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I like to grate the frozen butter more than I like to eat the biscuits, more than I like doing most things.

I like the butter most in states of least resistance, when it is content enough to forgo spitting, when it reshapes itself as easily as one would step out of a silken, pale yellow slip. Whish.

I understand the butter most when it hides in the flour, turns itself into a crumble. I like how my fingers recognize it when even my eyes can’t.

I like my biscuits hot from the oven, with tall ungainly layers that give them a lean.

I like to lean back and let the warm heat smoke butter-scented curls into the air, while a small pat fountains blessing just below. I applaud its everything, the air dance, the pour, and the hidden work most.

The hidden work most.


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27 responses to “buttered”

  1. Johnny Crabcakes Avatar

    Why ever would you apologize about anything having anything to do with butter. One of the best things in life. Ever. And nothing beats a good crumble……except maybe a good Gooey Butter Cake…..

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Mmm butter cake. Definitely one of my favorite things, haha 😀

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      1. Johnny Crabcakes Avatar

        Ah, but have you ever had Gooey Butter Cake? It’s kind of a local thing. Most people outside of The Lou have never heard of it…..but maybe that’s changing….

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        1. rarasaur Avatar

          Just googled it! It looks amazing. I’ve added ingredients to my list since I need to try this pronto! 😀

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          1. Steven Avatar

            (to be clear, that reaction was because I also just googled the gooey butter cake. Noms!)

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  2. Johnny Crabcakes Avatar

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooey_butter_cake

    It really is pretty damned special. I have literally made myself sick from eating it and not knowing when (or how) to stop….

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      I’m so excited I made a squeee sound at the screen. 😀

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      1. Johnny Crabcakes Avatar

        Just be careful….it’s like funnel cakes at a carnival…a little goes a long way… 😉

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        1. rarasaur Avatar

          It’s a holiday weekend, I’m supposed to eat till I’m questioning all my life choices. 😀

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      2. Johnny Crabcakes Avatar

        And don’t get in the Monkey Cages right after….

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        1. rarasaur Avatar

          I worked with monkeys before, so that’s a mistake I could never be too hyped on sweets to make. They’re adorable little menaces.

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  3. Anyes - Far Away in the Sunshine Avatar

    Reading this late at night, got me salivating and thinking of butter…

    I am now remembering the buttercream icing covering that Christmas log I baked as a young child. The cake got overcooked. Can you guess who ate ALL of the buttercream icing?

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Mmmm buttercream frosting. Sounds like a delightful Christmas 🙂

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      1. Anyes - Far Away in the Sunshine Avatar

        Christmasses were filled with cousins, aunts uncles and food an enormous amount of food. Food in our house equated love, so in a peculiar way I can know see we were loved.

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        1. rarasaur Avatar

          I get this. Love isn’t always the shape we need it to be, but I’m glad you still spotted it. ❤

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          1. Anyes - Far Away in the Sunshine Avatar

            It is still a work in progress and I am learning that for all intents and purposes everyone did to the best of their capacities. There is peace in understanding that. I am slowly getting there (((hugs)))

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            1. rarasaur Avatar

              ❤️❤️❤️

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  4. Steven Avatar

    Mmm, butter.

    I love buttered toast, but I never remember to leave the butter out so it’s spreadable. The end result is I usually have one glob of butter on a shredded slice of toast that couldn’t handle the cold butter.

    Tragedy!

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Buttered toast is so good. A classic. You can just leave your butter out all the time and then it stays ready. 🙂 Alternatively, you could grate your butter onto your toast. 🤣 I know you didn’t ask for help problem solving this, I just apparently have many butter thoughts.

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      1. Steven Avatar

        I’m “grate-ful” for the suggestion.

        I’ll see myself out. 😀

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  5. DiAnne Ebejer Avatar

    Now I am hungry for biscuits and butter! Thank You! 😍

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  6. Toluwalogo Avatar
    Toluwalogo

    The hidden work most💝

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  7. nerdywordybirdy Avatar

    Sauteeing onions and garlic in butter is one of my favorite smells of all time.

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  8. Deepika Avatar
    Deepika

    I usually made ghee out of unsalted butter. I put the sticks in a vessel, switch on the stove and loved to watch the butter sticks melt slowly.

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    1. rarasaur Avatar

      Yes! So mesmerizing.

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  9. Delicate and brutal Avatar

    You have my mouth watering for hot biscuits with melted butter 😍

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