Proper Butter!

Fuskercat

Why is it so hard to find butter that actually has that lovely buttery taste nowadays? Lurpak used to have it but now it's almost tasteless as are other brands. I've occasionally had some lovely butter when having scones in cafes (the little pats that come in the foil) but it's been a long time since I've tasted it.
We've been trying different brands and tried two different ones from M&S recently and they were nice but still lacking that buttery flavour. Any suggestions for butter brands that actually taste of something?!

WantToBeSE

Aldi stock local butter and milk here. Not sure if that's something they do in every store but maybe worth having a look (or ask them on FB or Twitter if you don't want a wasted journey).

Poppy9

If you have a local market try there and ask to taste.

Fuskercat

No local market here otherwise I would've done this

recovering_spendaholic

The nicest supermarket butters are Kerrygold and President lightly salted, in my opinion. Aldi do a a Welsh butter which is also nice. I really don't like any of the others.

grandadsmith

Grass pastured cows = Irish,
I go for unsalted.
Farmfoods.
Also French
Also Goats...

*zippy*

Aldi do a speciality west country butter with sea salt £1.29, it's a rich tasting butter.

melanzana

There is only one butter for me. And I do accept that people's tastes differ.

KERRYGOLD!

Deep yellow colour, magnificent flavour. To me, the absolute best of the bunch!

Now I am going to pop two slices of bread in the toaster and smother them in KG. Drool.

A._Badger

Zippy's recommendation is a good one. And if you shop around, Bridel butter from Britanny with sea salt crystals is excellent - always assuming you aren't salt phobic.

The comment about Lurpak is spot on - whatever have they done to it?

Fuskercat

We just tried the Brittany butter with sea salt from M&S which was yummy but still lacked that elusive flavour...will definitely try Kerrygold (been years since we tried that) and also that one from Aldi which was mentioned. My quest for buttery butter continues!

jollyme

I also have wondered about butter. What HAVE they done to it?
Do they whisk it and incorporate air? Or add water? I have pretty well convinced myself that something of that nature is going on.