butter season
Sep. 28th, 2009 12:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisWith the cool weather comes butter season. I love a thin coating of butter on my sandwiches. I love butter melting into english muffin crannies. Heck, I love cinnamon toast where you pour cinnamon and sugar over butter that's all melted on the toast.
In the summer, the butter has to live in the fridge. Cold and hard and not at all user friendly. Yeah I can and do use it but not as much and not without bitching.
In the winter, however, the butter lives in my french butter keeper on the counter. not exactly like these but close enough so you know what I'm talking about. It's always spread ready. YUM! Today marks the day that starts butter season in my house. The butter is in its keeper on the counter.
Last night, I watched a PBS special of 3 Julia Child shows. One was from her very early years and one was from years later and the third was in the middle and they were GREAT. I'd forgotten just how good she was and why we watched her. Today's shows don't really hold a candle. She was so human and funny and practical. She did not assume you knew how exactly to crack an egg for an omelet. She talked about why using a cheap pan was often better than the fancy expensive cookware. And she used an electric stove.
And she put butter on everything. And she never washed her hands. She was just terrific.
Bon Appetite!!
In the summer, the butter has to live in the fridge. Cold and hard and not at all user friendly. Yeah I can and do use it but not as much and not without bitching.
In the winter, however, the butter lives in my french butter keeper on the counter. not exactly like these but close enough so you know what I'm talking about. It's always spread ready. YUM! Today marks the day that starts butter season in my house. The butter is in its keeper on the counter.
Last night, I watched a PBS special of 3 Julia Child shows. One was from her very early years and one was from years later and the third was in the middle and they were GREAT. I'd forgotten just how good she was and why we watched her. Today's shows don't really hold a candle. She was so human and funny and practical. She did not assume you knew how exactly to crack an egg for an omelet. She talked about why using a cheap pan was often better than the fancy expensive cookware. And she used an electric stove.
And she put butter on everything. And she never washed her hands. She was just terrific.
Bon Appetite!!
