Getting butter to spread?

02-03-2010, 20:20

We keep our butter in a butter dish on the kitchen table, and the room is heated between 17-20'c all day, yet the butter remains like a brick, all its good for is making mash, we have tried various brands but all the same, I love real butter on toast but if you attempt to put that on toast it just rips it, the only time I've got butter to spread is in them little foil packs you get in restaurants. Any advice?

SeasideLady · 02-03-2010, 20:27

Short of you buying the spreadable type, you could maybe flash it in the microwave for 10 seconds or so, to soften the top of it.

degsyhufc · 02-03-2010, 20:29

I would also recommend nuking it, but becareful as a few seconds too long and you will have a bowl of melted butter.

Another thought would be to heat the knife.

LaChatteGitane · 02-03-2010, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

I would also recommend nuking it, but becareful as a few seconds too long and you will have a bowl of melted butter.

Another thought would be to heat the knife.

I would do this, but even better is just slicing thick slices of butter and place them on the bread

Yummm

HALibutt · 02-03-2010, 20:44

M&S do a spreadable butter - that is just pure butter, nothing added to it. It's the only one I've ever found like that.

hobbes · 02-03-2010, 20:46

I was a bit dubious about spreadable butters but honest- Lurpak salted spreadable tastes better than butter- less greasy somehow.

Sem1 · 02-03-2010, 21:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobbes

I was a bit dubious about spreadable butters but honest- Lurpak salted spreadable tastes better than butter- less greasy somehow.

Really, I've alway been wary, but I may give it a try. Thanks

Spiderpig · 04-03-2010, 17:52

We always have Lurpac butter at christmas and we always destroy the bread (forget to get it out of the fridge). When the butter is gone we then go back to the spread that lets you make a sandwich that does look like a sandwhich not a new form of art. I think it is a form of snobery but don't tell my wife.

Libertarian · 04-03-2010, 18:25

Be wary of spreadable 'butters' they are softened with vegetable oils - yuk! Kerrygold are pure butter.

BruisedViolet · 04-03-2010, 23:10

Sit on a knife for a few minutes, it'll warm it up.

GrizzyDee · 05-03-2010, 23:12

Instead of putting your brick on a butter dish, place it in a bowl or tub. Then you can mash it about a bit with the knife before you spread it. Also try using the back of a spoon instead of a knife to spread it with (a trick I learnt years ago when working in a bakery).

But yeah, nuking it is fastest!

silentNate · 05-03-2010, 23:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobbes

I was a bit dubious about spreadable butters but honest- Lurpak salted spreadable tastes better than butter- less greasy somehow.

Anchor spreadable butter is great even though coming from NZ its hardly environmentally friendly

LaChatteGitane · 05-03-2010, 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by BruisedViolet

Sit on a knife for a few minutes, it'll warm it up.

You could also sit on the butter for a few minutes

hayley_kench · 06-03-2010, 09:49

I would wack it in the microwave on defrost for around 20-30 seconds. This will make it soft instead of it melting (which it would do on normal heat) then leave out in the butter dish, at room temperature it will stay soft.

shackfan · 06-03-2010, 20:05

How bizzare that someone should ask how to make butter spreadable

Surely a microwave is so bloody obvious, it shouldnt need asking. This time of year I probably stick it in there 2 or 3 times a day. No problem.
Now I shall start a thread asking how to make water hot for a cup of tea

Welsh-lad · 06-03-2010, 22:34

The only 'real' butter that seems to stay relatively spreadable at room temperature is Anchor.

I buy M&S butter or local farm butter and keep the dish near the rayburn.

degsyhufc · 07-03-2010, 00:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by shackfan

How bizzare that someone should ask how to make butter spreadable

Surely a microwave is so bloody obvious, it shouldnt need asking. This time of year I probably stick it in there 2 or 3 times a day. No problem.
Now I shall start a thread asking how to make water hot for a cup of tea

The OP never said that they had a microwave. Just asked for suggestions. People on the forum replied with suggestions.

Can't see the problem unless every question has to be vetted.

02-03-2010, 20:20	#1
fortec.1981 Posts: n/a	Getting butter to spread? We keep our butter in a butter dish on the kitchen table, and the room is heated between 17-20'c all day, yet the butter remains like a brick, all its good for is making mash, we have tried various brands but all the same, I love real butter on toast but if you attempt to put that on toast it just rips it, the only time I've got butter to spread is in them little foil packs you get in restaurants. Any advice?

02-03-2010, 20:27	#2
SeasideLady Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 15,471	Short of you buying the spreadable type, you could maybe flash it in the microwave for 10 seconds or so, to soften the top of it.

02-03-2010, 20:29	#3
degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 58,791	I would also recommend nuking it, but becareful as a few seconds too long and you will have a bowl of melted butter. Another thought would be to heat the knife.

02-03-2010, 20:36	#4
LaChatteGitane Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: stirring the cauldron Posts: 3,957	Quote: Originally Posted by degsyhufc I would also recommend nuking it, but becareful as a few seconds too long and you will have a bowl of melted butter. Another thought would be to heat the knife. I would do this, but even better is just slicing thick slices of butter and place them on the bread Yummm

02-03-2010, 20:44	#5
HALibutt Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Not far from that there London Posts: 8,233	M&S do a spreadable butter - that is just pure butter, nothing added to it. It's the only one I've ever found like that.

02-03-2010, 20:46	#6
hobbes Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sunny Manchester Posts: 5,560	I was a bit dubious about spreadable butters but honest- Lurpak salted spreadable tastes better than butter- less greasy somehow.

02-03-2010, 21:17	#7
Sem1 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wallington, Surrey Posts: 4,555	Quote: Originally Posted by hobbes I was a bit dubious about spreadable butters but honest- Lurpak salted spreadable tastes better than butter- less greasy somehow. Really, I've alway been wary, but I may give it a try. Thanks

04-03-2010, 17:52	#8
Spiderpig Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,228	We always have Lurpac butter at christmas and we always destroy the bread (forget to get it out of the fridge). When the butter is gone we then go back to the spread that lets you make a sandwich that does look like a sandwhich not a new form of art. I think it is a form of snobery but don't tell my wife.

04-03-2010, 18:25	#9
Libertarian Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 252	Be wary of spreadable 'butters' they are softened with vegetable oils - yuk! Kerrygold are pure butter.

04-03-2010, 23:10	#10
BruisedViolet Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Liverpool - Leeds - London! Posts: 1,454	Sit on a knife for a few minutes, it'll warm it up.

05-03-2010, 23:12	#11
GrizzyDee Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: The Heaviside Layer Posts: 1,220	Instead of putting your brick on a butter dish, place it in a bowl or tub. Then you can mash it about a bit with the knife before you spread it. Also try using the back of a spoon instead of a knife to spread it with (a trick I learnt years ago when working in a bakery). But yeah, nuking it is fastest!

05-03-2010, 23:15	#12
silentNate Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Council Estate Posts: 35,538	Quote: Originally Posted by hobbes I was a bit dubious about spreadable butters but honest- Lurpak salted spreadable tastes better than butter- less greasy somehow. Anchor spreadable butter is great even though coming from NZ its hardly environmentally friendly

05-03-2010, 23:24	#13
LaChatteGitane Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: stirring the cauldron Posts: 3,957	Quote: Originally Posted by BruisedViolet Sit on a knife for a few minutes, it'll warm it up. You could also sit on the butter for a few minutes

06-03-2010, 09:49	#14
hayley_kench Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 753	I would wack it in the microwave on defrost for around 20-30 seconds. This will make it soft instead of it melting (which it would do on normal heat) then leave out in the butter dish, at room temperature it will stay soft.

06-03-2010, 20:05	#15
shackfan Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 12,979	How bizzare that someone should ask how to make butter spreadable Surely a microwave is so bloody obvious, it shouldnt need asking. This time of year I probably stick it in there 2 or 3 times a day. No problem. Now I shall start a thread asking how to make water hot for a cup of tea

06-03-2010, 22:34	#16
Welsh-lad Inactive Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mid Wales / Canolbarth Cymru Posts: 37,555	The only 'real' butter that seems to stay relatively spreadable at room temperature is Anchor. I buy M&S butter or local farm butter and keep the dish near the rayburn.

07-03-2010, 00:25	#17
degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 58,791	Quote: Originally Posted by shackfan How bizzare that someone should ask how to make butter spreadable Surely a microwave is so bloody obvious, it shouldnt need asking. This time of year I probably stick it in there 2 or 3 times a day. No problem. Now I shall start a thread asking how to make water hot for a cup of tea The OP never said that they had a microwave. Just asked for suggestions. People on the forum replied with suggestions. Can't see the problem unless every question has to be vetted.

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