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    Recommend me butter

    OK forum I’m looking for some butter that taste like butter used too in the old days, what does anyone recommend?

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    Kerrygold.

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    No idea what butter used to taste like but Normandy butter is lovely.

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    The only butter I'll buy is President.

    It's absolutely fabulous.



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    Quote Originally Posted by senraw View Post
    The only butter I'll buy is President.

    It's absolutely fabulous.
    Super butter, although I prefer the salted version.
    Lurpak slightly salted spreadable is surprisingly good.

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    'Old days' butter was salted and strong in flavour - Anchor or Shirgar will do the trick. I'm currently using Tesco organic butter because I find the old style has too much flavour for me these days. The Tesco organic has more flavour than president for me at least.
    Last edited by Suds; 24th November 2019 at 20:32.

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    Great. Now I'm thinking my butter is fake. What was it like in the good old days?

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    Tesco do a good English one with salt crystals.

    President is okay, though

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    Kerrygold. It has one of the highest % of milk from grass-fed cows

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stanford View Post
    Super butter, although I prefer the salted version.
    Lurpak slightly salted spreadable is surprisingly good.
    Totally agree.

    I also prefer the salted version, but most U.K supermarkets only seem to stock unsalted.

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    St Helen's Farm Goats milk Butter.
    You'll never look back.
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    We’re blessed with a great choice of great local butters in N Ireland, but this is the cream of the crop for me.

    https://www.abernethybutter.com/

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    Now I'm daydreaming of butter that tastes like what butter used to be melting over carrots that taste like what carrots to be.

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    I can't see any reason to give the French or Danish any money for butter when we do it perfectly well ourselves.
    I buy British, quite often Country Life (for spreadable) or supermarket own brand unsalted for cooking, provided it is British.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sweets View Post
    I can't see any reason to give the French or Danish any money for butter when we do it perfectly well ourselves.
    I buy British, quite often Country Life (for spreadable) or supermarket own brand unsalted for cooking, provided it is British.
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    Do you only buy British watches too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by number2 View Post
    St Helen's Farm Goats milk Butter.
    You'll never look back.
    Another vote for this- I always buy this one when I’m in the UK.

    Not a fan of those spreadable butters. And it has to be salted for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by number2 View Post
    St Helen's Farm Goats milk Butter.
    You'll never look back.
    Where can you buy this please?

    President is very good mind...

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    Quote Originally Posted by benwisback View Post
    Where can you buy this please?

    President is very good mind...
    Waitrose, some Sainsburys and some Tescos, in the past we've actually been to the farm and picked up butter, milk and yoghurt.
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    We’ve been ordering the President butter with sea salt from Ocado.

    https://presidentcheese.com/products...a-salt-butter/

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    This takes some beating - https://www.beillevairexport.com


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    Raw butter is what you’re looking for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sweets View Post
    I can't see any reason to give the French or Danish any money for butter when we do it perfectly well ourselves.
    I buy British, quite often Country Life (for spreadable) or supermarket own brand unsalted for cooking, provided it is British.
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    Country Life for me too. When I'm not on a diet with no bread allowed
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    Quote Originally Posted by sprite1275 View Post
    Great. Now I'm thinking my butter is fake. What was it like in the good old days?
    Absolutely amazing, it was like an *rgasm in your mouth. Er...hang on a minute...scrub that. It was OK I suppose!

    Lurpak salted here, because we have such a limited choice.

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    French is best IMHO. Beurre D'Isigny can be had in Waitrose relatively inexpensively

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    There are two distinct types of European butter. Traditional English churned butter (e.g Country Life) is what is known as sweet cream butter. Aside from tending to be more yellow in colour than it’s European counterparts, the key difference is that European ‘white’ butter (e.g Lurpak) is made with fermented culture prior to churning. This gives European butter a lighter, yoghurty, cleaner, style of butter that some prefer, over the sweeter, rounder, creamier taste of English butter.

    I knew nothing of this until I met my sister in law, who is allergic to the English style.


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    Just walk into a posh supermarket and try a few overpriced butters that are not low fat and see what you like.

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    When I fancy a butter 'hit', I just add some sea salt. It increases the taste and the texture.

    That said, I agree with most of the posts here: Anchor, President, Kerrygold et cetera. All decent butters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by senraw View Post
    Do you only buy British watches too?

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    No, but I am disposed to give them a chance, and own a few made by British companies, currently including a Smiths, a Bremont, A Scurfa and soon to arrive, a Newmark.
    Buying local for food has much more of an impact that the occasional item like a watch and makes much more sense if the differential is low.
    No-one here would consider importing Scandinavian firewood, even if it is much better than Native grown (which it probably isn't).The bulk is too high and the gain too low.

    I can perfectly understand buying a premium brand like an Issigny butter, because the difference is high. I might add that there is quite possibly a decent UK alternative, but I do not know it.
    But buying Lurpak? For me, that is almost the definition of a pointless import, it is just as expensive as British premium brands, no better, and simply sends money abroad.
    I try and buy British for a lot of things, butter (and bacon) happen to be the most obvious supermarket examples, other than fruit and veg.
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    i usually get St Helen’s goat butter from Sainsbury’s (great in porridge), but use clarified Fushi butter for some cooking (usually EVO oil), and lurpak slightly salted on toast in the morning

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    I recall being in a posh restaurant where they went to great lengths to tell us about all the ingredients. We thought it was a bit OTT when we were even told about the butter that came with the bread. It was called Lincolnshire poachers which seemed an odd name for a dairy product; but, it was very nice indeed.

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    On the back of this thread and having just been to Waitrose, I purchased the St. Helen's Farm Goat's Milk and President with Salt Crystals. The goat's milk butter isn't for me (I'm not a fan of goat's cheese either) but the President butter with salt crystals is a revelation and will now be the norm.
    Last edited by Skier; 25th November 2019 at 19:10.

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    President is very good, but we generally have Longley Farm Jersey salted butter from the local Deli in the fridge. It’s excellent.




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    No contest.


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    Quote Originally Posted by senraw View Post
    The only butter I'll buy is President.

    It's absolutely fabulous.


    +1 The spreadable version is excellent as well, not as spreadable as those others with vegetable oil in them - but then, it is 100% butter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by manganr View Post
    No contest.


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    You could have added - where you buy it???

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    Quote Originally Posted by justin44 View Post
    OK forum I’m looking for some butter that taste like butter used too in the old days, what does anyone recommend?

    Justin44
    I can't say I know what you mean, but try any Polish shop and look for butter that looks like this:
    https://images.app.goo.gl/qxNxvKUWX4r9Ycxh9
    https://images.app.goo.gl/m1kTrAdjLREed3gGA

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackal View Post
    You could have added - where you buy it???
    +1

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    If you want to get super serious with your butter, Ampersand is the way to go. Not easy to source and certainly not cheap, but with a complexity and flavour beyond any others. Favoured by many many Michelin restaurants.

    https://butterculture.bigcartel.com/products

    Enjoy liberally on hot toast, naturally.

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    Another vote for Kerrygold. Arguably better for you as well due to the grass fed cows.


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    Quote Originally Posted by watchstudent View Post
    Another vote for Kerrygold. Arguably better for you as well due to the grass fed cows.


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    +1 Daily favourite of mine too.

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    My god some people eat crap on this forum. No disrespect 😜

    Anyway nothing nothing anywhere near as good as this stuff. Get it from my local butchers.

    https://www.abernethybutter.com

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    All this thread has done is remind how much I miss butter. Damn you low fat spreads! Damn you all to hell!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Albellisimo View Post
    My god some people eat crap on this forum. No disrespect 

    Anyway nothing nothing anywhere near as good as this stuff. Get it from my local butchers.

    https://www.abernethybutter.com
    Another vote for this one, it's fantastic. I also buy it from my local butcher, in south east London.

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    Another vote for Kerrygold. Nothing like it on hot toast.

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    Waitrose used to sell Beppino Occelli fresh cream butter from Italy (it was always paper wrapped on the cheese counter). Iirc it was about twice the price of anything you usually find and tasted divine with some fresh sourdough and a sprinkle of sea salt flakes
    If you can find it, try it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by number2 View Post
    St Helen's Farm Goats milk Butter.
    You'll never look back.
    I’ve just bought some of this because of you.

    If it’s not nice please PM me the address of your letterbox

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirk280 View Post
    I’ve just bought some of this because of you.

    If it’s not nice please PM me the address of your letterbox
    Cheeky monkey,,
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    I had no idea butter was such a rabbit hole.

    I originally opened this thread with my eyes rolling but now I'm excited to pick some new butter up at the weekend!

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    I can remember buying "tub butter" at the Co-op, when they just cut a slab off and weighed it out for you. Same with bacon, a big side of bacon on the slicer and they would ask you how thick you wanted it cutting. I think all bacon was dry-cure back then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swanbourne View Post
    I can remember buying "tub butter" at the Co-op, when they just cut a slab off and weighed it out for you. Same with bacon, a big side of bacon on the slicer and they would ask you how thick you wanted it cutting. I think all bacon was dry-cure back then.

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    Same here. They also did collar bacon, lovely stuff!
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