[pct-l] Re: Getting enough calories

The Mongol's still consume large quantities of ghee - rancid yak butter. It doesn't
appear to have hurt them.

Note: don't be confused by rendered butters called ghee. The real ghee is stirred
into a cup of bitter hot tea cooked over a dung fire. I figure the smell of burning
dung cancels the vile taste of the ghee.

Katt


> In case anyone was wondering...
>
> Butter does not spoil and requires no refrigeration.  It will, however, go
> rancid in too much heat.  Chances are Squirrelfight was using it up before
> rancidity could set in.  I don't think rancidity can hurt you (does anyone
> know better?).  It just makes it smell and/or taste funny.
>
> I carried butter when possible on my AT thruhike but actually had problems
> finding real butter in some smaller southern towns.  Many general stores
> only carried margarine.
>
> Mara

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