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Yes the cow conference does appear to be the hotbed of commerce. Any time Srila

Prabhupada had mention cow protection and the devotees implementing it always

seems to have been a village setting as for example his visit to New Orleans he

gave a lecture on now to process milk.

 

 

Room Conversation with Devotees

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August 1, 1975, New Orleans

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I have deleted other parts and only left that comment on use of milk

 

Prabhupäda: No. This is not good. Ghee should be prepared where there is no

more use. The Indian village, simply by keeping cows, they... Just like Nanda

Mahäräja was keeping cows. Similarly there are many villages. So the system is:

they have got a big pan, and whatever milk is collected, put into that pan. It

is being warmed. So they drink, the whole family members. They drink milk

whenever they like. So whatever milk remains at night, they have to convert it

into yogurt. The next day they use milk and yogurt also, as he likes. Then,

after converting the milk into yogurt, still, it remains. It is stocked. So

when there is sufficient old yogurt, they churn it and then butter comes out.

So they take the butter, and the water separated from the butter, that is

called whey? Whey, yes. So they... Instead of dahl, they use this whey, for

chapatti. It will be very healthy and tasty. And then the butter they turn into

ghee. So where is the loss, (indistinct)? You require (indistinct).

 

Satsvarüpa: Only after the whole milk is consumed, then the other...

 

Prabhupäda: Milk you are collecting. So put in the pan. I have already

explained. From milk stage to yogurt, yogurt to old yogurt, from old yogurt to

butter, and then water, that whey. Then butter convert into ghee and whey, you

can use, instead of drinking water, drink whey. Not a single drop of milk will

be wasted, if you know how to do it. And you can take as much milk as possible,

because ultimately it is going to be ghee. So if you start in the cities, nice

restaurant, so ghee can be sold there. They'll pay for that. And they can

prepare nice preparations, kachoris, samosa, sweetballs. Or milk, if you don't

convert into yogurt, then naturally it will become... What is called?

 

Brahmänanda: Curd.

 

Prabhupäda: Curd. So curd you can send to the city. They will convert into

sandeça, rasagullä and other preparations, and ghee. That is being done. In

India the villagers, they do that. They are, keep cows. Convert them into curd

or ghee, and ghee and curd sent to the city, they have got regular price for

that. There is no question of waste of milk at any stage. One must know how to

do it. So you can keep as many cows as possible and collect as much milk from

them. You can utilize. And if some of the villagers trained up, they can open

nice restaurant in the city. Utilize the ghee, curd, for making nice

confectionary. People will purchase like anything. Just like in our Rathayäträ

festival, whatever sweets they prepared, all sold at good profit. Your

countrymen, they did not see such nice things. And when they taste it-"Very

nice."

 

 

 

Note milk is not sold, rather it is converted into another form, curd, ghee,

rasagulla etc. and that is sold. This actually by-passes all the health codes

about milk. Just like right now, here at a farm we are not allowed by the State

Health Department to utilize our milk in our Food for Life program, when the

inspector comes he specifically looks to see if we have any milk (other than

store bought bottled milk). He does not question when he sees ghee, curd and

any processed form of milk, but liquid milk immediately he is questioning.

 

So each family is having a few cows, communally grazing, but milking separately

and then heating communally and dividing amongst residents. No one person is

making profit only the community as a whole.

ys,

Rohita dasa