LOL ok... now the next step Rainforest is to get a copy of the book "Why French Women Don't Get Fat". It will fully explain how the French, reknown for their use of butter (and chocolate and cream etc) but as a population have avoided the obesity epidemic that has swept most other Western countries. It is absolutely fascinating reading. And I have to say that I already followed most of the life-style aspects listed in the book... which is why despite loving butter (and chocolate and cream) I am not over weight. Anyhow, highly recommended. Also, one important difference between French women and Australia women when it comes to eating these types of foods is that they never eat with guilt. If you were at a cafe with your girlfriends in France (generally speaking) you would never use the words "naughty" when using butter etc. instead you would say that it's delicious and that you DESERVE it... and you would allow yourself a small bit most days (eg of chocolate) but you would only have a small bit, never a whole block, and you would also be more likely to walk it off afterwards (the French spend A LOT more time walking than us, on the whole).

So I'm not going to say that eating lots of butter won't make you fat. It will if you don't eat sensibly and respectfully. Appreciating a good quality butter, I think, is just a part of a larger philosophy of respect: for your body and of food. Just stopping to appreciate each mouthful and it's place of origin and the people that make it is part of healthy eating. I find that it's usually poor quality cheap food that people (on the whole) gorge themselves on without thinking. This thread is just a small part of re-connecting with food... and the flow-on from that I'm sure will be better health.