The Joy of Butter!

[Rooey5]

Oh and on hot banana bread

Must have hot banana bread smothered with butter...yum!

[Bathsheba]

I made the mistake of buying Aldi's Butterfully spreadable butter... ugh... it had that fake butter flavour that seems to be in everything that is called "buttery" these days... it's the same chemical that they put on cinema pop corn. Won't get it again. But Adli's cultered plain block butter is ok... not as good as Gigar though.

[sunshine_sieben]

Where do you get Gigar?
I looove the Harmonie butter and keep it on the kitchen bench thanks to the suggestion in the marg thread. So far it has been fine, although it has been getting quite warm here in SE QLD. My plan for the summer is to just take the butter out of the fridge every morning when I make my first cuppa so that ot will be soft-ish when we have breakfast 30-60 minutes later.
My favourite way to use butter: Either on hot crumpets or fresh crusty bread, still warm, lots of butter and honey - delicious!
My grandmother always used to put a tiny bit of burnt (slightly browned) butter onto our porridge or semolina. It gives it a wonderful nutty flavour.
I just can't have boiled/steamed vegies without a little melted butter and salt.

Yum! Butter is just so underrated.
Sasa

[Bathsheba]

Danish cultured Girgar butter is available in Coles and Woolworths/safeway. It has a green and silver wrapping.

[Astrid]

Finally bought myself some Warrnambool butter (yes it has taken me this long), it was much cheaper at the supermarket across the road from the factory, which was surprising as everything else is so expensive. Anyway it is really quite nice. Must admit with all my baking that I have been going with the no name butters (that is unless I am baking something special) and I think it did make a difference to the baking. So I will have to start putting away money each week, then go there once a month to buy a bulk lot.

[sunshine_sieben]

I had a look when I was at Woolies today, but my local one doesn't seem to have Girgar. The did have Lurpak danish butter, though...

[Bathsheba]

Lurpak is quite nice... very pale which is common for European butters. The colour shouldn't affect the flavour.

[Rooey5]

Astrid, my DP and I were at the Queen Vic markets yesterday and I saw Warrnambool butter and cheeses in one of the little deli shops. I'm going to go back when we need butter/cheese and start buying that! My sis lived in Warrnambool for a few years and said the cheese is great

[sunshine_sieben]

Yes, European butters are often quite pale. Especially continental ones. As far as I know, that comes from what they eat. In general, they say that milk from grassfed dairy cows makes a more golden coloured butter. So I guess, with our long winters, European cows eat a higher percentage of grain and hey rather than fresh grass... but that's just my theory.

By the way, I found Girgar at my local Coles. will try it tomorrow.
Sasa

[Phteven]

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I just can't have boiled/steamed vegies without a little melted butter and salt.

yep, DH thinks I'm a freak but I love it.

[Rooey5]

I love butter on corn