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Vermont's 'Orwellian' Butter Gets a Shout-Out in Hit Show 'The Bear' (language warning)
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/vermonts-orwellian-butter-gets-a-shout-out-in-hit-show-the-bear-41290700Vermont's 'Orwellian' Butter Gets a Shout-Out in Hit Show 'The Bear'
By JACK MCGUIRE
Published July 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
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"I have a bill in my hands for $11,268 for butter," an outraged Uncle Jimmy says. "Buddy, what is it, the fucking rare Transylvanian five-titted goat? We cannot fucking keep this up."
Carmy replies that the butter is "Orwellian."
"It's dystopian butter?" Jimmy responds.
No, Carmy says, it's butter from Orwell — Vermont. An invoice from the butter company flashes on screen, revealing it's from Old Major Butter Farms, a reference to the rebellious pig character in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm.
[...]
By JACK MCGUIRE
Published July 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
[...]
"I have a bill in my hands for $11,268 for butter," an outraged Uncle Jimmy says. "Buddy, what is it, the fucking rare Transylvanian five-titted goat? We cannot fucking keep this up."
Carmy replies that the butter is "Orwellian."
"It's dystopian butter?" Jimmy responds.
No, Carmy says, it's butter from Orwell — Vermont. An invoice from the butter company flashes on screen, revealing it's from Old Major Butter Farms, a reference to the rebellious pig character in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm.
[...]
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(I can't comment on that from Orwell, Vermont, obviously). I suspect it is all those years of eschewing butter so that I've lost a taste for it. Still, I have had a few events in recent years where the dish I was preparing (or butter to be served) needed to be the real deal and I tried everything from the premium imported Irish butters to the upscale varieties Whole Foods likes to promote and none were that great.
I'll stick with my Earth Butter (Original--canola blend) I suppose... 