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churned violence against cream, weaponized into the reason everything tastes better
means A soft yellow fatty food made by churning milk or cream, spread on bread and used in cooking.
from From Old English butere, borrowed early from Latin butyrum, which the Romans took from Greek boutyron — usually read as 'cow cheese' (bous, 'cow' + tyros, 'cheese'), though some suspect the Greeks themselves borrowed the word from a Scythian or other steppe tongue and dressed it up in Greek clothing. The dairy traveled with the word across Europe.
- origin
- Likely discovered by accident in a jostled animal-skin bag
- sculpture medium
- State fairs carve life-sized cows from it
- melting point
- Just below human body temperature, hence mouth magic
- ancient currency
- Tibetans paid taxes and tributes in butter
- bog treasure
- Centuries-old butter found buried, still technically edible
cultured butter — french butter with higher fat content (82-86%) and tangy flavor from lactic acid fermentation
kerrygold irish butter — grass-fed butter from ireland with deep yellow color and rich flavor
european-style butter — butter with 86% butterfat vs standard 80%, popular in baking