unsalted butter?

Oldernotwiser

thriftlady wrote: »

Who finds it unusual? I just like salty butter. I think the OP can't get it at her nearest shop.

Penny, no I couldn't find Normandy butter in the little supermarket near our gite. I thought it was strange but they did have lots of Brittany butter so we had that- Bridel was the brand. You can get it here. I chose the salted version 'cos that's what I like;)

Sorry, the general view of the thread seemed to have been that unsalted butter is a slightly exotic commodity, I obviously misunderstood.

juliescot

I usually buy unsalted unless I want to use some Brittany butter for something. Haven't bought "ordinary" salted butter for at least 20 years, but then I have been cutting down salt for all that time.

Money_saving_Diva_2

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Sorry, the general view of the thread seemed to have been that unsalted butter is a slightly exotic commodity, I obviously misunderstood.

Yes I think perhaps you have, as my understanding of the thread was just that the OP wanted to know if it made any difference to the taste when she was baking. No one was suggesting it's an unusual ingredient.

I use butter if I have it in the house, otherwise I use Stork or Clover though I do agree, for butter icing it has to be butter, and British too - you don't need to buy outside of the Uk for butter, whether salted or unsalted! And like Thriftlady, I think the tiny bit of salt just adds a subtle extra to the flavours of sweet things.

Diva.x

adsk

In Sainsburys today their Basics unsalted butter was 75p. It's British too.

juliescot

adsk wrote: »

In Sainsburys today their Basics unsalted butter was 75p. It's British too.

I tend to go for taste rather than origin.

Some Cornish unsalted butter is fantastic but Normandy unsalted is more readily found near me. And it is lovely.

SUESMITH_2

tesco also sell unsalted value butter but not in all their supermarkets

adsk

Tesco's value unsalted comes from Sweden. Not exactly food miles friendly (but not as bad as Anchor!)

buxtonrabbitgreen

I think as long as you don't use spreading margerine you will be ok. The spreads have been whipped up with water so it affects the taste and texture. I always use Sainsburys baking margerine even for shortbread. The only time I buy butter for cooking is for the christmas cake. Oh and op spreading butter is no good for cooking either in my opinion.

tandraig

being welsh i try to use welsh butter - its available in tescos asdas etc - but recently my local aldi stopped stocking it - so i use the cornish one instead! havent noticed any difference in taste...............butter is - well - butter. i find the lurpak ones look a bit anaemic tho. or is it just me? as a child i am sure butter was much brighter in colour.

SUESMITH_2

prob full of colouring lol