How do I make butter curls when I have no butter curling thingy?

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Seriously?

With the blade of a knife. If you really must.

Why do you want to?

Are you hosting a 1980s dinner party?

Afternoon tea. It's for the scones and I want it to all look nice.

I've tried it with a knife and it's a bit scruffy, though I think I'm supposed to put the curls in iced water.

Try a potato peeler?

Oh good idea

I will try that, the butters too soft now to do it so I'm shoving it back in the fridge.

Going to start the bunting and tissue poms next

Um it will look nice without butter curls....just put the butter in a pretty dish

No, it will ok in a butter dish but fab in curls

It's my birthday and I'll butter curl if I want to

Have a lovely birthday!

Oh happy birthday!! Curl away

Hope there is some prosecco on the cards!

I have Fortnums tea.

There is champagne but my SIL and me are the only ones who would drink it.

Where do you get actual butter curling devices from? Is there a proper name for them? Quite fancy getting one now..

Lakeland of course! linky

DH gets all twitchy over butter curlers so I've promised never to get one. I'm not sure about it all but it seems to be a left over from his ex-wife along with his Winnie-the-Pooh aversion

I had to deal with his horror over the lemon zester I purchased. He was OK once I explained its use but it obviously linked into the past for a moment.

So I can never curl butter, even if I wanted to. I just squish it into ramekins if I want to be posh or use the butter dish that we got as a wedding gift. at people having free choice over their butter presentation.

use a spoon - drag it at about an 80 deg angle along the top of the cold butter. should make a nice curl, but without the striations that a butter curler would make.

make sure you buy the strawberry jam with champagne in it too. yumyum

I've made my own jams, strawberry and raspberry.

Can I come? I'll bring cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off

Yes and I will bring macarons

The menu is:

Sandwiches

Salmon and cream cheese
Coronation chicken
Cucumber
Cheddar and chutney (for dh, he doesn't do dainty)
Cheese flapjack (made by dh)

Scones/jam/cream

Cakes (all Betty's and Chococo)

Fondant fancies
Engadine cake
Sachertorte
Yorkshire tea loaf
Elderflower loaf

Big chocolate Birthday cake from Chococo (basically a giant tiffin)

I'm no making chandeliers out of vintage china (seriously)

now making chandeliers

It sounds amazing! Happy birthday! I am planning something similar :)
Use a spoon and curl the butter with it :)

You're all invited obs

That's an outstanding menu. Hope you all have a fabulous time

How do you make the chandeliers?