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From YJPonline.org
Many sweets also are decorated with silver foils. The silver foils are not very expensive. They are sold by weight. A packet of 160 foils can be bought for a price between Rs. 100 to 200. That is, approximately one rupee per foil. Not only the sweets, nowadays it is also applied on fruits. Some Ayurvedic medicines also are wrapped in silver foils.
These silver foils are made by hammering thin sheets of silver in middle of booklets made of a bull's intestines. In other words, after slaughtering a bull, quickly his intestines are removed, and sold to the manufacturers of foils. The skins made of old intestines are of no use. Even one-day-old intestines cannot be used, because within a few hours they stiffen. The foil manufacturer removes blood and stools from the intestines, and cuts them into pieces. Then he puts one piece over another, making a booklet out of it. At his home, or in the factory, he puts one silver (or gold) sheet in-between each page. Then he hammers it hard until those metal sheets turn into thin wafers.
The intestines of bulls are so strong, that even repeated hammering do not destroy them, or they do not let the foils move around inside. Because of the hammering, some tissues of the intestine mix with the foils. After that the foil manufacturer sells the bundle of foils to the sweets manufacturers. Some small foil manufacturers sell the foils to the temples. This foil is not only dirty, it also is non-vegetarian. Use of these foils turn sweets into non-vegetarian food. A few years ago Indian Airlines learned about this stopped using them on the sweets served in their planes.
Many sweets also are decorated with silver foils. The silver foils are not very expensive. They are sold by weight. A packet of 160 foils can be bought for a price between Rs. 100 to 200. That is, approximately one rupee per foil. Not only the sweets, nowadays it is also applied on fruits. Some Ayurvedic medicines also are wrapped in silver foils.
These silver foils are made by hammering thin sheets of silver in middle of booklets made of a bull's intestines. In other words, after slaughtering a bull, quickly his intestines are removed, and sold to the manufacturers of foils. The skins made of old intestines are of no use. Even one-day-old intestines cannot be used, because within a few hours they stiffen. The foil manufacturer removes blood and stools from the intestines, and cuts them into pieces. Then he puts one piece over another, making a booklet out of it. At his home, or in the factory, he puts one silver (or gold) sheet in-between each page. Then he hammers it hard until those metal sheets turn into thin wafers.
The intestines of bulls are so strong, that even repeated hammering do not destroy them, or they do not let the foils move around inside. Because of the hammering, some tissues of the intestine mix with the foils. After that the foil manufacturer sells the bundle of foils to the sweets manufacturers. Some small foil manufacturers sell the foils to the temples. This foil is not only dirty, it also is non-vegetarian. Use of these foils turn sweets into non-vegetarian food. A few years ago Indian Airlines learned about this stopped using them on the sweets served in their planes.