" ¢ Butter has enjoyed a long history all over the world , from Middle Age Parisians being denied the colouration of butter ( in the case of it not being yellow enough ) to American Pioneers multi - task by relieve oneself butter by allowing the motion of the wagons to moil Milk River as they traveled . In fact , by WWII butter was so popular that there were deficit due in part by the Army ’s intake of over 200 million pounds a year !
" ¢ Butter is often see as an indulgence . purportedly the Butter Tower of Rouen , for example , was built from money paid by parishioners in commutation for being able to eat butter during Lent .
" ¢ Beware the butter ! From Brewer ’s Dictionary ofPhrase and Fable : " Before the deceased consistency of a Parsi is removed from the house , the forehead is smeared with clarified butter or ghee , and the dogs of the family are admitted . If the frankfurter or wienerwurst lick the butter , it is a good omen ; if not , it mean perdition . "
" ¢ Margarine is not the only butter - pretender -Witches Butteris the unwashed name for a certain conversant - take care fungus that grows on trees , andBog Butter , rule in Northern Ireland , is a bury ( and sometimes forget ) sort of the stuff to keep up to enhance innate flavour .
" ¢ Speaking of butter - imposter of class bring us to Margarine . Emperor Napoleon III offered a plunder to anyone who could come up with a butter substitute . The winner was Hippolyte Mege - Mouries , a Gallic chemist , who created oleomargarine , a combining of clarified beef cattle fat , water , and a mo of tributyrin ( a Milk River fat ) - yum !
" ¢ The honey - affair was suddenly - lived , however . In 1886 Grover Cleveland signed theMargarine Act , a tax on oleofats . In the early 20th 100 margarine was defined as a harmful drugthanks to the brawny butter lobby , with five states going so far as to dye margarine pink so there would be no mix-up . And of course of study Julia Child magnificently note on her tv set preparation show , " If you ’re afraid of butter , as many people are today , just put in cream!“
" ¢ No matter how you feel about margarine , take the Mental Flossquizand see how you come with these fabulous facts .
" ¢ Butter can also be used as art , like in these beautiful extremely detailedTibetan Butter Sculpturesand also in creation by theButter moo-cow Ladywho , yes , made life - size cows from butter as well as a curious butter carving of The Last Supper .
So how do you Flossers indulge with butter ? Margarine versus Butter ? And has anyone ever made it themselves ? Do tell !
" ˜Dietribes ' appears every other Wednesday . Food photos taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might remember that name from our post about hercolorful diet .
