis, it is argued in World Bank (1992) for example, that environmental protection policies are themselves a luxury good. Individual preferences are such, it is argued, that as incomes rise so does the demand for a cleaner environment, which is expressed through the political process. This 'policy demand' appears, for the population in general as opposed to activists, to relate to production methods rather than consumption patterns.
Discussion of policy instruments for environmental protection is usually mainly concerned with production rather than consumption. Those who call for lifestyle modification typically have rather little to say about policy questions beyond generalised calls for the abandonment of the growth objective: Meadows et al (1972) and Meadows et al (1992) are examples. It is useful here to distinguish three classes of policy instrument:
- design regulations for vehicles; setting allowable emissions standards; banning fuel additives.
- publication of fuel consumption and emissions data; negotiations with vehicle producers intended to influence their design decisions.
- fuel taxation; fuel taxation at differential rates on the basis of additive content; differential sales taxation on vehicles according to engine size.
The economics literature is strongly in favour of price incentive instruments: see, for example, Common (1988) for an overview of the arguments. This preference has emerged in thinking, mainly, about production rather than consumption. Until recently there was rather little use of price incentives for environmental protection anywhere. This is now changing throughout the industrial world: see James (1993) for discussion of the situation in Australia. Economists would presume that the superiority of price incentives would carry over into the consumption context. Many of those who are concerned to protect the environment and have thought about policy questions arising appear to have a predilection against the use of price incentives.
For example, the Federal Government proposed, in its 1993 budget, to attack the lead additive problem by introducing a substantial differential into the tax rates on leaded and non-leaded petrol. This was opposed by the 'green' political parties. The main argument used was the regressive impact involved, in so far as older cars, alleged not to be able use un-leaded petrol without conversion, are mainly owned by the less well off. Interestingly, the argument was against the differential tax itself, not that it should be accompanied by tax/welfare changes to offset the impact on the less well off. The alternatives to differential taxation canvassed were mainly in the nature of moral suasion instruments.
Most economists would argue that changing the prices that face consumers is a very effective way of transmitting information to them, and that it is an effective means of changing their behaviour. They would doubt the efficacy of moral suasion type instruments in both respects. While seeing a role for the provision of information, they would have reservations about publicity campaigns which sought to change peoples' preferences, which are taken as sacrosanct. It would be somewhat inconsistent to urge that policy be directed to serving the goal of consumer sovereignty, and to recommend policies intended to change the sovereign's desires. Most economists would oppose command and control type instruments on the grounds that they would be an unnecessary infringement of consumer sovereignty's range of operation, and would anyway involve avoidable costs. It should be noted, however, that some economists have argued that if sustainability is the objective, then the range over which consumer sovereignty can be the criterion for social choice may have to be curtailed: see, for examples, Common and Perrings (1992), Daly and Cobb (1989).
The papers to be presented at this seminar are concerned with the need for lifestyle changes, information on the implications of consumption, and the effectiveness of policy instruments essentially of the moral suasion variety. The next seminar in the series will be concerned with taxation and the environment. The third will look at equity issues, and the fourth at environmental policy and competitiveness. Within these broad parameters, suggestions as to specific issues that should be considered at subsequent seminars would be welcomed.
Bernstam, M. S. 1991. The wealth of nations and the environment. London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
Cairncross, F. 1992. Costing the earth: the challenge for governments, the opportunities for business. Boston: Harvard Business School.
Common, M. S. 1988. Environmental and resource economics: an introduction. Harwell: Longman.
Common, M. S. and Perrings, C. 1992. 'Towards an ecological economics of sustainability', Ecological Economics , 6: 7-34.
Common, M. S. and Salma, U. 1992. Accounting for Australian carbon dioxide emissions, The Economic Record , 68: 31-42.
Commoner, B. 1971. The Closing Circle. New York: Knopf.
Daly, H. E. and Cobb, J. B. 1989. For the common good: redirecting the economy toward community, the environment and a sustainable future. Boston: Beacon.
Ehrlich, P. R., Ehrlich, A. H. and Holdren, J. P. 1973. Human ecology: problems and solutions. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
James, D. 1993. Australia's experience in using economic instruments for meeting environmental objectives . Canberra: Department of Environment Sport and Territories.
Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J. and Behrens, W. W. 1972. The limits to growth. New York: Universe Books.
Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., and Randers, J. 1992. Beyond the limits: global collapse or a sustainable future. London: Earthscan.
Panayatou, T. 1993. Empirical tests and policy analysis of environmental degradation at different stages of economic development. Working Paper WEP 2-22/WP 238. Geneva: International Labour Office.
Selden, T. M. and Song, D. 1992. Environmental quality and development: is there a Kuznets curve for air pollution? Department of Economics, Syracuse University.
Shafik, N. and Bandyopadhyay. 1992. Economic growth and environmental quality: time series and cross-country evidence. Background paper for the World Development Report 1992, World Bank.
Stern, D., Common, M. and Barbier, E. 1994. Economic growth and environmental degradation: a critique of the environmental Kuznets curve. Discussion Paper in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management Number 9409, University of York.
World Bank 1992. World development report 1992: development and the environment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
World Commission on Environment and Development 1987. Our common future. Oxford:Oxford University Press.


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So this is going to be a really simple post with a couple pretty pictures. Because making ghee in a crockpot is SO EASY!!! Unless I have to, I will never make ghee on the stovetop or in the oven ever again.
As it turned out, making the latest batch of ghee in the crockpot was the result of one of my desperate attempts, when it is hot outside, to keep the indoors cooler without using A/C. So I cook as much as I can on my sunporch, which means using a lot of electrical appliances – crockpot, rice steamer, egg steamer, etc. So, when it came time to make ghee from 4 lbs of spring grass-fed butter, the crock pot came out!
It was so much easier, tho, than making ghee ever had been before, because I didn't have to monitor the temp, or make sure it wasn't overcooking – it was a perfect temp, and made a deeply-flavored ghee from all the milk solids that browned so nicely. (Basically the method of making ghee involves boiling off any liquid that remains in the butter, cooking the solids so that they form clusters that can be easily strained off, and browning those solids to add rich flavor to the remaining butter oil.)
When finished, it was just a matter of ladling the finished oil into a sieve lined with a paper towel, to catch the browned solids, and letting it drain into the jar below. So simple! So nutritious – I can't believe what a gorgeous color this is! And SO delicious!
This post is part of Works for Me Wednesday, Real Food Wednesday, Simple Lives Thursday, Pennywise Platter Thursday, and Paleo Rodeo.
42 Responses to Making Ghee in a Crockpot
Jill says:
Did you set your crockpot on low or high? How many hours did it go? Thanks for sharing this great idea!
Megh says:
That's an excellent question! I can't believe I forgot to put that in! It was on low — I don't know if I've ever used my crockpot on high, to be honest–it gets pretty hot on low as it is! I think it went about 8 hours or so — I just left it and kind of forgot about it for most of the day, and when I got a chance to get back to it, it was perfectly done, with nice brown crispiness to the solids — which adds WONDERFUL flavor!
Barbara Grant says:
Thanks for posting this as I am getting to make ghee for the first time!
Megh says:
You're welcome! Good luck!
Allan Jackson says:
Oooh, I hadn't ever thought of doing ghee in the crock pot. I'll have to try that next time because I love the flavor from letting all the milk solids brown, but it's a hassle to make sure it doesn't burn.
I just made a batch of cooking fat the other night. My recipe is 1/3 ghee, 1/3 beef tallow, and 1/3 coconut oil. It's a good variety of high-heat fats that taste good together.
Megh says:
That sounds like a really nice combo — might have to try it! I often times end up combining coconut oil and whatever other fat I'm using in the pan when I start cooking — but mixing them ahead of time would definitely save time in the cooking process.
Kathryn says:
This is perfect for me! I have several food intolerance's and casein is one of them. Butter will leave me clutching my stomach but ghee doesn't pose any threats for me. I'm going to bust out my crock pot right now!
Megh says:
Awesome! I'd never tried ghee before we started GAPS, but I definitely will be using it extensively from now on — it cooks so nicely, and the flavor is so phenomenal! I still love me some butter, but now I love me some ghee too!!
Jessie says:
wow – super excited about this.
just curious – how big is your crockpot? Mine seems to be bigger than yours & I am wondering if doing too little butter would create issues – like maybe cooking too fast or overheating, etc.
Megh says:
I think it holds about a gallon; I pulled 3 1/2 quarts of stock out of it a couple days ago and it wasn't quite full. I suspect you might want to watch it for the first time just in case, with a larger one/smaller amount of butter — plus I think they're all individual, and will have different temp settings. But theoretically if it doesn't burn, I don't think it should burn, since the point of a crock pot is to hold something at a specific temp for a long time … at least I think that's the point of a crock pot! Maybe not, tho … I did have some disappointing results with that stock I just mentioned, it tastes a bit burnt But I had that stock going for several days, so it probably did in fact overheat. Let me know how it goes — I'm interested to hear if it works as well in others' crockpots as it did in mine!
Melanie says:
I've never made Ghee before, but I want to. You made it look so simple, I need to stop procrastinating and do it! thanks for sharing!
Megh says:
Thank you! Do it! It's awesome!
Lili says:
I have a question for you! Did you keep the cover on or off? I can see the condensation potentially beeing a problem, but maybe not?
I have 2 lb. of perfect butter waiting to be turened into ghee. Thanks for a fantastic idea!!! I mix mine with coconut oil as well.
Megh says:
Excellent question! I kept it off, for precisely that reason! Because you want to get all the moisture out so that the solids will brown nicely.
Lili says:
Thank you! I will start this process today! Love your site!
Megh says:
Thank _you_! And you're welcome! Go for it!
When your ghee is finished, do you store it in the fridge?
Megh says:
It depends — I didn't all winter, but now that it's so hot, I decided to put it back in the fridge, partly because I made so much of it last time I made it, and I was worried that it might spoil if left out for as long as it was going to take us to finish it. But that may just be my paranoia! I decided better safe than sorry, I guess is what I'm saying. But if the fridge got over-full, I'd definitely take it out for a few days to make extra room for something more perishable. Theoretically you can leave it out indefinitely. I mean, it's a staple in Indian food, and I'm sure most Indians don't have (and haven't had over the course of the history of traditional Indian cooking) a fridge to store it in!
I made some, over night, and it worked beautifully, but I'm having trouble getting it strained. What kind of paper toweling did you use? I've tried what I have, as well, as 2 different paper coffee filters, a paper napkin and a cotton cloth. They all get clogged up quickly. Did you have any trouble with this?
Megh says:
Hmm … I didn't have any issues with that … let me cogitate … I used a pretty fine-meshed strainer, with a paper towel liner — there were two sheets, so the perforations between the sheets probably helped a little in the straining. I would pour in enough to fill to the edge of the rim, and leave it for a while, maybe half an hour or more, before pouring more in … perhaps the ghee is solidifying? If it's not warm enough to keep the ghee at a liquid state, I could easily see how that would clog up. I usually end up with somewhere around 1/4 cup of solids left in the strainer for every pound of butter, if that gives you something to compare against. Does any of this help? I hope it does! Let me know.
Mine is a typical stainless steel strainer. Next time I will use a different kind of paper towel and see what happens. Even with all the fiddling I had to do to make this work, it was quite worth it! The ghee is delicious. I put a little on my oatmeal this morning (I usually add butter) and oh my! Delicious!
Megh says:
Yay deliciousness!!
Yeah, I neglected to mention the type of paper towel I used, I realize — sorry! It's Whole Foods 100% recycled.
We don't have a Whole Foods here, but maybe I can find something similar. This batch will last a while, though. I did 3 # of butter and there are only two of us.
Megh says:
Yeah, I would say whatever cheapo, preferably unbleached variety you can find! They're not great paper towels, by any means! But they work for cleaning up after the cats, and filtering things, which is pretty much all I use them for. That batch that I have in the picture was 4 lbs — I stocked up on spring butter when the farm had it. And it's going to last the two of us several months for sure!
D. says:
Instead of using a paper towel, use cheesecloth.
Megh says:
True, this is definitely an option. I like the paper towel method because I can throw it away, to be perfectly honest. I don't like to use soap on my cheesecloth, so I don't want it to get all greasy … I suppose I could devote a cheesecloth just to ghee making, and store it in the freezer. Perhaps I'll try that next time!
Mindy says:
That is such a great idea! I'm getting ready to make some more ghee and love the idea of not having to watch it on the stove. I'm definitely going to try the crockpot method.
Megh says:
Thank you! I surprised myself with it!
Kathi says:
Thank you for posting this idea. I've been making ghee for nearly a year and doing it the time-honored way on the stove. I immediately tried your slow-cook way but I'm not sure how to know if it's done. I left it on for about eight or nine hours and poured it off through fine cheesecake. But after a day it had not hardened like my other ghee. Though not liquid, it was like butter on a very hot day. Did I not leave it long enough? When I do it on the stove, I do a considerable amount of skimming off the top, and there is the lovely crackling noise of the water burning off. I didn't have any of these "markers" in the slow-cooker so I couldn't judge when it was done. Any thoughts on why it isn't hardening?
Megh says:
Hmm … that's a good question! Were there lots of solids in the cheesecloth? Was the liquid clear? Were there different layers in the liquid, or was it all uniform? Is it warmer in your house right now than it usually is? Ghee can stay liquid at warm room temperature, say 75-80 degrees. As long as the warm liquid (when completely liquid right after straining, not once it turned to the butter-ish consistency) was clear, not cloudy, you got solids out of it, and the liquid was uniform, I suspect it's done. Perhaps your crockpot doesn't run as hot as mine does — I think mine runs pretty hot, actually hotter than I'd like some of the time! Because mine had lots of nicely browned solids strain out, which I think is a factor of slightly higher heat. Sorry you had this confusion! I hope you get it figured out alright!
vanessa says:
I feel empowered by your posts to try making ghee again. If I read correctly, you put the crockpot on low in the morning, without the lid on and check it throughout the day and removing in the evening?
I've never cooked anything on the crockpot without a lid so I am a bit surprised.
Kimberly Clark makes blue paper towels called Scott towels designed for handymen, I use them for draining fries, do you think they would work as a strainer or would they be too thick?
Thanks for your blog, I'm looking forward to a good cooking fat!
Megh says:
Good question about the lid! I believe I left it on, but propped a little to the side so that the steam could escape, but covering enough to retain some heat. Thinking of that, maybe that's the reason one of the previous commenters had issues with it not getting hot enough! The things I forget to say …
In terms of the paper towels, I've never used that kind. The ones I use are the Whole Foods brand recycled kind; they're pretty thin, single-ply, and the sheets are perforated in shorter sections, so I need two sections still held together to line my strainer, and I suspect the perforation holes help with the drainage. So I suspect the brand of towels you have may be too thick. You can also use cheesecloth; if you use the kind you buy at the store (not what most cheesemakers actually use, which technically is called "butter muslin"), you'd probably need 2 or 3 or maybe even 4 layers I'd think to get proper straining, since the weave is so loose.
Good luck, and let me know how it goes!
Rachael says:
Would this work in a rice cooker? My slow cooker is pretty big and I'd like to start small!
Megh says:
Unless you have a low-temp option on the rice cooker, I would think it might not — I think a rice cooker would just get too hot and burn things. You would definitely have to watch it like a hawk. You can do it in a pretty thin layer in a crock pot, although I would think less than a pound of butter probably might not work great. And even with only a pound of butter, you would want to watch the crock pot carefully as well, to make sure things didn't burn, depending on how hot your crock pot runs. The other problem with rice cookers is that they've usually got non-stick coatings on them, which introduce toxins into the food, so they're best avoided if at all possible. Sorry to rain on your idea! If you had a mini-crock pot that might work better! But if you do try it in the rice cooker (watching it very carefully — at which point you might just want to do it on the stove!), let me know, I'm always interested in hearing how things work for people!
Amy says:
Tx so much for sharing. Just wondering how much butter did you put in your crock pot? How long did you run your crock pot? How did you know it was done?
Megh says:
Good questions! The time I made this batch, I did 4 lbs of butter, but I've done it just fine with 2 as well. It ran for probably 5 hours or so on the lower setting. You know it's done because it has lots of brown crusties on the top, and has a very deep, rich smell; there may be some creamish-brown looking solids still on the bottom, I usually don't wait until they've all crisped up and turned into darker brown crusty like things before I strain it.
Maria says:
I wished I had read your post earlier. I tried to make ghee in a crockpot and figured it would take 8 hours so I left it overnight and it burned. I'm trying again today, but watching it more carefully because as you say not all crockpots are the same.
Thanks for all the information.
Megh says:
Thanks for commenting! Yeah, it definitely can vary significantly. I'm sorry your first batch burned! Better luck this second time.
Nora says:
I'm allergic to Coconut Oil and someone suggested that I try Ghee as an alternative. I'm excited to try this. Thanks for the tips.
Megh says:
Glad it's useful! Thanks for commenting!
Devonavar says:
I'm also curious about using a rice cooker … I would think a rice cooker would be quicker and safer because it's designed to turn off automatically when all the water is boiled off.
My theory is this: Rice cookers work by applying heat until the temperature rises slightly above 100°C (boiling point of water). Because water boils at 100°C, the temperature doesn't rise above this point until all the water is boiled off (i.e. the rice is done).
Making ghee should be the same I think — the important part is to cook the water out of it. So, by the same theory, ghee should be done when the water is boiled off and the oil is able to rise above 100°C.
So that's the theory … what I'm wondering is has anybody actually been able to verify that this actually works? All I've been able to find so far are the comments in this post: http://jayakula.org/how-to-make-ghee/
Has anyone had success in a rice cooker? Was the ghee clear when you poured it? The photo in the original post doesn't look very clear to me…
Megh says:
I have not myself used a rice cooker, however, I think that it probably would not work as well as a crock pot for two reasons:
1) The crock pot is ideal because it doesn't heat up very quickly. This slow heating is ideal because it gives you a very wide window in which to catch the ghee at that "perfect" stage — whatever you decide that to be — between full evaporation and over-browning/burning the milk solids. One of the problems that I've heard people have with cooking ghee on the stovetop is that it goes from almost done to way-over-done way too quickly, you have to keep an eagle eye on it. With the crock pot, I've found that I can smell when it's at that "sweet-spot" of perfect done-ness, and not have to worry if I have to finish something for a few minutes before turning it off. I've found that my rice cooker cooks VERY quickly, maybe even more quickly than my stove, so I would think you would have to be extremely diligent to catch it right away.
2) Most rice cookers that I've encountered have been nonstick. I personally try to avoid nonstick cookware as much as possible; the WAPF cautions against using it because of the toxins that can be released into air and food when heating them to cooking temperatures. I would love to find a rice cooker that used a material other than nonstick surfaces, tho, because I miss using mine!!
That being said, if you do experiment using your rice cooker, I'd be interested to hear how it goes!
Oh, and as for the ghee being clear — it definitely comes out very clear from the crockpot method, if you strain it properly; it may have already been starting to cool a bit in the picture, or perhaps the air bubbles from pouring it made it cloudier. But it's definitely quite clear, I can attest!
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Yes, the BAND is fantastic here BUT... The rest leaves much to be desired. The teacher quality is horrible.. they are just as much a Bully to the kids as other students are and the administration is almost worthless. This is one of the worst principals I have crossed so far. They claim their are programs to help the students grades, they place them in those programs and then do absolutely nothing. If you have the means and choice don't put your child in this school. As for parent involvement the school does not want you there. Now separate from the school the Band teacher is fantastic in every way. Please note the band is not funded by the school, yet that teacher works miracles for the kids.
no wonder this shool has such poor ratings all it seems to be concerned about is band... I will not be sending my son back to this school.
I go to this school and its a great school!!!! I'm not in band but I have heard that the band program is great!!!!!! Most of the teachers are really nice. Well the 6th grade teachers anyway! I don't know about the 7th & 8th grade teachers.........I am going into 7th grade this year! The Persistent Pups teachers are awesome!
Your school is terrible, you allow bullying of students and your staff discriminates against students
this school has a bullyiong problem that non of the administrators want to address.
Our school has the best Middle School band and an awesome band director who truly cares about each and every kid.
It has the best Band program ever!
The part I love the most about this school is the band program, it rocks!! Students learn music, can learn to play an instrument, learn team work and the teacher helps them with their other academic courses!
My grandson attends this school and the band program is fantastic! Last year I attended a concert and heard these middle school students in Jazz band and I thought they were better than some high schools' bands that I've heard. The teachers seem to take an interactive approach and esembler is a great tool.
They have the best music program in the country!
Teachers who really care about the kids.
The Band is phenomenal! Mr. Leahy is so dedicated to the students & the band program. Also, the teachers overall are very caring & helpful to the students.
its very nice but the teachers are not. i feel like my child isn't learning enough in this school. But this school has a clean facility.
I love this school i have so many friends here and the teachers are cool 2 expecially mr riley!
My son loves this school . The teachers are great and they really care about the kids
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I see more and more teenagers using Snapchat, and if you're a parent of a teenager with a smartphone, you need to be on the lookout for it. Snapchat is an app that can be used as a texting or messaging service. However, it has its pitaflls.
First and foremost, it uses cellular data. Years ago, Blackberry boasted that their BBM service was a cross-carrier app, so those with unlimited data and limited text could message each other witout worries that they would exceed their meager messaging bundles. Now the pendulum has swung the other way: we have unlimited messaging and limited data plans, so the need for a multiplatofrm, multicarrier messaging isn't as great. Texting through Snapchat shouldn't use much data, but the operative word here is "shouldn't." A few coworkers of mine burned through over 100 MB of data within a few hours of sending various pictures and texts via Snapchat. That's a tenth of a gigabyte. So if a few grown adults can burn a tenth of a gigablyte between the two of them, imagine what your teenager can do messaging multiple friends hundreds of times a day over the course of a month. (Hint: it adds up fast). If you experience a sudden surge of data usage that nobody on the family plan is fessing up to, look for Snapchat on your kids' phones.
Second, the big draw to Snapchat is that the messages are self-destructing. Send a message and a few seconds after the recipient opens it, it deletes itself. I am not really concerned about kids using Snapchat to circumvent parental supervision, that dance has been happening as long as parents have had teenagers. So I'm going to leave you as a parent to discern what level of trust and verification to hold your children to.
What bothers me is that teenagers already have a false sense of invincibility. Giving them a smartphone app that allows for rapidly self-deleting messages feeds into that just a little too much. It says right on the app description that while messages are deleted from your phone and Snapchat's server after a few seconds, a screen capture can preserve that message for posterity. Plus, one has to wonder in this day and age if what gets deleted really gets deleted. Do you really want your children learning that lesson the hard way? The first high-profile case that the evidence has been passed along via Snapchat will reveal how truly deleted (or not) those messages are. I suspect you don't want your children to be the guinea pigs here either.
Bottom line is that if my kids were old enough to have their own phones, I'd prefer they not use apps like Snapchat. If your kids already have it on their phones, it's up to you as a parent to decide what battles you want to fight, but at least you should know what the app is and what it can do. If you need a seperate app for messaging over data or wifi, say from an iPod touch to an Android, or for international travel, I recommend What'sApp Messenger.


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Semiconductor companies typically are highly profitable behind solid product margins, while also tending toward volatility stemming from uneven demand trends. A well-timed investment can result in strong price appreciation for those willing to endure bumps along the road. There are certainly some opportunities at this time within the industry, based on several beliefs, including that the telecom networking and mobile device (smartphone) markets are poised for growth.
Part of the basis for these recommendations is the general upturn in telecom-related spending. Moreover, results posted by Semtech Corp. (NASDAQ: SMTC) were promising. It reported record quarterly sales, partly thanks to the acquisition of Gennum, but also owing to rising demand for smartphone applications. Share earnings were $0.22, skyrocketing from the prior-year tally of $0.03. Indeed, the Communications and High-end Consumer markets led the way, posting around 20% year-over-year revenue gains combined.
My thesis is that the upward trends will have positive impacts on numerous other industry stocks; here are a few I have in mind:
Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM)
At an $8 billion market cap, Maxim is a major player in Semtech's core end markets, namely computing, communications, and industrial. Last year was a down year for most product categories, but management is optimistic and prospects are better for 2013.
The release by its largest customer, Samsung, of the Galaxy S4 should help to boost June-quarter earnings, thanks to the inclusion of several Maxim chips. Second, industrial segment profits are set to climb on an upturn in automotive-related sales. On that note, auto suppliers are, for the most part, positioned to fare well this year. Third, Maxim's networking and data communication revenues are on track to increase, in line with momentum in the broader telecom equipment industry. These factors, along with progress in the medical sector, should combine for healthy near-term results.
Maxim's gross margins are substantial, in the low-60% range, and are apt to remain at that level for now. Barring any setbacks in terms of the outlook (June-period share net is targeted at $0.42 to $0.46 versus last year's $0.41), I expect Maxim shares to recover from their recent pullback.
Spreadtrum Communications
Given the positive outlook, there are a couple of smaller, less visible, manufacturers that could be set for stock price upside such as Spectrum.
Spreadtrum (NASDAQ: SPRD) is more narrowly focused, particularly in the mobile phone market, developing chip-set platforms for products incorporating 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies. Consequently, its shares are more prone to volatility and demand fluctuations. Nevertheless, their appreciation potential is enticing in light of current conditions and the stock's subdued quotation.
Revenue for the June quarter is pegged between $220 million and $228 million, representing a massive advance from the 2012 figure of about $171 million. Accordingly, profit may well rise considerably to about $0.50, from $0.41. The company is well-situated with its smartphone product lines, and should benefit from an expanding Chinese market, such as with China Mobile, as it is officially based in Shanghai. Because of this, Spreadtrum is geographically-positioned to benefit from high-growth prospects in that region, where demand for advanced wireless services is apt to climb substantially. Of note, wireless data traffic and voice usage climbed sharply at China Mobile in 2012.
Spreadtrum is in line for a robust earnings gain this year, should positive trends persist. It plans to continue to spend more on research, though it should now be at a reduced percentage of sales. Tablet applications may be one target of product development spending. The shares should be considered for their price upside and 2% dividend yield.
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp.
MagnaChip(NYSE: MX) is also foreign-based, this time in Luxembourg, and it has production sites in Korea. Still, MagnaChip has consistently performed above expectations.
The company, like Semtech, is an analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker, though it operates at significantly lower gross profitability. It, too, is guiding for considerable top-line gains in the June quarter. Its largest business segment, Semiconductor Manufacturing Services, is growing nicely. MagnaChip also sells into the display solutions market, such as mobile LCD screens, and the power solutions sector. Furthermore, I like that two of its primary product development markets are green energy and automotive, where semiconductor adoption is apt to increase.
MagnaChip shares have gained ground, more than doubling since bottoming last July, and up 18% just this year. Still, as another company at the forefront of the smartphone market, where it is diverting resources, it may well have above-average capital gains potential.
Semiconductor companies are highlighted by companies jostling for position in high-growth product markets such as mobile computing, often to mitigate sluggishness in antiquated businesses, like traditional computing. Their proprietary product designs can net wide product margins. Accordingly, the shares of these companies can offer significant price gains. Pitfalls of the industry, such as inventory gluts and reduced capacity utilization can spur selloffs. The best companies to look for are those with top-notch customer contingencies and leading-edge development pipelines. Of those discussed above, at this juncture, I like Maxim the most, followed by Spreadtrum and MagnaChip.
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Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, as relief workers struggled to reach victims of a super typhoon that killed an estimated 10,000 people in the central Philippines.
As President Benigno Aquino deployed hundreds of soldiers in the coastal city of Tacloban to quell looting, the huge scale of death and destruction become clearer as reports emerged of thousands of people missing and images showed apocalyptic scenes in one town that has not been reached by rescue workers.
One of the most powerful storms ever recorded, typhoon Haiyan leveled Basey, a seaside town in Samar province about 6 miles across a bay from Tacloban in Leyte province, where at least 10,000 people were killed, according to officials.
About 2,000 people were missing in Basey alone, said the governor of Samar province.
"The situation is bad, the devastation has been significant. In some cases the devastation has been total," Secretary to the Cabinet Rene Almendras told a news conference.
The United Nations said officials in Tacloban, which bore the brunt of the storm on Friday, had reported one mass grave of 300-500 bodies. More than 600,000 people were displaced by the storm across the country and some have no access to food, water, or medicine, the U.N. says.
Flattened by surging waves and monster winds up to 235 mph, Tacloban, 360 miles southeast of Manila, was relying almost entirely for supplies and evacuation on just three military transport planes flying from nearby Cebu city.
Dozens of residents clamored for help at the airport gates.
Three days after the typhoon made landfall, residents' terrifying accounts of being swept away by a wall of water revealed a city that had been hopelessly unprepared for a storm of Haiyan's almost unprecedented power.
Most of the damage and deaths were caused by huge waves that inundated towns, washed ships ashore and swept away coastal villages in scenes reminiscent of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Jean Mae Amande, 22, said she was washed several kilometers from her home by the sudden surge of water. The current ripped her out to see before pushing her back to shore where she was able to cling on to a tree and grab a rope thrown from a boat.
An old man who had been swimming with her died when his neck was gashed by an iron roof, she said.
"It's a miracle that the ship was there," Amande said.
Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, is estimated to have destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of structures in its path. The damage to the coconut- and rice-growing region was expected to amount to more than 3 billion pesos ($69 million), Citi Research said in a report, with "massive losses" for private property.
Bodies litter the streets of Tacloban, rotting and swelling under the hot sun and adding to the health risk. People walked covering their noses with rags or old clothes to mask the stench.
International aid agencies said relief resources in the largely Roman Catholic Philippines were stretched thin after a 7.2 magnitude quake in central Bohol province last month and displacement caused by a conflict with Muslim rebels in southern Zamboanga province.
Tacloban's administration appeared to be in disarray as city and hospital workers focused on saving their own families and securing food supplies.
Operations were further hampered because roads, airports and bridges had been destroyed or were covered in wreckage. Threatening to add to the crisis in the impoverished area, a tropical depression carrying heavy rain was forecast to arrive in the region as early as Tuesday.
Awelina Hadloc, 28, the owner of a convenience store, foraged for instant noodles at a warehouse that was almost bare from looting. She said her store had been washed away by a 10-foot storm surge.


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Ronaldinho certainly didn't expect a call-up from the Brazil national team, but the former Barcelona star intends to make the best out of it by bringing back home the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The 32-year-old, who has helped Brazil win two World Cups, is delighted to return to Brazil's squad. In an interview at Wembley, Ronaldinho admitted he was surprised to receive the offer of wearing the famous yellow jersey once again, but he was not going to let this opportunity to go to waste.
"It had not been in my plans," the world class attacking midfielder said. "I had a very good season last year so I was hoping it would happen to a certain extent. I am very glad it has come true now.
"My style remains the same. I play the same way I played before. It gives me great pleasure to return to Europe, having played here for such a long time. It is a great pleasure to be back."
Brazil are set to play against England in a friendly on Wednesday. The match not only marks the return of Ronaldinho, but also the return of Brazil's legendary coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. The former Chelsea boss was the man in charge when Brazil won the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
"There is great pedigree amongst our team," said Ronaldinho, who used to be one of the best players on the planet in his prime. "I think we have all the possibilities to win the World Cup.
"We have a mix of young players and experienced players. I am the most experienced player in this team so I will do everything to help my team to win this big aim, which is the World Cup."
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