# An Ode To Butter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 30, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505 "2011-03-30T13:29:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505/21 "2011-03-31T15:43:59Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> _Remarkably_ easy. A few days ago we were making waffles but had no butter. I dimly remembered making butter in grade school, had some heavy cream on hand, so figured I’d give it a shot. Just ten minutes a touch of experimentation later (started in a blender, then moved to hand mixer and a couple different sized bowls), and there was awesome buttery goodness in the house–so simple!!

Sure, it’s easy, but I’ve never found homemade butter to be better than the stuff I can buy. I guess if you have access to a good dairy, it might be different.

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**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505/22 "2011-03-31T16:02:48Z")

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I’ve managed to make my bruschetta incredibly unhealthy and heavenly by frying the bread in butter first until it’s brown and crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, then topping with the bruschetta mixture. It’s divine.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505/23 "2011-03-31T19:23:01Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Sure, it’s easy, but I’ve never found homemade butter to be better than the stuff I can buy. I guess if you have access to a good dairy, it might be different.

Ah, and I see from a link to **Drain Bead’s** [food blog](http://www.eatevolved.com/) in the thread on helping stave off the hunger pangs of dieting that access to a good dairy is indeed the case.

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**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505/24 "2011-04-01T02:36:20Z")

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In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539341) I related my experience with people who somehow don’t know the difference between butter and margarine. They are not the same thing, it’s amazing that it even needs to be said.

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**Author:** ![SarahFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SarahFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahFox)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505/25 "2011-04-01T02:45:29Z")

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I love butter!

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ode-to-butter/576505/26 "2011-04-01T02:56:57Z")

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> [@Drain\_Bead](#):
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> Making your own butter is remarkably easy, too.

Hehe /gutterbrain.

But seriously, butter is the fat of the gods.

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