Hi Arvind, That would be correct.While officers' messes retain much of the ways of the British, the cuisine is overwhelmingly Indian. That was a sore point in the days of the Raj - the lack of Indian food, music and literature in officer's messes. Jawans were well looked after by the British.While British troops in the front line survived for months on the monotonous diet of tinned bully beef ,hard tack and tea Indian troops had dry rations of dal, atta(flour) and rice and tinned vegetables, meat and fruit.The British supply system took pains to keep Indian troops supplied with fresh vegetables, meat and Indian style composite rations wherever possible. Regards, Mandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arvind Kolhatkar" <akolhatkar@rogers.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Soojee in ghee > Mandeep, > > Thanks for removing my misconception. Is it that desi ghee was available > to > the Jawans before 1947 and entered Officers' Messes after 1947? > > Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, July 15, 2008. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message