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Questions tagged [butter]

A dairy product made by churning milk to separate the butterfat from other milk components. Questions may involve butter either as an ingredient or as a final dish.

This tag is for both questions about using butter in cooking and about making butter.

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Where can I find yak butter online or in NYC?

I was told by a Nepalese acquaintance that it's not available. Seems unlikely.
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Cream or butter in a pudding

I wish to know what would be the difference between using cream or butter in a pudding. I have never used cream instead of butter and do not even know if maybe both can be used at the same time?
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Do people eat clotted cream AND butter at the same time?

In The Hobbit, Gandalf is described as eating loaves with clotted cream, butter, and honey. I'm familiar with clotted cream, but I always eat it with jam - clotted cream PLUS butter seems excessive. Do people frequently eat these things together?
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I need melted butter

Today I am supposed to make a chocolate mousse for dinner and I need butter (melted).The shops are closed. Can I use vegetable oil instead of melted butter?
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Can I fix butter (for a sauce) after putting too much mustard in?

I'm making sauce for chicken cordon bleu. The butter has shallots, parsley, mustard, salt and pepper. I put too much mustard into the butter. Can I fix this?
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Storing butter for longer than a month

I have had unsalted butter in the fridge for a while and used it from time to time. Now I realize that's it's been there for many, many months. It tastes fine but is it safe to keep it longer than a month?
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Recipe calls for shortening, I want to substitute butter. Do I need to melt the butter?

I am baking bread, and the recipe (from the Bread Bakers Apprentice) calls for shortening. I don't have any in the house and would like to substitute butter. The recipe does not indicate that the shortening needs to be liquid. Should I melt the…
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Creaming methd for cookies. Help?

I heard its a must method for cakes. But is it also a must for cookies? Cakes i understand since it needs to be light and fluffy. But cookies? Like sugar cookies or tuiles?
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Rocky road seized up?

I tried to make rocky road and stuck exactly to the recipe which called for butter and syrup to be added to melted chocolate..but very single time I added the butter to the chocolate it just seized up? It's ended up as very expensive rocky road as I…
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What can I substitute for butter in Alfredo sauce?

While I was cooking a very simple Alfredo sauce today for my lunch, I had already started my sauce before I realized I was out of butter. If this happens again to me in the future, what is a good emergency replacement for butter in a recipe? My…
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Much info on web talks about the percents of fat in butter determine the flavor/aroma of its. Why does all ghee smell the same of nutty aroma?

Do you think only the percents of fat helping to make flavor of butter? Do you think that "milk solid" contributes a major part in the…
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Is buttercream supposed to be piped straight away?

It took me a couple of attempts before I properly beat my butter and made fluffy buttercream for my eclairs (the filling is whipped butter plus condensed milk per my recipe). I put it into the fridge, took it out in a while, it got solid. I loaded…
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Looking for a butter dish with space for spreader

This is a very specific question . I like to keep room temperature butter in a small dish to spread on bread or drop into my cooking. I always keep a knife or spreader nearby that I reuse for the butter; I don't like washing a new knife every single…
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dissolving sugar in chocolate truffels

200g of molten butter, with 1.5 cups of sugar; nearly half an hour of mixing on medium-low heat barely persuaded sugar sand to half-dissolve, with a couple of tablespoons of water poured in. Once 1 cup of milk powder pre-mixed with half a cup of…
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what reasons would you give regarding the unsuitability of butter for deep frying?

If a student brought butter to your class for use for deep frying food, what reasons would you give regarding the unsuitability of butter for deep frying?
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