Ingredient

Butter

Butter is on 46 plates at fifteen of the kitchens we read. The entree section holds 26 of them, and the shape it takes most often is the pasta, on three.

In the neighbourhood: Sauced chicken and the steamer pot

From 40 menus · butter is on 46 plates · How we read them

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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

Butter, steamed or sauteed

Our reading of the menus puts it steamed at seven kitchens and sauteed at five; one do both: Harborside Bar & Grill.

On both sides: Harborside Bar & Grill.

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

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How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of butter

The same 46 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of butter: 46 plates, 16 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Buttersteamed — 10 plates (19%)steamedfried — 7 plates (13%)friedbroiled — 5 plates (10%)broiledgrilled — 5 plates (10%)grilledsauteed — 5 plates (10%)sauteedstuffed — 5 plates (10%)stuffeddrawn — 3 plates (6%)blackened — 2 plates (4%)other ways — 10 plates (19%)other waysnot stated — 4 plates (8%)not statedsteamer-pot — 3 plates (6%)steamer-potbuffet — 1 plate (2%)platter — 1 plate (2%)wings — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 3 plates (6%)not statedplatter — 2 plates (4%)side — 1 plate (2%)wings — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 4 plates (8%)not statedside — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 3 plates (6%)not statedentree-plate — 1 plate (2%)side — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 2 plates (4%)pasta — 2 plates (4%)small-plate — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 4 plates (8%)not statedside — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 1 plate (2%)platter — 1 plate (2%)steamer-pot — 1 plate (2%)flatbread — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 1 plate (2%)appetizer — 3 plates (6%)appetizernot stated — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 3 plates (6%)not statednot stated — 1 plate (2%)entree — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 1 plate (2%)entree — 3 plates (6%)entreeentree — 2 plates (4%)entreeentree — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 1 plate (2%)entree — 4 plates (8%)entreeentree — 1 plate (2%)entree — 3 plates (6%)entreeentree — 1 plate (2%)entree — 1 plate (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (2%)side — 1 plate (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (2%)entree — 1 plate (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (2%)entree — 4 plates (8%)entreeentree — 1 plate (2%)entree — 1 plate (2%)entree — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 1 plate (2%)not stated — 1 plate (2%)entree — 1 plate (2%)
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedsteamed10
How it comessteamer-pot3
Where on the menuentree4
Other50 other steps, added up98
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail31
Every wedge, as a table
46 plates carrying Butter, cooked 16 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 46. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
steamed10
steamednot stated4
steamednot statedappetizer3
steamednot statednot stated1
steamedsteamer-pot3
steamedsteamer-potnot stated3
steamedbuffet1
steamedbuffetnot stated1
steamedplatter1
steamedplatterentree1
steamedwings1
steamedwingsnot stated1
fried7
friednot stated3
friednot statedentree3
friedplatter2
friedplatterentree2
friedside1
friedsideentree1
friedwings1
friedwingsnot stated1
broiled5
broilednot stated4
broilednot statedentree4
broiledside1
broiledsideentree1
grilled5
grillednot stated3
grillednot statedentree3
grilledentree-plate1
grilledentree-plateentree1
grilledside1
grilledsideentree1
sauteed5
sauteednot stated2
sauteednot statedappetizer1
sauteednot statedside1
sauteedpasta2
sauteedpastaappetizer1
sauteedpastaentree1
sauteedsmall-plate1
sauteedsmall-plateappetizer1
stuffed5
stuffednot stated4
stuffednot statedentree4
stuffedside1
stuffedsideentree1
drawn3
drawnnot stated1
drawnnot statedentree1
drawnplatter1
drawnplatterentree1
drawnsteamer-pot1
drawnsteamer-potnot stated1
blackened2
blackenedflatbread1
blackenedflatbreadnot stated1
blackenednot stated1
blackenednot statedentree1
other ways10
breaded2
melted2
cured1
glazed1
jerk1
marinated1
seared1
sundried1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

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The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.

Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.

Our reading of the menu turns up cracker, fruit and cod.

Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.

Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.

Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.

The menu leans on broth, baguette and succotash.

Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.

Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Correct a plate here

Where on the island

The 15 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Butter at 15 kitchens across 6 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Lower Midtown3inland
Midtown2bayside · oceanfront
Uptown2inland
North OC1inland
West Ocean City5harbor
Day-trips ring2harbor · inland