Wednesday, December 21, 2005

When I was a kid, I used to go to the Farm Show and oogle the giant butter sculpture. For this year's Holiday Party I got a butter tree mini butter sculpture. My friends laughed because they all know my affinity for butter.

When I look at butter tree I can't help but sing to myself "Oh butter tree, oh butter tree, so creamy and de-li-cious. You grace our rolls, you smear on toast. Muffins with jam, I like the most. Oh butter tree, oh butter tree, so creamy and de-li-cious!"

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23 comments:

  1. maryseDecember 21, 2005 at 3:32 PM

    your little song is very cute -- mmmm butter.

    and congratulations on winning the best design.

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  2. EliseDecember 21, 2005 at 4:11 PM

    I think I know where you got that because I got one too. Yay for butter trees!

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  3. vintage lilacDecember 21, 2005 at 5:27 PM

    I worked for a caterer in college and I had to spend a lot of time mashing softened butter into plastic candy molds, freezing them, then popping out mini butter "sculptures" on individual bread plates. My favorites were the ones that looked like tiny presents.

    Amy

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  4. KnittyMommaDecember 21, 2005 at 6:20 PM

    oh gracious she has a butter song...lol. I tried the where to buy on that site and they aren't any near me...i might have to try making my own

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  5. SusieDecember 21, 2005 at 6:31 PM

    I have never seen anything like that in my life. Very neat!

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  6. CanadianErinDecember 21, 2005 at 6:38 PM

    HIya! New reader here...
    I have never sen such a thing as a prepacked butter sculpture! Or the candy shot-glasses in a previous post! They're brilliant! I want some! LOL
    Those would be such great conversation pieces for a table. (I'm really into all things entertaining, hehe)

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  7. GraceDecember 21, 2005 at 6:39 PM

    cute tune. congratulations on winning the weblog award.

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  8. KimberlyDecember 21, 2005 at 6:47 PM

    What I really want to know is how you went about getting the butter.

    Did you take it from the top of the tree down? Did you try to gouge out the ornaments?

    Cute song!

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  9. SharkeyDecember 21, 2005 at 9:44 PM

    The butter sculptures are one of my favorite things at the Minnesota State Fair.

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  10. AshleyDecember 21, 2005 at 10:39 PM

    Saw that you are reading Secret Life Of Bee's....it was one of the best books I have ever read. You will not be about to put it down!!!

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  11. AnonymousDecember 22, 2005 at 8:44 AM

    I worked at Keller's Inc, a fire detection engineering company. We got calls constantly for Keller's butter.

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  12. foodiechickieDecember 22, 2005 at 8:44 AM

    I've been having a hard time finding them downstate so I have been trying to make my own.

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  13. RachelDecember 22, 2005 at 9:26 AM

    that is too cute. I'd love a butter penguin.

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  14. AnonymousDecember 22, 2005 at 12:00 PM

    I bought the turkey butter sculpture from them at Thanksgiving. I thought it was a Minnesota thing but apparently not

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  15. AmandaDecember 22, 2005 at 12:29 PM

    Now that is awesome!

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  16. AnonymousDecember 22, 2005 at 1:22 PM

    Jenny, Andrea at superhero.com linked to cute overload yesterday and I thought if you didn't know about it already then you should!! It's 1,000% ljc!! merry Christmas (I LOVED the 12/21 photo the most!)

    http://www.cuteoverload.com/

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  17. AnonymousDecember 23, 2005 at 12:11 PM

    Cute cute cute! Our grocery store carries a butter lamb sculpture at Easter time.

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  18. MicheleDecember 23, 2005 at 1:37 PM

    I've seen a turkey one at Trader Joes at Thanksgiving..too cute!

    I love butter too, butter is gold.

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  19. hollyDecember 23, 2005 at 2:47 PM

    i grew up in iowa, and always drooled seeing the giant butter cow....it was so much bigger than me....
    http://miva.dmregister.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?gallery/buttergallery.mv+direction=display&display=4&gall=Butter_sculpture

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  20. HeatherDecember 25, 2005 at 5:06 PM

    LOL! Fabulous!

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  21. ShannonDecember 27, 2005 at 12:59 PM

    I have the same butter tree in my fridge... We also had their butter turkeys for Thanksgiving... they are sooo much fun!

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  22. AnonymousDecember 28, 2005 at 10:20 AM

    No butter sculpture is complete without a song. Plus it's more fun than those poor girls, Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the State Fair. Poor girls sit in a freezer while their likeness is carved in butter.

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  23. ElaineJanuary 5, 2006 at 9:46 PM

    When I was little, we'd always get a butter lamb for Easter. I've only just this year since the Butter Tree - too cute.

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