black butter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black butter
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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I find my chosen darker-than-dark variety of chocolate very palatable, but a few of my friends call it "black butter."
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
She will recreate the style here; likely menu items include skate in black butter, pork cheek confit with roasted celeriac, and fig pie with mascarpone and pepper.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2015
The poet Seamus Heaney describes bogs as black butter, "melting and opening underfoot".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2011
Albertine pleads for skate with black butter; King delivers it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eggs and Black Butter.—Fry some eggs, serve them up on a hot dish, and pour some black butter round the base.
From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.
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