Butter: Comforting, Delicious, Versatile - Over 130 Recipes Celebrating Butter

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I haven’t used this resource before, but I have used a region-specific suicide prevention resource before. It didn’t fix everything, but it got me started down the road to getting help. Taking that first step and fighting those thoughts and feelings is hard: take it from the human who struggles with suicidal thoughts and ideation almost daily. You can get help. Reaching out to friends and loved ones was helpful for me, but it turns out I needed more help; I’m seeing both a therapist and a psychiatrist now. I’m still self-conscious about it honestly. Am I better? Yes. Am I fixed? No. And that’s okay. As with all things, dealing with suicidal thoughts and ideation is a journey; no straight lines to recovery here. But it’s okay to need help. Just stay alive, beautiful being. Okay? So my attitude meant that Butter and I didn't connect right away - in the beginning, I'll admit I was a little grossed out by how much he eats and by how he insists that it's not his fault. But after a while, he grew on me. As the story progresses, we get to see behind the facade, to read about his insecurities and all his troubles, and those did make me feel for him. It was eye-opening to see how every single aspect of his life is affected by his weight. His character growth is tremendous, and towards the end, I really grew to love Butter. Butter is a great character; so much more than what he seems to be. I just wish we'd gotten to know some more about his past, about how he turned into this 400-pound kid. I've mixed feelings about this book. As soon as I read the blurb, I wanted to get my hands on Butter. I expected a powerful, emotional novel and I'll admit, the writing's actually pretty good but sadly, the protagonist, Butter, pissed me off. I'm not sure how I can love a book when I don't like the main guy in it. I was expecting this book to be disturbing and heart-breaking and all around an incredible read, but it was a total letdown.

This is the opening paragraph. If that isn't enough to catch someone's attention, then I don't know what else would. Thankfully, I put aside any hasty negative assumptions and read up on homemade butter. As it turns out, it’s simple to make if you have a stand (or hand) mixer, a blender, or a food processor. Within about 10 minutes, you can turn cream into solid butter. If you were thinking that a book about a kid eating himself to death and live-streaming it would be stupid, you were right; good catch. Probably one you can judge by the description.Butter is, at times, horrifying and, quite frankly, disgusting. (Seriously, the scene describing how Butter got his name made me want to never eat again.) But it also tells a hopeful, honest, beautiful story. There are scenes that'll break your heart, and there are scenes that'll put a smile on your face. It's not an easy book to read, but I highly recommend it. He's also crushing on a girl from his school called Anna, but she'd never talk to him if she knew who he really was so he uses fake online identity called JP, claiming to be a boy from a nearby high school, and gets into an online relationship with her. Butter is a morbidly obese 423-pound (30 stone) teenager who lives and goes to high school in Arizona. He knows everyone at his high school hate the sight of such an obese teenager (but perhaps not as much as he hates it himself) and after an incident in the cafeteria with the girl of his dreams and the school bully, Butter comes up with the idea to live stream his final meal on the Internet, for all to watch as he eats himself to death. Little did Butter know that it would make him incredibly popular within the school to the point where he can finally enjoy his life. But with the looming deadline, he knows it can't last – whether the other kids believe he'll follow through with the suicide or not.

Apparently much of it was sold to England around the turn of the century, which earned all American butter a bad reputation and caused the English to seek out Canadian butter imports. (85)I think the story has an interesting concept but I would NEVER let a teenager read this… I don’t know why this is a YA book (that’s insane in my opinion but anyways) I truly feel bad for Butter because no one should ever be treated as horribly as he had been….. but the catfishing is just not it. You've got the ultimate larder”, he says. “Whether it's fruit, potatoes or seafood. I'm very jealous”. Elapsed time: This may vary quite a bit depending on the blender you use; my Ninja took about 6 minutes.

It features 130 sweet and savoury recipes including truffle butter brioche, rum baba, langoustine with roast lemon butter, waffles with whipped pecan maple butter, rhubarb custard bread and butter pudding, and ribs with liquorice butter glaze. Ancient Sumerians offered up gifts of butter at temple in honor of the "powerful fertility goddess Inanna, protector of the seasons and harvest," she writes. You decide to COMPLETELY ignore your son, but then when he’s in the hospital YOU DECIDE TO TALK TO HIM LIKE THE NEGLECT WASN’T ONE OF THE REASONS YOUR SON TRIED TO END HIS OWN LIFE?!?!?!?

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He doesn’t take butter for granted though, simply because there are so many different types out there and so many ways butter can be used to make delicious foods. ‘There are certain things you can’t just use supermarket butter to make, like croissants and pain au chocolat, you’ve got to use ones that are low in moisture,’ he explains. ‘There is a whole world out there when it comes to butter. You’ve got big factory made ones, but you’ve also got the artisans who produce way better stuff. If you think you’re going to make butter out of that 1/4 cup of heavy cream leftover from making Never-Fail Biscuits, think again. It’s difficult to make butter from anything less than about 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces, 340g) of cream; most full-size mixers and food processors simply don’t like dealing with small amounts of liquid. And with the yield of butter from cream ranging from about 35% to 50% (tops) by weight, it’s frankly not worth the effort (even if you do manage it) to start with a cup or less of cream and end up with just 6 or 7 tablespoons of homemade butter.

What was I expecting from this? Pity? Attention? Would it have some dramatic impact? Or would I just come off as some pathetic crybaby?”

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Cleverly balancing darkness and light, this is a unique young adult novel which takes an unflinching look at the isuses of bingeing, overeating, depression and suicide. Lange's portrayal of both Butter and his popular classmates is always complex, sensitive and nuanced, and she writes compellingly about the challenges faced by contemporary teens - in particular the problems of internet bullying, and the tensions between online and 'real-life' identities. Bold and striking, Butter is a powerful and courageous novel that is certain to leave readers with plenty to think about. The second half of the book, discussing the homogenization of the industry, and in fact the industrialization of the industry, started to lose my attention a bit. Part two of the book is a collection of recipes. Apart from the obvious recipe of “how to make butter”, Khorsrova has also collected a range of recipes that allow you to bake and cook with butter. Each recipe comes with a chatty preface that tells you more about the dish and what type of butter you should be using. I am honestly tempted to get a copy of this book just for this section because many of the recipes (such as the lemon curd and the scones) sound fantastic. It’s clear that James’ passion for butter is unwavering, from its simplest form to the incredible dishes which can be created using it. He tells us that another favourite recipe of his which uses butter at the heart of the dish is The Apple – a dessert which is made with butter and ice cream and looks just like an apple. It’s dish that has become one of the most popular dessert dishes at his restaurant, The Kitchen. Whilst many have wondered why James hasn’t brought this book out sooner, some may question why he would write a book about butter in the first place. ‘I’ve never done trends, and because everyone else follows everyone else, sometimes it’s right to question whether to follow, or to make your own path. Sometimes you have to say “I believe in this, this is what I want to do”, and so I’m not really into trends – they come and go, whereas good food is here to stay.’