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Butter that really is spreadable straight from the fridge?

WeetibixWeetibix Posts: 1,124
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I'm fed up of getting the butter out the fridge and it's like a block of concrete. I think the last one I had was actually Anchor Spreadable which certainly wasn't. So any suggestions ?

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    swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,127
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    I always found Lurpak Spreadable to be spreadable from the fridge
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    grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    Kerrygold used to make real Softer Butter now they mix it with Olive Oil. Its perfectly OK as is Anchor but its not butter IMO :( The closest I found is M&S softer butter which really is.
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    burton07burton07 Posts: 10,871
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    Butter should be kept in the fridge but a daily amount should be kept in a butter dish at room temperature. There was an expert on the radio a while ago that said this.
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    diablodiablo Posts: 8,300
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    Kerrygold softer butter is still 100% butter according to their website. Though I rarely find it where I shop.

    http://www.kerrygold.co.uk/home/products/#product-kerrygold-softer-butter

    I usually get the Lurpak spreadable, it isn't ideal but is okay.
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    BadcatBadcat Posts: 3,684
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    As another poster has said and what I do.

    I cut a chunk off and store it in a butter dish :) works fine and I have nice spreadable butter (unless the kitchen is REALLY cold)

    Rather have butter that way than butter that been mixed with oils, oversalted or mega-churned too death.
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    WeetibixWeetibix Posts: 1,124
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    The butter dish idea sounds like a good one - I'll give it a try as I have found butter to be tastier that the spreads, margarines.
    Thanks all for the replies
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    grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    diablo wrote: »
    Kerrygold softer butter is still 100% butter according to their website. Though I rarely find it where I shop.

    http://www.kerrygold.co.uk/home/products/#product-kerrygold-softer-butter

    I usually get the Lurpak spreadable, it isn't ideal but is okay.

    Cheers, might have to check my local Morrisons. I know a while ago they stopped selling Softer Butter and replaced it with Spreadable where I shopped.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    If you find that your butter is spreadable straight from the frige then it means only one thing..........











    you've had a power cut!
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    ShrikeShrike Posts: 16,609
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    burton07 wrote: »
    Butter should be kept in the fridge but a daily amount should be kept in a butter dish at room temperature. There was an expert on the radio a while ago that said this.

    Any reason why you cant slice off as much as you need from the solid butter brick and gently nuke it in the micro until its spreadable?
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    BadcatBadcat Posts: 3,684
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    Shrike wrote: »
    Any reason why you cant slice off as much as you need from the solid butter brick and gently nuke it in the micro until its spreadable?

    Nope, I do that as well when I forget to take a lump from the fridge. (I use those little glass dessert dishes you get from those Gu puds, they are brill as mini butter dishes)
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    noise747noise747 Posts: 30,862
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    No butter is spreadable from the fridge.
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    sharon7sharon7 Posts: 362
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    noise747 wrote: »
    No butter is spreadable from the fridge.

    Flora buttery is :):)
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    stud u likestud u like Posts: 42,100
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    Lurpak and Country Life work well from the refrigerator.
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    BadcatBadcat Posts: 3,684
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    sharon7 wrote: »
    Flora buttery is :):)

    That's not actually butter.
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    BadcatBadcat Posts: 3,684
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    stud u like wrote: »
    Lurpak and Country Life work well from the refrigerator.

    Not from my fridge they don't! :D
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    burton07 wrote: »
    Butter should be kept in the fridge but a daily amount should be kept in a butter dish at room temperature. There was an expert on the radio a while ago that said this.

    An "expert" eh? :cool:
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    neo_walesneo_wales Posts: 13,625
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    burton07 wrote: »
    Butter should be kept in the fridge but a daily amount should be kept in a butter dish at room temperature. There was an expert on the radio a while ago that said this.

    Thats about right, I tend to keep around 100g of butter in a butter dish and the rest in the fridge.
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    molliepopsmolliepops Posts: 26,828
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    I use an insulated butter dish on the worktop, keeps the butter nice and spreadable but firm enough even in quite hot weather.
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    noise747noise747 Posts: 30,862
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    stud u like wrote: »
    Lurpak and Country Life work well from the refrigerator.

    If they do then there is something wrong with your fridge. I can leave butter out on the table in this weather and it still solid,

    Butter by it's very nature will not be soft in a fridge, if it is then it is not butter.

    Why do people pay so much for Lurpack? i had some a couple of weeks back it was on offer, but it was not that nice.

    at the moment I am buying my butter from Aldi, 98p each and it is pretty good, but if I want great butter, then I buy some from out local butter market :) Not that they sell much better there these days, it is full of different stalls, but it called the butter market because many years ago it sold just dairy products.

    Anyway the butter i get from there is a farmhouse butter made at a local farm, cost £1.60 mind you, but oh so nice.
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    burton07burton07 Posts: 10,871
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    Toby LaRhone wrote: »
    An "expert" eh? :cool:

    Yes, it was on Woman's Hour and they were talking to a woman from The Dairy Council. Why would you doubt it?
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    walterwhitewalterwhite Posts: 56,966
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    Badcat wrote: »
    That's not actually butter.

    Correct. No 'proper' butter is spreadable from the fridge, anything that is is probably oil based.
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    BadcatBadcat Posts: 3,684
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    noise747 wrote: »
    If they do then there is something wrong with your fridge. I can leave butter out on the table in this weather and it still solid,

    Butter by it's very nature will not be soft in a fridge, if it is then it is not butter.

    Why do people pay so much for Lurpack? i had some a couple of weeks back it was on offer, but it was not that nice.

    at the moment I am buying my butter from Aldi, 98p each and it is pretty good, but if I want great butter, then I buy some from out local butter market :) Not that they sell much better there these days, it is full of different stalls, but it called the butter market because many years ago it sold just dairy products.

    Anyway the butter i get from there is a farmhouse butter made at a local farm, cost £1.60 mind you, but oh so nice.

    I've even made my own using double cream and my mixer when I ran out over xmas :D
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    noise747noise747 Posts: 30,862
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    Badcat wrote: »
    I've even made my own using double cream and my mixer when I ran out over xmas :D

    Easy, but maybe more expensive.in the long run. but so nice.
    I buy 6 packets in one go, saves me bothering to pop into aldis again for a while, even if I do past it going home from work.

    i don't think butter is like it used to be, I have no idea what they do to it.
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    MrMarpleMrMarple Posts: 3,444
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    If you find that your butter is spreadable straight from the frige then it means only one thing..........











    you've had a power cut!

    :D:D:D:D:D:D
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