[world-vedic] SOURCE OF SILVER FOIL USED IN SWEETS

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Dear Friends,

 

The following article/report was sent to me by some friends of mine. Do

you know anything about it? Is this something real???:

 

Something to think about..........Varakh

 

SOURCE OF SILVER FOIL USED IN SWEETS

 

A couple of years ago, Indian Airlines, the domestic air-carrier of

India had issued instructions to its suppliers to supply sweet without

silver foil called VARAKH. Do you know why???

 

Silver is widely used for various purposes in the market today. Silver

is considered precious and its utility is enormous. The reason behind

this is that silver reflects back 95% of the light energy that falls on

it. The silver foils used for edible purposes is called VARAKH. So

what's so special about VARAKH?

 

This is what I would like to bring to your notice. If you keenly

observe this VARAKH under a microscope do not be perturbed if you

happen to see traces of lood, stools and saliva of a cattle or ox.

VARAKH is a silver foil and we have no second questions on this, but to

prepare this VARAKH important parts of the CATTLE/OX is made use of.

 

Intestines of Cattle/OX are obtained from the slaughterhouse. This is

obtained after butchering to death the cattle/ox for beef and the part,

which cannot be consumed: the intestines are pulled out of the animal

and handed over to the manufacturers of VARAKH. Before handing over the

intestines, they are washed in the slaughterhouse to get rid of the

blood and other remains on these intestines in the limited facility

that is present in the slaughterhouse. We are not sure how neatly this

job is carried out.

 

Intestines are cut into small pieces and then are bound together as

pages in a notebook. A silver block is placed in the middle of these

bound intestines, and the whole thing is placed in a leather bag and

sealed. Experts, who know how to make VARAKH, pound the bag with wooden

sticks, till the entire bag flattens out.

 

The silver block would by this time be turned into silver foil. This

Silver foil would now be separated from the intestine pack and will be

placed on paper. This is VARAKH, which reaches the market ready for

use. Even staunch vegetarians, who shy away from egg, unknowingly

consume this as a part of sweet, pan and arecanut. Some unknowingly

consume this because of the additional taste that VARAKH provides.

 

Now the question is "Why the intestines of the cattle/ox? Why not

something else?" The reason behind using the intestines of the

cattle/ox for preparing the VARAKH is because of the elasticity of the

intestines. They do not get cut even after a severe pounding.

 

This aspect is brought out in the magazine "Beauty without cruelty" and

the Television show of Maneka Gandhi, "Heads and Tails".

 

In India, on an average an estimate indicates that 2,75,000 kilos of

"VARAKH" is consumed. Can you estimate how many cattle/ox are

sacrificed for just a bit of taste?

 

If you are surprised as I am, after reading this article please inform

as many as possible so as to ensure that we unknowingly don't consume

beef. I would like to thank the authors of this article in Taranga, a

weekly magazine in Kannada, for enlightening us.

 

Source: Taranga Magazine

With due courtesy to the supplier of this information, Bombay

Srinivasan