Netizens found that there were Indian cow dung cakes for sale on an international e-commerce platform, and the price of a box was equivalent to tens of yuan. It is reported that the store is opened by Indians.
It has been observed that this cow dung cake is still very hot, and sometimes it is sold out of stock, and the supply is in short supply. However, even if the cow dung cake is on the international e-commerce platform, it is only to serve indians distributed around the world, and few people from other countries buy it.
Although the cows only eat grass, the cow dung is still very dirty, and it is difficult to imagine why Indians buy these cow dung cakes and go back.
Many people must be wondering, what is the use of this cow dung cake? Like cookies, is it eaten?
Since it is called bread and is shaped like a cake, many people will definitely think about eating.
A netizen found a hot comment under the store products that sell cow dung cakes on the international e-commerce platform, and through this comment, found that a buyer tried this strange experience, and he really bought the cow dung cake back as a biscuit to eat. According to his comments, the cow dung cake does not taste good, not crispy, and not very hygienic. I really admire this buyer.
Human use of cow dung has a long history, and nomadic peoples in grassland areas used to pick up dried cow dung as fuel. The main component of cow dung is fiber, so dry cow dung can be used as fuel for heating and cooking. For people in farming areas, cow dung is also a very good organic fertilizer in the countryside.
The same is the use of cow dung as fuel, but the use of Indians in this regard is also a little different, some Indians do not use the stove when grilling fish, but directly spread the fish on the cow dung to grill, so that the grilled fish, I don't know if everyone can eat it.
In addition to being used as fuel and organic fertilizer, cow dung is sometimes used as a building material in rural India, and cow dung is applied to the outer wall for heat insulation.
Cow dung cake is one of the local characteristics of India, in the process of making cow dung cake, it will be added to the cow dung, such as thatch, straw or rice husks, and then made into a cake shape, so that it can be sold. Most of the people who buy this type of product are urban Indians.
In fact, cow dung cake is not used to eat. From the above ingredients, it can also be known that even if the cow dung cake can be eaten, it is not delicious and very unhygienic. Indians buy cake-shaped cow dung mainly for use during ceremonies, and the way to use it is to burn cow dung cakes during ceremonies to create an atmosphere. It is said that during the traditional Indian festival "Slayer Festival", cow dung cakes are often in short supply.
Indians regard cattle as sacred, so cow dung is just as popular. Don't be surprised if you see people fighting for cow dung in some parts of India, because cow dung can be sold for money.
For fresh cow dung, some Indians also apply it to their bodies.
Many Indians even believe that cow dung has the ability to purify, believing that burning cow dung can eliminate all harmful things in the surrounding environment, including bacteria and viruses. However, when lighting cow dung indoors, windows must be opened for ventilation, as cow dung is usually not sufficient when burned and smoke is generated.
As for the use of cow dung to repel mosquitoes, it is not that there is any special ingredient in cow dung, but because mosquitoes are afraid of smoke.
In India, not only cow dung cakes are sold, but also cow urine, and it is fresh and organic cow urine. Some Indians are as fanatical about cow urine as the Ganges, and some even believe that drinking cow urine can cure diseases.
In this regard, we have to admire the power of faith.
The world is big, there are no wonders. Indian cow dung cake is not nothing, cat coffee, elephant coffee is also animal excrement, but there are people in this world who are enthusiastic about this kind of thing.
The worship of cattle should be related to farming culture, after all, there is a place to replace manpower to cultivate the field, in the past it was a very important productive force, China's ancient cattle have protective measures, not allowed to kill and eat meat at will.
Although Indians worship cattle, they still export beef to foreign countries, because ordinary cattle are not sacred cattle in India, only Indian tumor cattle are sacred cattle. This cow is a symbol of the cow god and is not allowed to be slaughtered.
The tumor cattle (see figure below), named after a muscular tissue bulge in the mane nail (the site of the bulge between the neck ridge and the dorsal ridge), is a cattle breed endemic to the tropics, and is also called the Indian tumor cattle because it is native to India.
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