Butter

The borders between different kinds of dairy products become blurrier every time I enter a supermarket. Now they´ve started selling butter mixed with yogurt. What´s next? Camembert with 45% sourcream? Low-fat clotted cream? cream cheese with frozen yogurt?

Used to be we thought it was good for burns. Now we know to run cold water on the burn, or just go stand in a cold shower (for a large one).

Used to be we thought it was good for us to eat, made us strong and healthy. We colored margarine just so it would look more like butter. Now we know it (when taken with lots more of the average U.S. diet, which is killing us all by the way) puts a lot of strain on the heart.

Poor butter! It still tastes good on biscuits.

butter is the lubricant of the gourmet's soul

»Butter-side down.« Bette sighed as she stared at the last slice of bread in the house.

butter is sweet, salty, and it tastes great on popcorn, pancakes, biscuits, bread... oh screw it I don't care what they say. I like butter.

Once a member of the german parliament (Bundestag) asked for »Butter bei die Fische« (Add some butter to the fish!). This word became famous. It means that someone shall tell the whole truth.

Frank Leigh Dearie dreams of viscid empty
spaces, dank rooms, and pastry brushes
poised to paint the windshield of the real
with melted butter.