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Have you ever had a buttery?


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5 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

Are the butteries you remember eating flat like that?  Is there no yeast in them?

 

Yes, they were relatively flat. It's difficult to see in the BBC picture how flat they are, though. Maybe ¾ of an inch thick. I'm pretty sure there was yeast in them.

 

But it is half a century since I ate or even saw one, so I can't be 100% sure. Next time I talk to my mother I'll ask her.

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5 hours ago, IowaDee said:

Sounds like it would beat hardtack hands down.  A drizzle of lemon would take care of that pesky scurvy too!

 

Sadly eGullet missed observance of Scurvy Awareness Day...

 

https://sciencelens.co.nz/2013/05/02/international-scurvy-awareness-day/

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We went to the market yesterday and I bought another buttery.  (The first one is still in the freezer.)  This is what it looked like cut open.  While this was puffed up, looking more like a bun,   the domed part is air.  So you have a flakey crust top with air underneath and a thin base.  As for the taste, I did not care for it.  Maybe it's the lard?

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