Although some inflation relief is expected in 2023, economists say issues in the dairy industry could keep the price of butter higher than normal in stores across the country. Butter is currently up 31.4% from a year ago. And it is roughly double what it was two years ago. The reason: the costs of producing dairy products skyrocketed in 2022. Curiously, at the same time, butter boards became a Tik Tok trend.
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On GMA, Doiron shared the following tips for butter board success:
• Don’t use butter that’s too hard or too soft. Take your butter out of the fridge 15-30 minutes before you want to spread it.
• Although the visually stunning butter boards invading the internet show the butter spread right onto the board, Doiron suggested using wax paper if you don’t want your board to get as messy.
• As mentioned above, although Doiron dipped bread in the butter in her initial video, she says we should actually be serving it with a knife, inviting people to take some from the board with the knife and then spread it onto their bread. That’s a fine idea, but then again, this appetizer is the ultimate in joie de vivre, so I say if you want to dip right into the butter, go for it. Live your best life.
Are butter boards the future of entertaining?
Only time will tell if the butter boards adorning our social media feeds will actually start surfacing at dinner parties, receptions, and holiday festivities with any regularity.
Either way, plenty of media explorations of the topic have declared butter boards “the new charcuterie board,” implying that they’ll replace charcuterie boards on some level, which I am personally not here for. There’s room on my table for butter on one board and meats, cheeses, and nuts on another. I’ll eat my butter and have my salami river too, thank you very much.
People are going crazy with all kinds of boards, such as these great pictures from some of our favorite board books:
