For lots more good information about how different types of butter will affect your baking, see our post, Butter in baking. Butter by Erin Jade Lange is a young adult contemporary novel about a young, obese boy nicknamed Butter who decides he is going to eat himself to death (why did I think that meant cannibalism? The main character, at 423 pounds, would eat to upset his mom and would fail to take responsibility for his actions - even when he was aware that what he was thinking was wrong. It sounded so morbid, but like an incredibly interesting platform for discussing bullying and obesity. I read this as part of the Anti Bullying Week Readathon 2014, and recommend it as a tool for learning about acceptance, understanding and most of all the effect of our actions, whoever we are and however we fit into another person's story.

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But then things start to come together for him post-suicide; the girl he was internet stalking (long story) decided to give him a shot, his parents revealed he wouldn’t be going to boarding school without them, and he gets an audition to maybe get into Julliard because he’s a fucking beast with the saxophone. Quite frankly, if I exhibited the same amount of disrespect to my parents as he does to his, I wouldn’t be alive to tell the tale, I’d be digging my own grave before they bury me in it. They go out of their way to let him know they support his "choice" and will do everything they can to help him make it happen.If you just stop expecting perfection from everyone and everything, you might see the good stuff outweighs the bad.

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As I mentioned before, I fight suicidal thoughts on the regular, so I was rooting for Butter to not off himself with every page, and as the date for the livestream grew nearer and nearer, my heart pounded and my hands shook slightly. I really didn't like Butter as a character, either, and it wasn't just because of the inadequate writing.The butter-making process takes several minutes, but the final separation of butter solids and buttermilk happens quite suddenly at the end.

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Everyone should be on board to keep this movie in theaters long enough for organizations, groups and schools to catch on and advocate for this important gem of a film. The mindset that “I’m strong enough to handle this alone” is not helpful when dealing with such an intense issue as suicide. P.) and manipulating her to believe he’s a star athlete at a private school thirty minutes away from the one they both actually attend.When he first makes the announcement online to his classmates, Butter expects pity, insults, and possibly sheer indiffer. And with the yield of butter from cream ranging from about 35% to 50% (tops) by weight, it’s frankly not worth the effort (even if you do manage it) to start with a cup or less of cream and end up with just 6 or 7 tablespoons of homemade butter. I can tell you from my mother's experience that if you become hypoglycemic while driving, you will wreck your car. Butter had a fantastic voice, and this was one of the rare instances where I felt like the tackling of a weight issue in a YA book was handled well. But at the same time, they're not entirely bad or evil, in that they do make Butter feel like he has a purpose on more than one occasion, and not just because he's a toy to them.