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Now Let me give you a good hent to making a great sandwich
These spreads are not just for bread alone. Most people will use a spread recipe as the main thing in-between two pieces of bread. We say use spreads to add some creamy zip to your regular everyday sandwiches too! Use it as you would use mayonnaise and see how it will make your sandwiches melt in your mouth! For example: test out a BLT sandwich (National BLT Sandwich Month) with a spread and you'll never go back to just mayonnaise again.
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What is a Spread? Here's the definition for you: wikipedia
"A spread is a food that is spread with a knife onto bread, crackers, or other bread products. Spreads are added to bread products to provide flavor and texture, and are an integral part of the dish, i.e., they should be distinguished from condiments, which are optional additions. Spreads should also be distinguished from dips, which do not employ a knife in applying it to crackers or chips."
"As such, "spread" has a functional definition,
which means that the same food can be categorized as a spread, a "condiment", or an "ingredient" under different circumstances. A good example of this would be butter, which could appear on a hamburger as a condiment, on buttered toast as a spread, and in mashed potatoes as an ingredient."
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"Common spreads include:
cheeses, creams, and butters (spreads made from milk; though the term butter is broadly applied to many spreads); and jams and jellies (spreads made from fruit). Spreads are also made from vegetables (e.g., vegemite, hummus, baba ghanoush, and meats (e.g., pâté, fleischbutter, cretons)."
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Spreads are semisolid, spreadable condiments
"usually added on top of an otherwise finished dish, to enhance flavor and add moisture or texture. Less fully explored in traditional european cuisine than sauces, spreads have become popular in recent decades for their long shelf life and ease of use. Some basic spreads, such as butter, have been in cookbooks for many millennia."
Butters
- Simple butter is made from milk, and consists almost entirely of milkfat and water. Most butter comes from cow milk; variants from goat's milk also exist.
- Fruit butters can be made from fruit preserves and sugar, without any milk products. A common American variety is apple butter.
- Meat butter or fleischbutter is a German specialty, made from a combination of ground meat, butter, and spices. The most common fleischbutter is made with ground pork; variants use beef, lamb, kidney, tripe, and other muscle and organ meats.
- Peanut butter can be made with nothing but peanuts and water; variants add sugar, milk, or other nuts. Peanut butter comes in both smooth and chunky varieties, depending on the fineness of the grinding process.
Other spreads
- Rouxs - these are more sauces than spreads; some can however be quite thick.
- Babaganoush - is made with eggplant
- Hummus and tahini - are made with chickpeas
- Mayonnaise - is made with eggwhites and oil
- Salsa, made with fresh tomatoes, green peppers, hot peppers, and other fruits; always spicy
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Holidays To Remember:
- National Sandwich Month: National sandwich month is always the month of August. -National sandwich day is always November 3. -July is Sandwich Generation month.
- National Bread Month is always the month of November. *November is also National Raisin Bread Month. *Our Holiday Food Calendar also celebrates Bread Machine Baking Month which falls in the month of January. *Our Holiday Food Calendar also celebrates National Wheat Bread Month which also falls in the month of January. (see January food holidays)
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