slo’s FRIDAY 4/18 poll - Lamb Butter & Lamb Cake

[Disneylover99]

Butter only comes as a rectangular prism.
That’s all I’ve seen all my life.
My mind is blown.
I’ll be contemplating this all day. lol.

 

[disneychrista]

Never had either of those things.

 

[ronandannette]

Would def buy lamb butter if I saw one, we usually have a butter turkey at Thanksgiving and a butter snowman at Christmas. DGDs will be making a lamb cake here just as they have for most of their lives.

Can't wait to see a picture!

 

[evilmommie]

I’ve not seen a butter lamb at our local markets but have definitely seen butter rabbits.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I've seen the lamb cake fails on line, but I'm not sure I've even seen the butters. I've never bought either one.

 

[tvguy]

First I ever heard or seen lamb butter and I’m no spring chicken i’ve never even seen it in a store where I could purchase it
And I live in a pretty big city

Makes two of us.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Butter Rabbits ???? I’ve never seen those either ! Where are y’all finding these animal shaped butters ????

 

[LoveDaisy]

I have seen the butter rabbit but not the lamb. I have made a bunny cake but not a lamb cake.

I have Christmas butter molds that were my grandmothers. They are Christmas trees and make individual butter servings. I should dig them out for next year.

 

[WorldWacky]

Never had either, and don’t think I’ve ever seen them in a store or bakery. My family has often had leg of lamb as the traditional main course for Easter dinner, but no butter or cake. Have had a turkey-shaped butter for Thanksgiving. And I’ve also had a homemade Easter bunny cake that looks something like this.

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This is what I make every year. My mother always made a bunny cake too. My MIL would buy lamb shaped butter every year. They lived north of Philadelphia. I THINK we had a lamb butter last year. (Long Island, NY)If I can find one, I’ll buy it. I know I’ve seen turkey shaped butter here around Thanksgiving.

 

[Micca]

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE- Just when I thought the butter for our Easter Feast would have to be from the traditional stick of butter, a package has arrived. Seems DW ordered a Bunny rabbit mold (originally made for homemade candy) and will be creating a butter bunny for our table on Sunday.

Those who may be baffled by a butter sculpture will be impressed with the Butter Cow. A staple a midwest state fairs for decades

 

[snowwite]

it’s been a long time since we’ve had lamb butter or a lamb cake at our house. I can confidently say we haven’t had a lamb butter since my grandma was still with us (she bought it and she passed away March 2005) and we haven’t had a lamb cake since 2013 (I have a picture of DD with it, which is how I remember). For those that don’t know why lamb is significant to Easter, here ya go…..

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So let’s discuss lamb butter & lamb cake this Good Friday…..

Will you enjoy lamb cake or lamb butter at Easter?
Will you be buying it/them this Easter or will someone else buy it/them?
(multiple choice)



For Me……No lamb cake or butter for me - we go to Easter brunch. If I host Easter again at my house I will definitely be buying both a lamb cake and butter

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Has this always been a thing? I know we never had them but now I see it in the grocery. Reminds me of the fall fairs and butter sculpture. There was an Alan Jackson one on the news one year.

 

[tvguy]

Besides dyed hard boiled eggs, the big Easter tradition around here has been Hot Cross Buns. Spiced buns with a cross on them, the cross often made of lemon curd. They usually have raisins and candied fruit (like you find in fruit cake in them. They are eaten traditionally at the end of Lent. The cross on top, and spices all carry religious symbolism related to Easter.
All the chain grocery stores and bakeries here carry Hot Cross buns this time of year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_cross_bun

 

[tvguy]

Butter only comes as a rectangular prism.
That’s all I’ve seen all my life.
My mind is blown.
I’ll be contemplating this all day. lol.

Well, the stores around here carry butter shaped like turkeys at Thanksgiving Christmas. But I have never seen or heard of lamb butter.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Keller-s-Butter-Sculptures-Turkey-Shaped-Butter-4-Oz/195060542

 

[leebee]

No lamb butter or lamb cake at my house; we go for the real thing! There is a 6 pound leg of lamb in my fridge!

 

[tvguy]

No lamb butter or lamb cake at my house; we go for the real thing! There is a 6 pound leg of lamb in my fridge!

Whoa, that must have broken the bank!

 

[amcnj]

I have seen turkey shaped butter in stores for many years. More recently I started seeing a Christmas tree shaped one, and this year I saw a bunny shaped one in supermarkets. But I haven’t seen a butter lamb for sale yet.

A cousin had sent an article a few weeks back about lamb shaped butter. It stated that it became a thing with Polish Catholic immigrants to the US, especially in the Buffalo NY area. But it said the tradition goes back to the 17th century, possibly earlier.

 

[tazdev3225]

I thought of getting the lamb butter but haven't decided as it was almost $9.

When I was growing up Easter was always at my great-aunt's house and the lamb butter was a must. She actually had 2 since there were so many people crammed in her tiny house. My grandfather always made the lamb cake. He was a baker and they were a staple in his bakery. When he died my uncles took over supplying the cake. Three of my uncles also owned bakeries. Sadly, the only thing I have been able to find in the bakeries around here are an egg-shaped cake with a plastic lamb face. One year I will find a mold and attempt to make one myself. I miss the cake.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I don’t celebrate Easter, but my dad’s side of the family does and we used to visit and partake in the secular aspects. I have never seen either of these things in my life, but I guess I learned about something new today!

 

[slo]

I've had both in the past but I know not this year.

Blessings and good wishes for all who celebrate this Easter snd/or Passover time of the year. And thank you, Sandy, for your continuing to bring us your interesting and fun @slo polls.

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Thank you for the thank you Dan
I’m always so grateful that everyone enjoys my silly little polls

 

[Grand Koalafornian]

I don't celebrate Easter, so I won't be getting them. Had never heard of either one before now and from the title thought they would be products made with lamb (or maybe sheep's milk butter just called lamb or something). But OMG are they cute!

I'm a vegetarian, so I feel like I would do one or the other if it was one of my holidays. If I saw the butter in stores and I had the extra money in my pocket, I might get that, even without it being one of my traditions.