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Tater Tots Tossed in Date Butter

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Tater tots with compound green butter on a yellow platter.
Photo by Linda Xiao

Put these out at a gathering and I guarantee you’ll be hearing rave reviews about your snack judgment for a long time to come. You’ll need to make a batch of Hot Date! Butter before you begin. It’s a green and herbaceous, garlic-inflected, date-studded situation, friend to all carbs. Toss this with any format of potato or smear on a baguette for an extra-amped garlic bread, perfect for spaghetti night. Skillet gnocchi! Hot rice! Over toast, under a crackly fried egg! Slice a bit off the atop a perfectly seared steak!

Also: I know I am constantly pushing my Big Popcorn Agenda, but don’t knock it until you try it. Gently melt a spoonful big bowl of freshly popped popcorn for a stupendous snack.

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