Probably because stocks from last year have now run out and this year's harvest is not going to happen on the same scale.
Learn something every day! Thanks. I hadn’t heard of butter oil before.
For anyone else sharing this ignorance, here’s an explanation I found, punnily named “Butter, Ghee and Butter Oil, clarified”. https://radiantlifecatalog.com/blog/…-Oil-Clarified
Coconut oil is delicious as well.
Ghee is probably not something you can describe as ‘healthy’, it is even higher in saturated fat that butter. https://www.healthline.com/health/fo…ghee-vs-butter
Used in very moderate amounts it’s probably ok, but if you are cooking very frequently with it then it’s probably not going got be great for your heart and/or waistline.
Most people in the West could probably cut down eating with beneficial affect.
It's those in developing countries - many with low carbon emissions who are going to (or already are) suffering.
P.s. Ghee is quite similar but the method of obtaining is somewhat different. Also butter oil is usually significantly cheaper than ghee though still relatively expensive when compared to most vegetable oils.
When everyone was moaning about shortages in Britain during the first lockdown I watched this to remind me what my grandmothers in Scotland and N Ireland had to endure, it's a real leveller.
I don't think a lot of people would be able to cope now, but as I was brought up by people who went through WW2 I'm sure I could, as their knowledge was passed down to me. I was taught how to make things go further and how to make meals from very little and it's come in very handy in times of not having much cash in my purse.
Probably because prior to the post war era there was no health service in Britain - if you needed a doctor or dentist you had to pay for it and for the majority it was beyond their means.
As an example, my late mother was from a small fishing and mining village, her father was a gas victim during WW1. After a convalescence spell in a military hospital he went back to the front then when the war ended he couldn't get his old job back and ended up down the mine. The dust played havoc with his already damaged lungs and he was dead before WW2. My grandmother simply couldn't afford to keep getting the doctor out.
Regarding rationing, when I was a mature undergraduate in the early 90s, one of my history professors undertook going on wartime rations for the purpose of the introduction of a book he was writing. He did 2 weeks on the wartime diet, lost 6lbs from his already slim frame and said he had never felt better.
You have to remember it was a great leveller because everyone had the same share, although if you lived in the countryside you could supplement things with rabbits and other things that might come your way every so often.
Of course the black market was also rife - that was how one of my aunties managed to have a wartime wedding with a lovely dress and bridesmaids dresses and a wedding cake. My parents had to make do with their uniforms as they were both in the services.
5kg of gorgeous pig fat
Rendered into lard