Butterscotch is a sweet made by boiling butter and sugar together until the mix is golden, then letting it harden — or a sauce with that same cooked-butter-and-sugar taste. You meet it as hard sweets, as a topping on ice cream, and as a flavour in puddings and biscuits.

Butterscotch is a sweet made by boiling butter and sugar together until the mix is golden, then letting it hardenbutterscotch是把奶油和糖一起煮到金黃色、再讓它變硬做成的糖果 —— or a sauce with that same cooked-butter-and-sugar taste或是帶有這種奶油加糖熬煮味道的醬。You meet it as hard sweets, as a topping on ice cream, and as a flavour in puddings and biscuits你會看到它以硬糖果的形式出現,當冰淇淋上的醬料,或當布丁和餅乾裡的口味。

The second half is not Scotland and not Scotch whisky. Scotch here goes back to an old verb meaning to cut or nick: the candy was boiled, hardened, and scored so it would break into pieces.

The second half is not Scotland and not Scotch whisky後半段的scotch跟蘇格蘭沒關係,也跟蘇格蘭威士忌沒關係。Scotch here goes back to an old verb meaning to cut or nick這裡的scotch來自一個古老的動詞,意思是切或刻痕: the candy was boiled, hardened, and scored so it would break into pieces這種糖被煮好、變硬之後會刻出痕跡,好讓它可以掰成小塊。

The usual story is that a sweet-maker called Parkinson's first sold it as a trademark; that is what people repeat, not something we can watch happen.

The usual story is that a sweet-maker called Parkinson's first sold it as a trademark常見的說法是,一位叫Parkinson's的糖果商最早把它當商標賣; that is what people repeat, not something we can watch happen這只是大家口耳相傳的說法,並不是我們能親眼證實的事。

The taste sits near caramel and toffee — all three are sugar cooked until brown — but butterscotch is the butter-forward one. It is informal food English; people also say butterscotch sauce, and sometimes stretch butterscotch to a warm light-brown colour.

The taste sits near caramel and toffee它的味道跟焦糖caramel和太妃糖toffee很接近 —— all three are sugar cooked until brown這三種都是糖煮到變棕色 —— but butterscotch is the butter-forward one但butterscotch是奶油味最突出的那一種。It is informal food English這是非正式的食物用語; people also say butterscotch sauce, and sometimes stretch butterscotch to a warm light-brown colour大家也會說butterscotch sauce,有時候還會把butterscotch拿來形容一種溫暖的淺棕色。