Then, suddenly, the cable was running through his hands like hot butter.
"Well really because I feel like a lot of hot butter."
We fry food by cooking it in hot butter, fat or oil.
Have a large frying pan ready with hot butter.
Pike slipped into the car like he was made of hot butter, then drove away.
Her legs, pressed together, felt as if they were lathered with hot butter.
But as yet he was running like hot butter all over her.
"They're all over this thing like hot butter on toast."
In truth, I doubt very much that they taste very good, even with hot butter.
To fry food is to cook it in hot butter or vegetable oil.