英国一家名叫阿尔菲尔新技术有限公司最近开发了一种便携式黄油托盘。这种被称做“黄油奇才”的小装置可以将黄油本身的温度保持在最适宜于被涂抹的摄氏18.3度的水平上。

    据路透社11月30日报道，该托盘内装有一个嵌入式风扇以及电脑芯片，由这两者来共同控制盘内温度，并可根据里面所放食物种类的不同，比如一块很软的面包，一块坚硬的烤面包片抑或是松脆的饼干，对温度进行相应的调节。该公司的常务董事戴维·阿尔菲尔说：“我们一直在试图找出黄油使人们心烦意乱的原因所在。它要么太硬，要么就是过软。这种托盘能够对黄油进行加热或冷却，而你则可以根据自身需要随意调节温度。”

    营养学家菲奥娜·亨特表示：“在英国，有超过1600万个家庭经常购买黄油，但关于手中的黄油不好涂抹的抱怨却始终不绝于耳。几千年来，黄油一直是人们日常饮食中必不可少的一个组成部分。在享用这种美味时，最重要的是你一定要把它均匀地涂抹在食物表面。”

    Ever get frustrated with fresh-out-of the-fridge butter that is too hard to spread?

    A UK-based company has launched a portable, temperature-controlled butter dish, ButterWizard, which keeps butter at what it says is the optimal spreadable temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

    It has a built-in fan and a chip which together control the temperature, adjustable for different textures, be it super-soft bread, crusty toast or delicate biscuits. "We were trying to find out what people's frustration with butter was. It's either too hard or too soft," said David Alfille, managing director of East Sussex-based company Alfille Innovations Limited.

    "ButterWizard heats or cools the butter and you can adjust the temperature to suit yourself."

    Nutritionist Fiona Hunter said: "There are over 16 million UK households buying butter on a regular basis, but one complaint I hear time after time is the lack of spreadability of real butter."

    "Butter has been part of diet for thousands of years. The important thing is to spread butter thinly," she added.