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Why anybody would go to the trouble to mess with a stick of hard-ass butter is beyond my wildest thoughts. Why? Why mess with hard butter when the wonders of soft whipped easily spreadable margarine awaits?
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Want to make a groovy grilled cheese sandwich? Mighty-tasty stuff!!! Easily done with softened margarine. No waiting for melting butter. Want something on top of those hot green beans or mashed potatoes? A dollop of soft margarine works fine for me. If you are one of those high-class folks living on the good side of town maybe your finickiness demands butter. Fine. As you try to cut off a hunk from that hard-ass butter stick I hope you cut your finger off. Well, not really but if you are high-falutin’ folk what are you doing reading a down-to-Earth common persons’ blog such as this? Maybe you are out slumming, rubbing shoulders with the lower classes. Fine. Do so. But go away and don’t forget that the folks that keep the USA operating on a daily basis are often eking out a meager living eating the dregs the elite class allows to trickle down. Enjoy your damn butter. Stuff is too damn expensive anyway. Thank goodness for 3-pound Country Crock whipped margarine when it is on sale to sate the gustatory lusts of the common folks.
That’s another disadvantage of hard-ass sticks of butter. Too damn expensive!!! Inflation is hammering the lower classes. Food costs are stretching our meager budgets to the breaking point. For those of you facing homelessness due to rising rents forcing you to confront a possible horrid reality of being forced to live in a homeless shelter . . . IF there is one in your area and IF they allow you to live there long-term one of my other blogs offers advice for those facing homelessness or are already homeless. My best advice is to be prepared beforehand. Own a reliable vehicle conducive to being homeless. A long-wheel-base cargo van is a preferred choice. Try not to be like me back in 1980s California when circumstances had me living out of a sub-compact 1975 Honda Civic. That was rough!!!
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Alternative Living Options – Do not be homeless
Here’s the link. The time to prepare for homelessness is NOW!!! If another Great Depression envelopes the USA even those folks thinking they are financially secure may be out on the streets seeking shelter. Us common folks at the lower socioeconomic levels can find ourselves homeless even in the best of times. Get ready now.
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Hard-ass butter. BAH!!!!
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Grab this stuff or something similar when it is on sale:
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However . . . I do try to assist my beloved bunch of browsing stumble-bums with their cooking and consuming requirements so I will share some ideas found for getting hard-ass butter ready for use or consumption. Somebody else came up with these . . . I shun that overpriced stuff and rejoice in modern technology that brought us the absolute wonders of prsoftened easy-to-use and more than good enough for me soft margarine.
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How to Soften Butter—Quickly—According to a Pro Baker
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This stuff can be the cheapest to be had and I would proudly place it on my table for my own and others’ use. If you are trying to impress somebody (who the hell would want to do that with vittles?) you can fill a small bowl with the inexpensive soft margarine and hide the container in the back of the fridge. If you are really out to impress grab one of those wax-papery butter stick covers from somebody that uses butter, clean it off, then keep it handy to leave on the kitchen counter. Your guests will think that you are high-falutin’ as they are and will likely compliment you on how tasty the butter was on their food. Laugh at them later.
Happy eating!!!
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