Did we discuss Butter Girl from MM?

[papie]

Aug 27, 2014 12:00:22 GMT -5 polarbearfans said:

Aug 27, 2014 6:55:52 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

I'm not packing butter in my suitcase, but really? Have you never used a butter dish? I have been eating unrefrigerated butter for 31 years and am none the worse for wear. Cold butter doesn't spread on bread!

I keep my butter in the fridge, and I don't know anyone who doesn't keep it in the fridge. I will soften a bit in the microwave if having toast or something and want butter. We rarely use butter for anything other than cooking though, and it works fine from the fridge.

I'm ok with salted butter being out for dinner, but I would be uneasy leaving it out for more than a few hours. A cat would probably eat it anyway if left unsupervised lol

That's why they make covers for butter dishes!

[jigsy]

I love butter.

[snipsnsnails]

There is no greater travesty than having all the ingredients ready for grilled cheese, only to discover all the butter is refrigerated and the butter dish is empty!

[orangello]

Full circle (ish?) - I have brought pancake mix with me to the Caribbean. In my defense - my H has celiac, and eggs get boring.

We bought butter there, however...

[Deleted]

Lol at "it will go to waste." People leave food behind in our cabin all the time. The cleaning lady brings it home and eats it.

[CloudBee]

And you can't call it butter if it's not salted!

[CloudBee]

Aug 27, 2014 11:31:20 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

Ftr, I think it is flat out crazy to pack butter!

But, butter girl is one of my best friends ever and while she's going to stay at a condo at a resort in the Bahamas, I'm staying on an air mattress in my parents' house. Someone got the better financial sense in this friendship and it ain't snips. LOL. :-p

But the corn cup was genius!

[cville]

Aug 27, 2014 13:09:05 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

And you can't call it butter if it's not salted!

Listen, you do you, but I'm calling unsalted butter . . . BUTTER.

Rich, creamery butter.

[CloudBee]

Aug 27, 2014 13:13:28 GMT -5 @gracechen said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:09:05 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

And you can't call it butter if it's not salted!

Wait, what? I haven't heard of this before. Isn't butter that's not salted just called unsalted butter, or does it have some other special name?

[thebreakfastclub]

Aug 27, 2014 13:14:01 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Aug 27, 2014 9:52:10 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

I'm not even 100% sure what the recipe for pancakes is.

/underinvested

Um, Bisquick.

I assumed this was a from-scratch breakfast treat.   That's how I would hope to roll in my Bahamian condo, at least.  

[CloudBee]

DH just texted me that I should change all of my SNs to "TravelsWithButter".

[hisno1girl]

.

[thebreakfastclub]

Aug 27, 2014 11:03:43 GMT -5 @this said:

Aug 27, 2014 9:52:10 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

I'm not even 100% sure what the recipe for pancakes is.

/underinvested

I had to google it. All I know is Bisquick + water.

Or Bisquick + milk + egg if you get the fancy kind. (Or is the one where you just add water the "fancy kind"? lol)

Bisquick + luggage search = potential Locked Up Abroad episode

[bronxgirl]

Aug 27, 2014 13:05:36 GMT -5 elle said:

Lol at "it will go to waste." People leave food behind in our cabin all the time. The cleaning lady brings it home and eats it.

This was covered on MM, too. HOW DO YOU KNOW THE PREVIOUS RENTERS DIDN'T POISON THE LEFTOVER FOOD??? it's amazing your cleaning lady is alive.   She's quite a risktaker. 

[Booze Raccoon]

I feel you serenity. Your disdain for Coldplay aside. I'm happy you're finding your voice.

[pantsparty]

Aug 27, 2014 15:07:17 GMT -5 @jezebel said:

Aug 27, 2014 12:21:50 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

There is no greater travesty than having all the ingredients ready for grilled cheese, only to discover all the butter is refrigerated and the butter dish is empty!

This is when I learned that mayo works just as well, if not better.

You're a monster.

[psychmom]

Aug 27, 2014 12:21:50 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

There is no greater travesty than having all the ingredients ready for grilled cheese, only to discover all the butter is refrigerated and the butter dish is empty!

I buy magical butter that when applied to heat, dissolves and makes whatever else that joins the heat festivities crisp and gold.

Translation: Butter melts and crisps bread in the pan.

[kimibrighteyes]

Aug 27, 2014 9:02:18 GMT -5 papie said:

Aug 27, 2014 9:01:25 GMT -5 @ygmg said:

Lol! I use sour cream and jam. Adding butter wouldn't make sense.

Weirdo!!!!

And the only thing that goes on pancakes is maple syrup.

People, you are doing it wrong! The best thing to put on pancakes is Nutella (and then some fruit if you really want to make it healthy).  Nutella would travel well in a suitcase.

[snickers]

hahaha, that sounds like something my grandmother would do. She takes cheap to a whole new level!

[Deleted]

Aug 27, 2014 17:28:11 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

Aug 27, 2014 13:05:36 GMT -5 elle said:

Lol at "it will go to waste." People leave food behind in our cabin all the time. The cleaning lady brings it home and eats it.

This was covered on MM, too. HOW DO YOU KNOW THE PREVIOUS RENTERS DIDN'T POISON THE LEFTOVER FOOD??? it's amazing your cleaning lady is alive.   She's quite a risktaker. 

She eats it from ALL the homes she cleans. And that's a lot of houses. I bet she has a grocery bill of $0. Just think of what her portfolio must look like.

Fuck it. I'm not going to lie. I even eat stuff people leave behind. Not from the refrigerator, because our cleaning lady takes those, but I have certainly mixed myself some hot coco with left over packets. Living on the edge man.

If OP was really MM she would go bang on doors of people departing the condos to ask if they have left over butter.

[sushi]

Why make pancakes when you can have sweet rolls? They're the first thing we pick up when we visit our Bahamian family. Yum! Kerry gold is actually cheaper there than here and delicious on their bread (it's almost like Hawaiian sweet rolls).

We do bring them tons of meat, though. That's what they find the most cost prohibitive, although they're on the out islands, not Nassau.

Damn. Now I miss peas and rice and cracked conch. I'd rather have that for breakfast