Entries tagged with 'butter'
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Note: Over the weekend I visited Montreal and thanks to Montreal food blogger Katerine, forgot what it felt like to be hungry. Stay tuned this week for my snapshots from Montreal. [Photographs: Erin Zimmer] Calling a pastry "buttery" seems a little redundant, but the Kouign Amann, is like a croissant multiplied by a stick of butter. Originally from the French region of Bretagne (where it actually translates as "butter cake"), it has that delicate layer thing happening inside kind of like babka, topped with a golden crackly sugar shell. At Patisserie Kouign Amann in the Plateau neighborhood of Montreal, they make warm batches of the namesake pastry all day long. The recipe sounds simple enough: a round of dough with...
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What's inside deep-fried butter balls besides butterfat? Something funky that possesses little boys to break loose and shake it. The Texas State Fair's deep-fried butter (what can't you throw into a deep fryer?) inspires this boy to hunch over and get his boogie on. Are there some sort of deep-fried butter gods controlling his every move? Sure looks like he's under a spell, not to mention the happiest kid ever. The video, after the jump....
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You can almost smell and taste the butter in this video from the Boston Globe. It goes inside the Kate's Homemade Butter "factory"* in Maine, where 3,600-pound-capacity butter churns produce some truly delicious butter. (I know it's delicious because I actually have some in my fridge now.) After seeing the massive quantity of butter in this video I want nothing more than a nice short stack of pancakes slathered with the stuff—along with some Vermont maple syrup to complete the New England theme. [Mondo butterage, after the jump!]...
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Poor Marge. Always living in the shadows of her fattier, creamier predecessor Butter. This video tells the genesis story of the two. For a long time, Marge wasn't even allowed to be misleadingly yellow—some states went as far as making her pink just so everyone was clear on her butter poseur status. There was a really dark period when bootleg "Marj" was for sale. Since this video was created by the Friends of Butter, a group of natural butter enthusiasts, cryptic music plays during Marge's story, while the mood gets bouncier and happier (upbeat piano music and birds chirping) when we learn about the spreadable joys of butter. The video, after the jump....
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Introducing butter water, with 90 percent more butter than regular water. Finally, something to wash down all those butter stick snacks with. The video, after the jump....
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Photograph from Litlnemo on Flickr Butter is one of those things, like yogurt or peanut butter, that most of us would never think of making at home—until you try it and see how mindblowingly easy it is. As a kid, I was fascinated the first time I saw cream transformed into butter. And from that moment on, whenever we had a spare bit of whipping cream, I’d pop it into a Tupperware and shake it until butter grains formed on the lid. Over at Cooking Up A Story, Heather Jones takes a slightly more methodical approach to making her own butter: beating cream in her Cuisinart, carefully rinsing the solids, and churning the clean butter with a potato masher. The...
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Here's something I never thought (and still don't think) I'd ever need: a butter dispenser that turns a stick of butter into long, thin, easily meltable ribbons of dairy fat goodness. Maxspace has all your butter ribbon needs in clear and opaque versions for $14.99. You can even make other shapes besides ribbons. [via DVICE and Book of Joe]...
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The word "butyraceous" has not appeared on Serious Eats...until now. I first saw this word last weekend while playing Cranium with some friends—it's probably the only new thing I learned from the game. My friend and I guessed the correct definition: "like butter." God knows comparisons to butter frequently come up on Serious Eats and in my daily conversations (really, it does); I ought to use this word more often. As should you. Related Food-Related Fake Words in 'Addictionary' New to the Serious Eats Lexicon: 'hautenuts' New Food Words in Latest Merriam-Webster's Dictionary Update...
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Or, 'God Save the Cream' Former Sex Pistol John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), once famous for singing "God Save the Queen," is now credited with saving a brand of British butter. Dairy Crest has hailed an 85 per cent rise in its spreadables business on a leap in its butter sales thanks to John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols.The company said that the jump in sales volumes of its spreadables in the third quarter to December 31, 2008 was helped by its £5 million advertising campaign featuring Mr Lydon's promotion of its Country Life butter. Video, after the jump....
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Kate really loves butter. From Cheeseslave. Anne Marie's daughter Kate loves butter. Really, really loves butter. Like "eat it straight out of the wrapper" loves butter. Kate completely puts my love of butter to shame. Related How to Make Butter Butter Sculptures Gallery Unbelieveable! This Is Not Butter!...
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