Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > Mark Thorson wrote:
> >>
> >> Butter in the shape of sticks (with little
> >> protrusions where "leaves" may have been
> >> clipped off) for recipes that call for a
> >> "stick" of butter. Gee, should such a
> >> stick be de-barked?
> >
> > After giving this some more thought, I think
> > it should be sold with bark on. The bark would
> > be formed by dipping in brown butter, then
> > slicing off the ends to reveal the inner light
> > butter core. Some intermediate layer might
> > be provided to make the bark removable if the
> > consumer wanted to de-bark the butter stick.
> > The instructions on the package would refer
> > you to your recipe for whether the stick of
> > butter should be debarked or not. :-)
> >
> > Now, I'm wondering whether the "stick" should
> > have rings inside, and the most effective way
> > to make those rings.
>
> Dip them multiple times, like with candlemaking.

With candlemaking, you've got a wick for a central
core. Without a wick, co-extrusion through a
concentric flow head probably makes more sense.
Could do the bark that way, but creating scars
for leaves and branches might be a problem.