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Yehoshua greased the baking dish for some homemade cinnamon rolls yesterday. When I told him that he actually hadn't needed to butter the handles of the dish, just up the sides, he explained, "But Mommy, your bread gets really high and goes over the top!" True... but not for cinnamon rolls. ;)
As a side note, the butter around here is shaped wrong. Seriously! It's in fat little sticks and I have already caught myself over-buttering my toast. My butter dish is also now only half full when I put a fresh stick on it -- but the butter touches the lid!??!! :)
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OOOHH, BUT...
OOOHHH, BUT you have TILLAMOOK butter! How I miss Tillamook...
(I'm a militarily-transplanted Oregonian...) :)
-Jamie in TN
butter
I never would have thought to ask about this, but what is your opinion of the difference between butter or margarine? I never have known really what is best. I guess one is supposed to be more healthy, but I honestly dont know. I would love to hear what you have to say on this.
definitely butter!
So, I'm not Tammy, but I just had to weigh in on this. Butter is AWESOME! Margarine is not. :-) In most instances margarine is much higher in trans fats and it also includes coloring to make it 'look' like butter. Plus, it seems suspicious that the rates of heart disease have climbed as the rates of margarine climbed at the same time and butter fell. Hmm.... Plus I've seen studies showing that margarine is actually what causes the plaque buildup in our arteries.
The way I look at it is this - God didn't make mistakes when he made the cows/goats/etc. He knew what he was doing and formulated it specifically the right way. Man on the other hand.....
http://www.raisingpeanuts.com/2008/07/sweet-cream-vs-cultured.html
Butter vs. margarine...
I always use butter and consider it to be a safe and good oil/fat. :) I couldn't really write a book about it, but there is plenty of info online about why butter is (in my opinion!) better than margarine health-wise... and we take the approach that butter is good (in moderation, of course). :)We also use things like real whipped cream (made from whipping cream, at home) and whole milk... we aren't afraid of real, whole, natural foods/fat... personally I think balance in diet is good and eating real, whole foods (but less of them) is better than eating lowfat/fat-free foods (and consuming more). In the past 6 months I have lost 25 lbs of "baby weight" without changing WHAT we eat -- just less of it and fewer "bad" things like sugary desserts. :)
I am used to spending little more for butter rather than the (cheaper) alternatives, and consider it well worth the price. :) I try to get butter on sale for $2/lb or less in general. :)
So. probably more than you asked for, but that's my long answer! :)
Lynn
Your butter comment is funny. I grew up in Oregon. When I moved to Oklahoma, I thought that the long skinny sticks were funny. Why butter is shaped different I don't know. But it is funny.
Butter
How funny! I've seen the fat, thick butter sticks on other food blogs on the web. I always think it looks cool in the picture. Maybe they make different shaped butter dishes for the west coast?
You can find the brands that
You can find the brands that are long skinny sticks around here if you look hard enough. Unfortunately they tend to be the pricier ones. I usually buy organic butter at Costco and it's the long skinny sticks. But it really is an east coast/west coast thing.
make your own?
You can make your own and then shape it to the exact size of your dish!
I just did this the other day and it tastes fabulous!
http://thelifeofamommy.com
Have a blessed day
Mandi
wow
I never knew butter came in any other shape unless you bought in bulk!!! I guess down here in texas we like our skinny sticks!!!
Butter
Here in Ontario, Canada, I have never seen butter in sticks. We get it in a 1lb block (about 5inches long by 2.5 inches high and wide...that make sense?) Prob about the size of the box that you get your 4 sticks in.
Make sure and take a trip
Make sure and take a trip (or few) to the Oregon Coast. It's beautiful and only 4 or 5 hours away. When you go drive through Tillamook and stop at the Cheese Factory. It's fun to watch them make cheese and you can eat cheese (particularly squeeky cheese- cheese curds) and icecream!
You're so funny
You are too funny. Glad you are settling in nicely, except for the butter shape controversy.
That is funny!
I forgot that in the midwest they were shaped different!
Welcome to the Northwest
There are a few strange things to get used to in the Northwest! Like roses blooming in December, driving over the mountain ranges to escape the heat of the valley only to be greeted by 50F weather, and of course, the butter. My husband is from Oregon, and I'm from Wisconsin. When we were dating long distance, I came out for a visit and I was going to make him cookies. I measured out the sticks of butter thinking they were half sticks, and he started to laugh and quickly corrected me. We would have had some really fattening cookies! So, every time I look at a stick of butter, I think of that and smile. There are a few differences we still laugh about. He thought it was strange when he first saw "milk in a bag" at my parents' house and he can never get enough of the sledding or building snowmen that is so innate to Midwesterners. :)
This is true...
Ditto! I relocated to the West coast a couple years ago, and I don't use butter, but discovered margarine out here is shaped in fat chunks - just like you described, too. It's weird. I used to be in the Midwest, too, and we had the skinny sticks back there too.
I'm in the Midwest & I
I'm in the Midwest & I didn't know they came any other way but long sticks.
So do they have differently shaped butter dishes there?
Really?!
I thought all butter was the same shape (except for homemade butter at the bulk foods store that's in a cylinder shape). Learned something new today. :) Do they sell butter dishes that are right for that shape of stick? I think you'll need to get a new one. :)
Costco organic butter
Hehe! Your butter comment is so funny. I forgot that we have "funny shaped" butter out here in CA. Costco just recently started carrying organic butter in "skinny sticks." I'm assuming you're near a Costco, so you can stock up on your butter there so you can continue to use your butter dish! :-D
Glad your move went well!
--Jenny in SoCal
one more butter question
Isnt real butter hard to spread as compared to soft margarine, is there some way to make it soft, I guess you could put in the microwave a second or two. what do you do?
Softer butter
When I have time, I like to make this spreadable butter. You can use olive oil instead of canola oil, whatever you like/prefer. :) But usually our butter stays soft enough stored in the butter dish near the stove (winter), on top of the fridge, etc... :)
You can also buy
You can also buy trans-fat-free margarine. That was our compromise. I've tried keeping butter at room temperature, and had it separate/spoil--I don't think we used it fast enough (only two of us here). I've tried making a soft butter spread, but it hardened up in the fridge, which kind of defeated the purpose. :p So we cook with real butter and keep a tub of "healthy" margarine in the fridge.
Butter in Guam
I am from the East Coast, and that is where we live now, but when we lived in Guam, our butter was short and fat. The stores in Guam got everything shipped from the West Coast, so I assumed that is how it was shaped on the WC. I guess I was right!
I wonder where the dividing line is!
Been there
When we moved from CA to KC five years ago, I was freaked out by the skinny sticks. But, you get used to it. Now that we're back in CA, I'm freaked again. My father-in-law who used to work in a dairy said that in the West they are "cubes;" the skinny ones are considered "sticks."
If you buy the cheaper butter at Costco, it comes in a 4-lb block that you can cut into any shape you want. ;)
on the east coast we have fat butter
We can get both out here I like the skinny ones myself. The fat ones do not fit in my butter dish exactly... But the fatter sticks are always called " hotel butter" What that means I don't know. Does anyone?
Sue
butter
Hi Tammy - glad your move went well. I too have trouble with the shape of the butter. I'm sure you already know this tip but I thought I would check. Extend your butter by whipping it with 1/2 c. room temp water. I store it in a 1 cup bowl in the fridge. It soft enough right out of the fridge. It takes a little practice but it doubles the butter and my family uses way less when buttering bread! Enjoy your knew home
On the subject of butter.....
I have been trying to use it more in baking, which is the only thing I use margarine in ever anymore, but the butter seems to not soften well unless you leave it out for long periods of time before hand. I soften in the microwave generally, but still it does not soften evenly and I still end up with some that does not mix well. Any ideas?
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