Toe Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Alright, so I had myself a little taste test, lol. Is it weird to have seven different kinds of butter in your fridge? Asking for a friend. Top tier: Kerrygold - Butter flavor hits you pretty quickly and strongly. Noticeably salty. What butter should taste like. Vermont Creamery - Rich and flavorful with a nice cultured tang, especially once it's melted. Mid tier: Aldi Irish butter - Solid medium flavor, faintly grassy, flavor hits more at the end. Good for the price. Trader Joe's Cultured French butter - Sweet and creamy, a bit like Vermont Creamery (both cultured butters) but clearly not as flavorful overall. Trader Joe's New Zealand butter - Something faintly odd in the flavor when it first hits, sweet and a bit grassy as the flavor builds, with a nice aftertaste. s#!t tier: Minerva Dairy - Highest butterfat percentage of any I tried. Has a velvety richness, but a fairly weak 'butter' flavor. Disappointing, but might be useful if you want the texture for something. Sam's Club Member's Mark butter - Stick of wax with a hint of butter flavor. TBH, I think that's how it is for most American butters. America got lost in the margarine era and hasn't really figured out how to make good butter. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, JJ Husker said: 1 1 Quote Link to comment
default_28 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Thank you for your research. This is more important than you know. 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 45 minutes ago, Toe said: Sam's Club Member's Mark butter - Stick of wax with a hint of butter flavor. This is the butter I use. Thank you for calling me a trashy butter slattern. I'll just go back over here to my trashy home eating my trashy butter in my trashy old bath robe. 1 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 35 minutes ago, knapplc said: This is the butter I use. Thank you for calling me a trashy butter slattern. I'll just go back over here to my trashy home eating my trashy butter in my trashy old bath robe. Right now Sam's has Kerrygold for $7.18 for a 1.5 lb package, which is as cheap as you're gonna find it. Grab a package and compare for yourself! https://www.samsclub.com/p/kerrygold-salted-butter-6-sticks/prod25900176 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Toe said: Right now Sam's has Kerrygold for $7.18 for a 1.5 lb package, which is as cheap as you're gonna find it. Grab a package and compare for yourself! https://www.samsclub.com/p/kerrygold-salted-butter-6-sticks/prod25900176 I've had Kerrygold. It was OK, but not worth spending twice what I spend on Sam's butter. Quote Link to comment
admo Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Wow that's a wide range of butter. Impressive For the past 10+ years I have only gotten Land O' Lakes light butter with olive oil. If they are out of that particular kind, I get it with canola oil, or regular with olive oil and sea salt. When I made that switch to light butter back then, I also switched to Turkey bacon and it's the best. 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Toe said: BTW - my favorite thing from Paula Deen is her House Seasoning. I use it on everything. Really versatile basic seasoning. Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, knapplc said: BTW - my favorite thing from Paula Deen is her House Seasoning. I use it on everything. Really versatile basic seasoning. I've been using a lot of Kinder's seasonings lately. 3 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 10 hours ago, knapplc said: This is the butter I use. Thank you for calling me a trashy butter slattern. I'll just go back over here to my trashy home eating my trashy butter in my trashy old bath robe. You and your non Kerrygold trash butter 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Tried making the Minerva Dairy butter into brown butter. Even that was kind of a disappointment flavor-wise. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I’ve researched and found that European butter is very different. Ned to try it. Quote Link to comment
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