Butter-scotch

Butter-scotch
Butter-scotch But"ter-scotch`, n. A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

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  • BUTTER-SCOTCH — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scotch hands — (also known as butter beaters) are large wooden spatulas used when making butter. They are used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have ribs or be fluted. The highest quality… …   Wikipedia

  • Butter — is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying. Butter consists of butterfat, water and milk proteins. Most …   Wikipedia

  • Scotch hand — noun A wooden bat for manipulating butter • • • Main Entry: ↑Scotch …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scotch pancake — noun a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle • Syn: ↑drop scone, ↑griddlecake • Hypernyms: ↑scone * * * Scotch pancake noun A drop scone • • • Main Entry: ↑Scotch * …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scotch pancake — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms Scotch pancake : singular Scotch pancake plural Scotch pancakes British a small thick flat round cake made of eggs, flour, and milk, usually eaten with butter …   English dictionary

  • Scotch hands — noun butter beaters; large wooden spatulas used when making butter, made out of sycamore wood, or metal, used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have ribs or be fluted …   Wiktionary

  • scotch hands — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized S : a pair of small paddles for working butter …   Useful english dictionary

  • Churning (butter) — Farmer selling the churned butter (machine in the foreground). Churning is the process of shaking up whole milk (or cream) to make butter, and various forms of butter churn have been used for the purpose. In Europe from the Middle Ages until the… …   Wikipedia

  • Clarified butter — Freshly made clarified butter, still liquid Clarified butter at room temperature …   Wikipedia

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