Lurpak Spreadable

[radge]

Its about as spreadable as frozen jizz

[SKYBLUE]

Probably right!

Then again in this weather, my balls are frozen solid like a pair of clackers!

...and louder!

[jules]

I used to have a set of clackers when i was a kid back in the 70's - turquoise coloured - or sky-blue. The number of times my knuckles got hit was no-ones business...... ouch!!!!

[Libby]

Now that takes me back, i had my Clackers confiscated! They ended up being banned in my school, i was devastated at the time lol!

For anyone who doesn't know what Clackers are, look here ~

The term clackers refers to a vintage toy which was briefly popular in the early 1970s. Its name refers to the fact that its point was to have the two balls of which the toy consisted of clicking against each other. It was similar to the actual Argentine weapon known as bolas.

They are formed out of two hard plastic marbles, each about two inches in diameter, attached to a ring with sturdy string. The player puts his or her finger in the ring, allowing the marbles or balls to hang below. Through a gentle up-and-down hand motion, the two balls swing apart and together, making the clacking noise that give the toy its name. After a little practice, it is possible to get the marbles swinging so that they knock together above the hand as well as below.

Clackers were eventually discontinued after children got injured while playing with them: besides being fairly heavy and fast-moving, the spheres, being made of hard acrylic plastic, could shatter upon striking each other, presenting a safety hazard.

There is a recurring urban legend that the clacker spheres were made of glass, although no one has ever produced an actual glass set. The confusion may have arisen because many sets were made of transparent colored acrylic which resembled glass.

The toys enjoyed a brief renewal of popularity in the 1990s when clackers consisting of a handle and plastic triangles with the plastic marbles at the end giving weight to the free moving toy. It was played the same way and were always in bright neon colours.

www.super70s.com/Super70s/Culture/Fads/Clackers.asp

[Libby]

I agree about Lurpak Spreadable too. Impossibly hard sometimes. Have to keep it out of the fridge before use for a while, that does the trick lol!

[SKYBLUE]

The player puts his or her finger in the ring, allowing the marbles or balls to hang below.

Through a gentle up-and-down hand motion, the two balls swing apart and together.

it is possible to get the marbles swinging so that they knock together above the hand as well as below.

...Hey, I thought this was a family rated message board!

[jules]

Re Lurpak - if it is the sort you have in a foil pack - why not if it is too hard - use a veg peeler to get strips off the slab - then let the thin slices soften up - much quicker.

[Beachcomber]

....... Or - 10seconds in the microwave

[Beachcomber]

I've got an old Victorian butter dish. The lid is hollow with a cork in the top. You can fill it with warm water in the winter to keep the butter soft, or iced water in the summer to stop it melting.

Simple and effective. Those Victorians were clever and inventive

[radge]

or we can all just ignore Lurpak and buy Flora instead because its easier to use.

[cryptonomiumo]

I like the olive oil spreads.

Fascinating, huh?

[worball]

I find if you pound Lurpack spreadable with a set of clackers for 10 minutes it really softens up.

[mango]

Feb 22, 2009 12:47:25 GMT Beachcomber said:

I've got an old Victorian butter dish. The lid is hollow with a cork in the top. You can fill it with warm water in the winter to keep the butter soft, or iced water in the summer to stop it melting.

Simple and effective. Those Victorians were clever and inventive

How quaint, never heard of one like this before - I want one!

When I was living in UK I used a butter curler a lot,
mainly because I enjoyed perfecting the little butter scrolls
- long before they invented spreadables.

[sushimo]

I've still got a butter curler, the kids use it with play dough now though!

[jules]

zzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!

[Libby]

Just for the record Flora isn't a good substitute for Lurpak. You can't beat the real thing. Flora always tastes so manufactured and greasy and the taste is awful.

[jules]

No, if you are going to have any type of spread - butter is the only option - forget anything else.

[Woolf]

Its about as spreadable as frozen jizz.

And just how do you know this for a fact.

[sushimo]

Ewwww Steve - do you really, honestly need to know the answer to that???