[Sca-cooks] Honey butter

[A. F. Murphy]

I grew up using the phrase Honey Butter for a whipped, spreadable honey.
Made by Sue Bee, IIRC. We used to get it upstate, more than in NYC.  No
butter in it at all! I've had trouble getting used to the idea that other
people mean honey and butter.

Anne

> [Original Message]
> From: Ted Eisenstein <Alban at socket.net>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
 > Date: 11/9/01 1:13:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Honey butter
>
>
> >There is an article in the May 2001 issue of "Serve It Forth!" about
> >honey butter. "Is Honey Butter Period?" by Chris Adler (THL Katja
> >Davidova Oriova Khazarina). Basically as a spreadable bread
> >condiment, no. Her best guess is that it came into SCA use because
> >of a contemporary 1966 cookbook.
>
> Urban Legend: I'd heard that we started using it after someone went
> into a roadside chain of hotels named Nickerson Farms, which always
> served honey butter - and that someone liked it so much he used it
> at his next feast. Or something like that.
>
> Alban
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