Butter curls add class to a table don't you think?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326275)
Rockingham, Australia
October 12, 2018 5:44pm CST
The top two photos of this collage have appeared here before I think. The bottom left photo shows a pair of butter pats. Some of myLot’s older readers will recognise them I’m sure. My mother’s family had a dairy and used to make a lot of butter, by hand, for the nearby town. The pats were used to mould the butter into pound (weight) blocks. These were then marked with the imprint of the cow which is on the round stamp.
The butter pats were also used to make butter ‘curls’ (bottom right) which some of you might have had in a fancy restaurant – or even a not-so-fancy café. I’ve watched my mother make curls and I’m sure I can make them. One day I’ll have a go at it. The pats need to be rinsed in water and preferably quite cold so that the butter doesn’t stick. The fine ridges in the pats give a nice pattern to the curls.
Would you believe I found a photo of butter curls on Wikimedia? 
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@RasmaSandra (73774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Oct 18
Love the photos. My mom used to curl butter on holidays and when guests came.
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@RasmaSandra (73774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Oct 18
@JudyEv well if you have guests or on a holiday you can do it anyway.
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@RasmaSandra (73774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Oct 18
@JudyEv online they still show how to do it
Impress your guests with butter curls you make EASILY in minutes!
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@Tampa_girl7 (49157)
• United States
13 Oct 18
What a beautiful way to display butter
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@kobesbuddy (74830)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Oct 18
A photo of butter curls? Yes, they have many wonderful pictures, those things we have fond memories of. My grandparents made butter, also. But, it was only for personal use and not to sell. These relics are wonderful! My sister made use of certain farm tools, by displaying them on their living room wall lol Butter curls, nope I've never seen them before today.
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@kobesbuddy (74830)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Oct 18
@JudyEv The butter curls really dress up a nice dinner table! My mother use to decorate our home with different relics, she had kept for many years. We had a butter churn, a school bench, and a metal milk can in our dining area. I love things like this!
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@JudyEv (326275)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct 18
@kobesbuddy We had a butter churn too and a separator which separated the milk from the cream. It seemed there were 100 different bits to wash then scalded. We only used it if we were milking two or more cows.
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@JudyEv (326275)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct 18
There is now a gadget to make curls. I don't know what countries it is n but certainly in Italy as Anna has one. And there is a YouTube clip on how to do it with a serrated knife. We used to pat some butter out quite flat on one of the paddles then roll one end up. The butter had to be just the right temperature or it wouldn't work.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Oct 18
I've actually been to a couple of fancy restaurants that do this with butter. It does add a nice touch.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Oct 18
@JudyEv - Are those cookies? They look good.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Oct 18
@JudyEv - Ah, now that I look at it more closely, that makes perfect sense.
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@dgobucks226 (34439)
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13 Oct 18
A nice touch to add to the dinner table. Here is a photo of a butter sculpture that I saw when I went to the Ohio State Fair.
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@arunima25 (85690)
• Bangalore, India
13 Oct 18
Neat and pretty curls. They seem tempting.
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@arunima25 (85690)
• Bangalore, India
13 Oct 18
@JudyEv Yes looks make a lot of difference.
We used to make butter at home. I do it sometimes now and they really taste so good.
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@snowy22315 (170685)
• United States
13 Oct 18
Those butter curls are cool. I don't think I have seen them too often.
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@wolfgirl569 (95884)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Oct 18
Those would look great on a table.
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@JudyEv (326275)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Oct 18
They're cute aren't they? Very classy I think. The butter would taste so much better curled up like this. 
