Wih cow patties? no thank you...this is NOT Huntington, WV.
Uses of Cow Patty (Thundering Terd)...
1. Fuel - cow dung patties (gootte) for cooking
2. Fertilizer - composting makes it even more powerful
3. Heat source - cow dung is naturally hot -compost makes hotter put in glass house to heat glass house or run pipes thru it to get hot water.
4. Purifier - natural antiseptic qualities
5. Floor coating - used mixed with mud and water on floors in mud houses. Improves water absorption of mud. Prevents muddy puddles resulting from spilt water.
6. Mud brick additive - improves resistance to disintegration
7. Skin tonic - mixed with crushed neem leaves smeared on skin - good for boils and heat rash (SP used it for heat rash in Mayapur.)
8. Smoke producer - smoldering cow patties keep away mosquitoes. Can also make smoked paneer over such smoke. Tastes great in pasta! :)
9. Pot cleaner - used dry absorbs oil and fat wet as a general cleaner
10. Brass polisher - tamarind removes oxidation - wet ashes polishes
11. Fertilizer - alkaline - cow dung ash is basically lime with a few other mineral mixed in
12. Mud additive - dries up slippery mud puddles
13. Mud brick additive - mud and lime (cow dung ashes) becomes like cement
14. Pond PH balancer - thrown into pond neutralizes acid.
15. Tooth polish -
16. Sun-dried organic recreational-aerodynamic-device -cow patty Frisbees
17. Fan for fire - large cow patties can be used as make shift fans.
18. Deity worship - ingredient in panca gavya
19. Crowning James F. Edwards Field