Teebutter

[tert in seattle]

any idea what this really means? the closest I've come to a convincing
translation is "finest butter" - not sure what that means exactly, except
it's not what you want to use for frying eggs

still in Vienna - not sure if this is also a German phenomenon

thanks to anyone who can shed some light - the web is not helping much

[Victor Sack]

tert in seattle <te...@ftupet.com> wrote:

> any idea what this really means? the closest I've come to a convincing
> translation is "finest butter" - not sure what that means exactly,

It is one of the officially recognised quality levels - the highest in
this case - of butter in Austria.

> except
> it's not what you want to use for frying eggs

Why not?

> still in Vienna - not sure if this is also a German phenomenon

It is not.

Victor

[tert in seattle]

dnx f�r the info

I assume fine butter is intended to be spread on brot und kuchen which
are washed down with tee - just a wild guess

it seems that when in Wien, the intended use is *the* use

[Victor Sack]

tert in seattle <te...@ftupet.com> wrote:

> Victor Sack wrote:
> >
> > It is one of the officially recognised quality levels - the highest in
> > this case - of butter in Austria.
>

> I assume fine butter is intended to be spread on brot und kuchen which
> are washed down with tee - just a wild guess

As far as I am concerned, the highest grade of butter is the default one
for any culinary use, whether the butter in question is S��rahmbutter
(sweet cream butter) or Sauerrahmbutter (sour cream butter).

It seems, it is not at all clear that the name "Teebutter" has very much
to do with tea (Tee).

> it seems that when in Wien, the intended use is *the* use

Eh?

Victor