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Thread ID: 120155 2011-08-27 11:35:00 Food - English/French food have a lot of butter? Nomad (952) PC World Chat
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1226558 2011-08-27 11:35:00 I enjoy a bit of cooking and I just wondered . . . all the cookbooks I read ask for a lot of butter .

Not baking stuff but even thou - while butter vs fat dripping, they still have more other stuff like diary products . However with fusion cooking, I see that other cultures have incorporated more dairy into their diet .

For the typical foods . Scrambled eggs asked for a few cubes of butter . Steak ask for it too . Mashed potatoes - same . Butter is added to soup to make it smooth . Mayonnaise or ice cream is basically made of egg yolks .


Staying more on the green side, we have a lot of stir frys or steamed foods . Dessert that have tofu or beans .
Nomad (952)
1226559 2011-08-27 21:40:00 French does yes.

Old cookbooks would state butter. Nowdays you're supposed to use the trendy olive oil.

I use it for some things but not others. Stirfries - no. Nor olive oil actually.
Steak, yes. Mash, yes.
pctek (84)
1226560 2011-08-27 23:10:00 Just a question, if you know. I know souffles are supposed to be puffed up and it is :D but how is the inside supposed to be like? Is it supposed to be relatively dry, I made banana souffle before, the inside was still very liquid. Could be because it's bananas? I don't know .. Might make chocolate and see how that is like ...

Well yesterday morning just for myself, 5 cubes of butter for breakfast! For the two toasts and in the scrambled eggs and cream. Creme brulee was 3 part cream, 1 part blue (fat) milk and a whole yolk per serving. Glad we don't have dessert regularly.

These are those on BBC that are English/French types ..
Nomad (952)
1226561 2011-08-28 00:11:00 Steak, yes.
Yuck butter when doing a steak.
If you aren't against a little salt sprinkle it on both sides before cooking first at high temp on both sides then lower and in a dry pan. Near the end stir it around the pan to pick up all the lovely juices.
mikebartnz (21)
1226562 2011-08-28 01:21:00 Is butter still available? If so, why? ;-) R2x1 (4628)
1226563 2011-08-28 01:28:00 How the hell do you incorporate butter into steak?

All it needs is a hot plate.
Metla (12)
1226564 2011-08-28 02:25:00 they cook steak with oil and then add butter so it becomes a foam .. :D Nomad (952)
1226565 2011-08-28 04:25:00 JI know souffles are supposed to be puffed up and it is :D but how is the inside supposed to be like? I made banana souffle before, the inside was still very liquid.
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Didn't cook it long enough. Or too high a temp if dry on the outside and runny in the middle.
pctek (84)
1226566 2011-08-28 04:26:00 they cook steak with oil and then add butter so it becomes a foam .. :D

I don't. I put a wee bit of butter in the pan then cook the steaks.
Husband likes it that way.

I don't like steak at all so his choice.
pctek (84)
1226567 2011-08-28 05:20:00 :drool: Hmmm steak Gobe1 (6290)
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