Buttery herbed roasted chestnuts...

See? I lied. Here's another post before 2015!
Because these are really, really good and you have to try them. It's even worth the worn spot on my index finger that I got from about half an hour of scoring "x"s on the chestnuts with a somewhat dull kitchen knife...

I'm sure that it is entirely possible to slow roast them at 200 or 250 for a long while and use a more delicate, non-dairy oil like coconut or one of the hardier nut oils...

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Dan-Romans-Buttery-Roasted-Chestnuts-in-Foil-51135080

Like Buttah

We're back to eating a bit of ghee every 4 days or so...and the "or so" means whenever I run out of other things to cook with or spread since everything else Little Moo eats is also on a 4-day rotation.

The deal is that ALL the lactose must be out. For me, too. Here's the latest innovation in butter-

straining improvisations.