price of butter

I bought unsalted by mistake and DH kept saying 'there's something the matter with this butter - is it off?'

Perhaps I should try again.
However, salted butter on crumpets mmmm

I don’t buy unsalted for health reasons but because I just really really prefer the taste.

if the weather is hot we do need salt …..

Salt is not good for us but I do prefer salted!

ps I do not add salt to vegetables etc.

I’ve just realised that the Sainbury’s Butter I buy is English but I buy it because it’s the only unsalted butter they stock and I only eat unsalted. Wow am just loving this thread

Always used Golden Cow at home (Ireland) Innishowen - you brought back a lovely memory.
Now (as another WASPI woman) it’s supermarket’s own brand Scottish butter. I’m not a connoisseur on butter but never buy marg.

I like to use cold-pressed British rapeseed oil, but drizzle olive oil on my salads (Greek, if possible).

Hello Lovlies: I’m in the States and I will always buy Kerrygold when possible. Many manufacturers of vegetable and seed oils do heinous things to their products. I also use Sicilian Olive oil sometime. 40W of the Goddesses.

I buy British wherever possible, but I would buy NZ products.
That is because I think we abandoned Australia and New Zealand in our zeal for the EU.

I'm surprised at the number of GNs who buy foreign butter. I thought everyone was into supporting British farmers - I can't imagine anyone announcing proudly that they buy Danish bacon, New Zealand lamb or foreign beef. We should support British dairy farmers who are having a tough time at the moment - Country Life or own brand English butters are the way forward & usually cheaper than President or Lurpak

Blonenana you can buy President butter in Asda.

I thought Tesco was meant to be competing with Aldi. £3
I shopped in there last week M0nica (we like to do the rounds) and butter was most definitely not £3!
Perhaps it was a larger pack?

For anyone interested, there’s a Butter Museum in Cork, Ireland.
I usually buy locally made Bandon Co-op butter because it tastes nice. You can also buy locally made butters at the various farmers markets around here but they are usually organic and a fair bit more expensive. I only splash out on the good stuff when we’ve got visitors, otherwise stick with Bandon butter. Tried Lurpack but found it a bit yuck.

Apparently the only thing cockroaches won't eat is margarine. Always butter for us, and for a special treat Brittany butter with salt crystals. Gorgeous on new potatoes.

When I was studying Food Science as part of my Biochemistry degree we were given a number of free booklets about different fats. I remember the lecturer who gave them to us saying "Remember who produced them when you read the information" - they were published by margarine manufacturers and promoted their products. I took that to mean don't believe everything in them. As a result of what I studied back then (and more recent research agrees with it) I concluded that butter was better for you than margarine although I did use sunflower margarine for baking. I never used it to spread on bread as it always tasted inferior to me anyway.
As for trans fats - the person who said that modern day spreads have less trans fats than butter is completely wrong. Butter contains higher amounts of saturated fat but does not contain any trans fat. Trans fats are not found in nature but are produced by manufacturing processes and are found particularly in hard margarine.
As a result foods made with these margarines, such as pastry and other manufactured food with a high fat content, often contain high levels of trans fats. Manufacturers are now trying to cut the levels of trans fats in their products as they have been condemned as being particularly unhealthy.

Either Lurpak or President unsalted and olive oil for cooking. I have an insulated butter dish from Lakeland so do not refrigerate it. I think theses spreadable butters have oil or water in them.

aggie - always Kerrygold!

DH insists on Lurpak spreadable I check the prices as it’s sometimes cheaper to buy x2 smaller tubs that are equal in weight to X1 larger one. Baking I tend to use own brand baking butter or margarine

Aldi own brand tubs of spreadable Looky likey Anchor butter is spot on and costs a fraction of the real thing plus Aldi own block butter is excellent too. I’ve never really been that impressed with the hoards who have to buy lurpak. It’s ok but Aldi own does the job in our house. You can’t beat the farmers market salted slabs of butter but it’s very expensive, so I leave it there on the shelf unless I’ve had a windfall?

Another one who does not keep butter in the fridge. I buy my butter in Waitrose (organic) and still pay less than £2.00.
I thought Tesco was meant to be competing with Aldi. £3

I buy Waitrose Duchy Originals English Organic butter for just £1:80. it is a lovely yellowy butter not like insipid Lurpak. I wouldn't use anything else and it's still very cheap for an organic butter.

anyone make their own butter? I remember making it in school with a hand cranked churn .It was hard work .I made some a few years after that using strained yoghourt but cant remember the recipe ,I think it was a success ,I was in my everything must be made at home phase and home made bread needed home made butter and jams .I'm off to find the recipe online .

I’m finding this thread rather soothing

Lidl butter £1.45 for250g salted or unsalted . DH butter fiend when I first met him 19 years ago ( lived alone) he would get through 3 packs a week and4/5 loafs of extra thick white bread . Today I have control 1pack butter between 2 and proper bread