Refrigerate Butter?

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:50 am

Nomad wrote: As opposed to say a hexagon ?

As opposed to an Octagon....fits better in a round dish !;)

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:50 am

Nomad wrote: As opposed to say a hexagon ? :DOooo!

Don't stoop to butter hexes. They are too powerful for all but the most evil!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:54 am

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Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:55 am

Good Lord acc calm down man ! *slap* no one is putting spells on butter, thats just ridiculous. Salmon patties, maybe, butter, never. Pull yourself together......*another slap*

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:58 am

"sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this , fat cat yellow."

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:00 am

Nomad wrote: Good Lord acc calm down man ! *slap* no one is putting spells on butter, thats just ridiculous. Salmon patties, maybe, butter, never. Pull yourself together......*another slap* :DGood. You had me worried for a sec. By the way, do you have to enjoy slapping me so much? *returns a slap*

St Ives · Post by **St Ives** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:11 pm

Am totally gobstopped - I have just read parts of this thread

I had no idea there were so many butter aficionado am impressed

Alfred · Post by **Alfred** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:49 am

truely impressive... this is the first time i've read about cyberslapping.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:02 am

St Ives wrote: Am totally gobstopped - I have just read parts of this thread

I had no idea there were so many butter aficionado am impressed

:yh_youkid You're just buttering us up.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:57 am

Mysteries of bog butter uncovered

Peat cutters often stumble on chunks of butter in the bogs.

Those who live in the countryside of Ireland and Scotland and dig up chunks of peat for fuel have long been familiar with bog butter. While gathering the compressed plant matter, which can be burned in fires, diggers occasionally slice into a white substance with the appearance and texture of paraffin wax.

This is thought to be the remains of food once buried in the bog to preserve it. Waterlogged peat is cool and contains very little oxygen, so it can be used as a primitive kind of fridge.The question is what type of food was buried in the peat. Local lore sometimes says that the waxy stuff is literally the remains of butter. For example, the seventeenth-century English writer Samuel Butler remarked in one of his famous poems that butter in Ireland "was seven years buried in a bog".

........and we thought Twinkes lasted forever.........

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:49 am

I thought it was time for some fun facts............:-6

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:33 am

SOJO, what a GREAT way to inject new life into the BUTTER

thread! We really needed it!!

:-6

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:54 am

Everything you ever wanted to know about BUTTER.....don't look Abby !!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter

"you'll never get a better bit of butter on your knife" - (Country Life Butter)

World annual production !!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:01 am

Does anyone remember (as a kid) holding a buttercup under someones chin to see if they like butter ??

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:26 am

Does anyone remember (as a kid) holding a buttercup under someones chin to see if they like butter ??

Yes, we did this and to see if somebody loved you then you had to blow a dandelion!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:35 am

*picking petals*

He loves me, he loves me not....................

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:53 am

ODE TO THE BUTTER THREAD

.

The day the thread it did start,

So heavy my heart,

I just could'nt believe it was so,

It'll soon fade out,

Then i started to shout,

Let the damn butter thread go.

..

And so it goes on,

On bread and on scone,

Butter posts are still coming in,

Oh please let it go,

And i'll love you all so,

Please send it straight to the bin.

.........._______

...........

.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:02 pm

THATS IT..

I GIVE UP..

YOU LOT WIN..

YOU BUTTER LOVING FREAKS YOU.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:04 pm

Far Rider wrote:

Fill the base with water and the top with butter. Keeps butter fresh and soft, no need for refrigeration. See below for pricing

So there you have it...butter does not have to be refridgerated...:-3

Is that "THE END " then ????:yh_sad

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:39 pm

Keeping it fresh

* Salted Butter can be kept at room temperature for two to three days in warm weather, or for up to ten weeks in the refrigerator

* Unsalted Butter can be kept in the refrigerator for six weeks

* Butter can be kept in the freezer for up to 6 months, but might lose a bit of its flavour.

Soften it up

* There are lots of quick ways to soften frozen or refrigerated butter:

* Cut butter into small pieces, and set it on a plate over a bowl of hot water

* Beat butter with an electric mixer

* Roll butter with a rolling pin between two sheets of waxed paper

* Heat it in the microwave - but keep your eye on it - it doesn't take long

* Grate frozen blocks of butter to quickly soften

* Melt butter carefully in a double boiler over medium heat

Part of a healthy diet

* 1 tbsp of butter has only 33 mg of cholesterol.

* Butter contains healthy micronutrients:

* Butter contains conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Research indicates that CLA in the diet may reduce levels of body fat, and may also act as potential cancer inhibitor

:p

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:41 pm

www.bunsofbutter.com/factssong.html

50 Facts about Butter Song

Come for a ride and learn about butter

Get fit and learn a lot... all about butter.

Butter... Fifty Facts About Butter.

Butter.... fifty facts about butter!!

Butter was discovered by Arabs on their travels

flasks of milk got shaken up by the motions of their camels

This shaking made a glob of fat rise up to the top.

The start of spreadable goodness that we like a lot-

And they made butter....

Fifty facts about butter!

Fifty facts about, fifty facts about butter!!

Butter was used for medicine and for treating burns.

Also used for hair... making styles that made heads turn.

Today butter is made from pure pasteurized cream,

It gets churned up and separates into buttermilk and that dream....

Butter,

oh,oh Butter.

Fifty facts about, fifty facts about butter!

The pioneers used paper for their housesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ windows,

they coated it with butter making it see-through donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t ya know.

This buttery paper windows framed the settlers first view.

Making buttery visions of a world that was new.

They looked through butter!

Woah, woah, butter!

Fifty facts about, fifty facts about butter!!

(Break- Facts Read OUT LOUD about butter)

In America, the first cows came in sixteen fifty-three

and with their arrival came AmericaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s butter dream.

The milk was used for food, for cooking in many ways.

The butter was seen as special, eaten only on holidays,

They saved their butter,

woah, yum, butter.

Fifty facts about, Fifty facts about butter.

Charles the Second payed artists with great butter skill.

They made statues of butter, through perserverance and hard will.

These butter sculptures were displayed, near the palacesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ front doors,

Showing all the land what butter could be used for-

They made art of butter-

oh, yeah butter.

Fifty facts about, fifty facts about butter.

The U.S. makes one billion pounds of butter in a year.

If you watch butter melt, you will watch it turn clear.

The farmers collect cowmilk, which sits for several hours a day,

Up floats the cream which is shaken, and turns to butter on the way.

We love the butter-

oh, yum fun butter.

Fifty facts about, fifty facts about butter.

Butter in your fridge is fresh for a month or so,

Butter in the freezer, can be stored for four months did ya know.

One teaspoon of butter has four grams of fat weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve learned,

When making your own butter, you can use a jar or a churn.

Make butter!

Song Information:

Written by Kristen BaumliÃƒ©r.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:49 pm

:yh_rotfl I had no idea butter had such a following ouside of this Garden. :p

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:02 pm

Why did the boy throw the butter out of the window ?

He wanted to see a butter-fly !

When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:05 pm

Everybody's warming to butter, which of course is causing it to melt and spread to other threads.

It's a slippery problem, but one I think we can handle. :yh_bigsmi

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:06 pm

Bez wrote:

When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system.

Thats' BRILLIANT!! :yh_clap

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:11 pm

Waiter! Waiter! There's a fly in the butter.

Yes, sir. It's a butterfly.

Have you heard the joke about the butter?

A: I won't tell. You might spread it!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:12 pm

Jenny, i'm very surprised you missed this one..:rolleyes:

Cork Butter Museum

Situated in the historic Shandon area of Cork city, the Cork Butter Museum records and exhibits the heritage of dairying in Ireland and the history of Cork's famous Butter Exchange, which operated between 1770 and 1924. The Museum has three exhibition galleries, covering the origins of dairying in Ireland, the origins and development of the Cork Butter Exchange and the traditional craft of butter-making. A documentary of the revival of the Irish dairy industry in the 1960's, through the branding of "Kerrygold" and the impact of the EU, concludes the exhibition.

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:20 pm

Jenny, i'm very surprised you missed this one..

Hi Abbey

I know and it's just around the corner from us near the famous shandon bells which I was too lazy to climb to see

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:22 pm

Far Rider wrote: I clean grease form resteraunts... every kitchen Ive been in has a pot of melted butter continuously heated on a back burner over a pilot light...

I wonder if the just add to it or dump it out each morning and start new? :-3mmmmm....i wonder.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:25 pm

jennyswan wrote: Hi Abbey

I know and it's just around the corner from us near the famous shandon bells which I was too lazy to climb to see :)Then i think as you seem to be a butter aficionado, you should set forth and take pictures of said museum.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:27 pm

Far Rider wrote: I clean grease form resteraunts... every kitchen Ive been in has a pot of melted butter continuously heated on a back burner over a pilot light...

I wonder if the just add to it or dump it out each morning and start new? :-3

I think it's called 'Clarified Butter' and is for sauteing ...frying...

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:29 pm

Then i think as you seem to be a butter aficionado, you should set forth and take pictures of said museum.

I will add this to my tasks for the week

http://www.activate.ie/sites/corkcityli ... museum.htm

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:34 pm

Bez wrote: I think it's called 'Clarified Butter' and is for sauteing ...frying...Far, next time you see some, taste it & let us know. Then it'll be clarified for us, too.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:38 pm

Far Rider wrote: hmmmm well whats that stuff floating in it then? it dont look so clear to me?

seriously I should start a thread on kitchen practices... some of the things ive seen would knock yer socks off!

They skim the 'floaty stuff ' off...that's what makes it 'clarified'

Start your thread then far.....need my socks knocked off !:-3

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:44 pm

Far Rider wrote: I butter not...!:D

You'd butter had !:)

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:41 pm

So i take it that this is the end of the bane of FG?

I am so sad i'm crying..........

with glee.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:50 pm

Bane? :-2

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:06 pm

Hey, we're coming back around this is great! A few pages back we went

through the clarified bit!!

:yh_rotfl

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:07 pm

valerie wrote: Hey, we're coming back around this is great! A few pages back we went

through the clarified bit!!

:yh_rotflCould you post a link please, just for clarification?

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:12 pm

Page 12, Post #111!!

HEEE I found it!!

I found it I found it!!

Happy dance, happy dance!!

:yh_giggle :yh_dance