Winter butter

[susandennis]

I love butter. I actually can believe it's not butter. So real butter. I always have a stick in my butter keeper on the counter. Costco's house brand. I buy 4 boxes of 4 sticks each at a time. From about May through September it stays ready to spread. But, this time of year, it starts getting cold and more difficult to spread easily. Next month, it will be just not practical for spreading. So, I switch to my winter butter.

My winter butter if Kerrygold. It is fairly spreadable no matter how cold. It might even be spreadable right out of the fridge. It's more expensive and hard to find in sticks. I buy the bricks and cut them to fit the butter keeper. Totally worth the extra cost and hassle.

Switching butters is, to me, a key point in moving from summer to winter. It will probably happen when I get to the end of this stick.

And speaking of Stick... ie. After months of letting him languish in the corner, Stickie has now regained favor.



He hasn't gotten to the bringing him to bed stage yet, but it's still fun to see him play with his old, beloved, baby toy.

I sat in on the homeowners board meeting last night via Zoom. I really need to stop doing that. Those people are just amazing and not in a good way. All but one love to hear themselves talk and, except for that one, have nothing to say. The one is, fortunately, the treasurer. She seems to have a great handle on the money and otherwise just shuts the fuck up. The rest just open their mouths and disorganized, thoughtless lava comes out.

Last night the building manager raised an issue with the painting the inside of the elevator doors which was supposed to happen today. He explained that the paint has to dry for 24 hours and the doors cannot be used until it is. "So the painter has to paint from inside the elevator and then can't get out for 24 hours." And the idiots then preceded to discuss this for 30 fucking minutes. Those elevators have been in service now for nearly 30 years and have been painted many times. Never has a painter been stuck in there for 24 hours. But, the current board - none of whom have lived here more than 2 years - cannot wrap their heads around the obvious.

The only good news is that they do not allow anyone except board members to speak during the meeting except for in a designated time at the very end. And, of course, by then, all you want to do is shoot yourself, not talk to them. But the mute situation does prevent me from saying things I may or may not regret but should not say.

I did send a note to the management company this morning reminding them that about 10 years ago when we had a graffiti problem in the elevator, they were repainted several times in one year and it was when Scott was the building manager. So at least I did something. I did not put the next meeting on my calendar. Maybe I can forget to attend.

Today's agenda is finishing the afghan. I will miss working on it, but I'm on the last row.



Then I'll wash it and let it dry flat to set the straight lines and give it a finished look. And move on to one of the bascillion other projects not yet finished OR... start a new one.

Comments

[maju01.livejournal.com]

The rest just open their mouths and disorganized, thoughtless lava comes out. Best piece of description ever!

[susandennis]

:)

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

You neglected to mention whether the painter was currently imprisoned in the elevator watching it dry.

Truly a level of weirdness that makes the Senate sound intelligent.

[susandennis]

Dunno. Elevator is currently out of service due to painting....

Also, hilariously, they hired these elevator painters, apparently, a couple of months ago. Got a bid. Everything set up for yesterday. And then, this truly unsolvable dilemma occurred to them and the building manager for the first time!

On the up side, none of them are doing surgery on humans. That I know of.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Man, that's funny. And good thing for the humans surgery wise.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I love Kerrygold. I had it on my bagel earlier this morning. I love Irish butter in general. You probably already know this but it's softer because it's hand churned.

[legalmoose]

So, your butter story reminded me of these fancy butter knives that are supposed to cut cold butter and make it easier to spread, because they have holes on the edge. So I do a search, and an Amazon option pops up, and I just about scared the cat laughing at the 5th picture on the product page. Enjoy. :)

[susandennis]

OMG. hilarious. But, also funny is that I bought one of those knives on Kickstarter years ago and use it every single day! (it's not that great on cold butter but it is anyway a very handy butter knife - and it's so cheap today - so I bought a backup. Thank you!)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Interesting about the butter. I use Land'o'lakes, but always out of the fridge. I just make sure to put thin slices on hot toast. :)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Our system: We buy four-packs of butter and keep them in the freezer except for one stick "active" and one "on deck" (in case we decide to bake something that requires a major fraction of a whole stick of butter, although we haven't done so in a while), which are kept in the refrigerator. We generally have cocktails at 6:00, and dinner/supper is at 7:00 or later, so when we take out the cheese to go with the cocktails we also take out the "active" butter so that it will be soft enough to spread by suppertime.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, especially since you have a good schedule.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

We have a yummy spreadable butter here that has no additives other than salt. I think they do it by whipping more air in it, so you pay more and get less, but it's totally worth it.

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

I've avoided the homeowner's board meetings as long as I've lived here, about 13 years. As long as the lawn is mowed and the heat is on and everything is well maintained, I'm not going to worry about it too much.