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This Butter Sculpture Could Power A Farm For 3 Days
January 11, 2013 The biggest attraction at the annual Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., is always a giant, 1,000-pound sculpture crafted from butter. Once this year's show wraps up, all that beautiful butter will go right into a manure pit to become methane gas.
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Sandwich Monday: The Butter & Sugar Burger
November 26, 2012 For this week's Sandwich Monday, we make our own version of a special from Asia's Freshness Burger chain: The Butter And Sugar Burger. Spoiler alert: It has two ingredients, and they are butter and sugar. And it's on a bun.
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A Butter Ad That Will Get You To Eat More Vegetables
February 2, 2012 A Danish butter company pays homage to the diverse and colorful world of vegetables in a new ad for the U.K. market.
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Norway Braces For A Christmas Without Butter
December 14, 2011 The cause of the butter blackout on the eve of the year's biggest baking holiday isn't entirely clear. But some Norwegians say the country's biggest dairy cooperative didn't import butter even when it became clear it might run out.
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Denmark Taxes Butter And Fat, But Will It Work?
October 3, 2011 Denmark's population is not obese in large numbers, especially when compared to the U.S., Mexico, and the United Kingdom. And disgruntled Danes could just skip over to Sweden to buy butter and oil.
