Cathy, ghee is merely clarified butter. It's the basic animal fat in Indian and some other Asian cuisines, because it keeps two days longer than forever in the heat.
Jglass, you're either going to have to go to Ashland (or, more likely, Huntington), or come to Lexington to find any of those things. Other than Mexican, Walmart---even the superstores---doesn't have much of an ethinic or exotic selection.
You'd be surprised what some of the cities have in the way of specialty markets. But you have to really search them out, ask a lot of questions, and explore ethnic neighborhoods. I've been doing that in Lexington the past several years, and am always being surprised at discovering a new place that's been there a dozen years.
Alternatively, almost everything you can imagine is available on-line. Many of the newer ethnic cookbooks have on-line sources listed. You can spend a few hours at, say, Borders or Barnes & Nobel, making notes. Then go to it. Don't even have to buy the books.
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