In a (long) sentence, ghee is unsalted butter that has been baked to remove not only its butter fat solids, as in drawn butter, but also all water -- so as to produce a food that contains no molecular oxygen, and is thus extremely storable and not subject to rancidity as in normal cooking oils. The health advantages accrue from the fact that ghee contains no oxidized cholesterol, the kind which leads to free radical damage in the cells of the body. Ghee is pretty well known among nurtrition nuts, plus it's a staple within Asian Indian communities and can be purchased in specialty food stores. It looks just like butter in a jar.

Tapatio sauce comes in a bottle just like Tabasco sauce, and is usually found alongside Tabasco on the grocery (top) shelf. It's label shows a picture of a man wearing a sombrero. I use it in place of Tabasco sauce because it's lower on the heat scale, and allows the cook or the client to use more of it to impart a flavor of the pepper that is usually masked by the heat of Tabasco. Try it on a burrito and you'll like it. Some people on my trail crews can't live without it.

Thanks for your interest. Have a nice time with it all...

Intrigued? Read Campy's article "So, You Wanna Be a Camp Cook?" here.