Cow dung patties selling like hot cakes online in India

AP ^ | Dec. 28, 2015 | NIRMALA GEORGE

[PROCON]

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days. But there's one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Online retailers say cow dung patties are selling like hot cakes.

The patties - cow poop mixed with hay and dried in the sun, made mainly by women in rural areas and used to fuel fires - have long been available in India's villages. But online retailers including Amazon and eBay are now reaching out to the country's ever-increasing urban population, feeding into the desire of older city folks to harken back to their childhood in the village.

Some retailers say they're offering discounts for large orders. Some customers are asking for gift wrapping.

[PROCON]

feeding into the desire of older city folks to harken back to their childhood in the village.

Incredible.

Nothing like the smell of burning crap to whet your appetite. (GASP, Vietnam flashback!)

[Blood of Tyrants]

This is what the globull warming alarmists want for all of us.

[Parmy]

Gee! The settlers, while heading West, used buffalo chips (dung) to cook their food and stay warm.

[Ditter]

Cow patties are worth money? Who knew? Wait till I tell MrD!

Honey we are rich!

[Old Sarge]

Ew.

[rktman]

Dung fires from the ‘front porch’ of a hooch............ Awesome. Idiots. That’s where the greenies want us to be before it’s over.

[GreenHornet]

Some retailers say they're offering discounts for large orders. Some customers are asking for gift wrapping.

I don't know much about the culture of India, but apparently these people are easy to shop for.

[PROCON]

Hey, E-Bay has made many rich.

You could brag to your friends that your dung tycoons!

[GreyFriar]

Do they mix in a little diesel to make it burn better?

[PROCON]

Don’t get me started; still have the “aroma” in my sensory memory :-)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

It could NEVER happen in a civilized country like the USA!

[Ditter]

Yes how cool is that!

All I have to do is find someone to make the patties! That might be difficult.........: (

[Ditter]

Yes how cool is that!

All I have to do is find someone to make the patties! That might be difficult.........: (

[PROCON]

Well, certainly not recently.

India, still a 3rd world country.

[MayflowerMadam]

In Alaska, they used to sell varnished moose turds on earrings, swizzle sticks, etc., in tourist shops. Maybe they still do. Everything has value, I guess.

If I wanted to “harken back to my childhood”, I guess I’d find a hula hoop or Frisbie instead of animal poo.

[Rodamala]

I didn’t expect you, of all people, to start a Donald Trump themed thread. Why not go “all the way” and post as Breaking News and Front Page News? I mean, that is standard procedure these days, afterall.

[Covenantor]

Get some of the “Dreamers” to do the dung patties and market them in India as deluxe imported organic grass fed cow pies. Gotta work in such a stratified society.

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"The settlers, while heading West, used buffalo chips (dung) to cook their food and stay warm."

Have you ordered a couple of pounds recently for nostalgic reasons?

[Parmy]

"The settlers, while heading West, used buffalo chips (dung) to cook their food and stay warm." Have you ordered a couple of pounds recently for nostalgic reasons?

I am old, but not that old.