Butter Patties

As I made my lunch today, I thought of this helpful little hint.  Butter patties.

I was making eggs and rice.  I usually like to put a butter patty in the rice, to help keep it moist when I add the scrambled eggs.   

Years ago, John had the excellent idea to pick up a butter slicer and butter dish at a garage sale.  This allows me to slice up the butter stick, making it very handy to grab a square when I need one.

The process is simple and very easy:

• When I am done with a stick of butter, I unwrap the new one and leave it sitting on the bottom part of the wrapper.
• I slice the stick onto the wrapper.
• I flip over the butter and push the butter patties through the rest of the slicer, pushing them onto the butter dish bottom - using the wrapping paper as a way to push the butter through cleanly.

Then, I just remove the final side of the wrapper and I have a nice row of sliced butter patties sitting in my butter dish.

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