Reply to: Spreadable vs "normal" butter

[OwlHoot]

Any opinions?

Normal butter tastes spankin' gawjus, but is difficult to spread.

Speadable butter, on the other hand, is spreadable but not as nice as normal butter.

It can make all the difference to that all important first meal of the day (4 slices of toast).

Sounds like you need a temperature-controlled butter dish (only £35 on Amazon).

I was tempted to buy one myself, but decided the need to plug it into the mains (to recharge?) might be rather a pain.

[Lockhouse]

That's the one! I prefer it to salted, great in lemon drizzle cake too. I get it by the box when it's gone a few days out of date and then freeze it.

It's great for cooking with and it goes brilliantly with cheese too. To be honest even the slightly salted one is nice....

[VectraMan]

Anyone tried simply putting the butter outside and waiting for global warming to melt it?

[Gibbon]

I try to watch my salt so avoid spreads. I really like that French President unsalted butter but save it for weekends.

That's the one! I prefer it to salted, great in lemon drizzle cake too. I get it by the box when it's gone a few days out of date and then freeze it.

[Bunk]

We should be fine in the UK for 11.5 months of the year

It's probably warmer in the fridge

[d000hg]

Literally 5s in the microwave, even less sometimes, will make it nice and soft. More than that will ruin it.

[kingcook]

Nope, provided it's not actually warm enough to melt, butter will keep for a couple of weeks this way. Just make sure to put the lid back on the dish after you use it.

We should be fine in the UK for 11.5 months of the year

[d000hg]

Don't keep butter in the fridge. Stick it in a butter dish and leave it in the kitchen. Voila, proper butter you can spread.

Not if you're tough and don't turn the heating on!

[VectraMan]

BTW I've tried dumping a big splodge of butter on hot toast (straight out the toaster) in the hope that the rising heat will make the butter more compliant - doesn't seem to work that well.

I try to balance a knife on top of the toaster to get it hot, then use that. Still doesn't really spread though, at least not without using so much force you destroy the toast in the process.

[Lockhouse]

Unfortunately not...

[Mich the Tester]

I try to watch my salt so avoid spreads. I really like that French President unsalted butter but save it for weekends.

If I was the French President I wouldn't save it for weekends.

[Lockhouse]

I try to watch my salt so avoid spreads. I really like that French President unsalted butter but save it for weekends.

[DaveB]

Will give that a go, and as others have said - leave normal butter out of the fridge! (- would this make the butter go off?)

Nope, provided it's not actually warm enough to melt, butter will keep for a couple of weeks this way. Just make sure to put the lid back on the dish after you use it.

[shaunbhoy]

Nobody's mentioned the "I can't believe it's not" variety.

I find that hard to believe.............

[kingcook]

I work the real butter on the side of a dish with a knife, the friction heats up the butter making it easier to spread

Will give that a go, and as others have said - leave normal butter out of the fridge! (- would this make the butter go off?)

BTW I've tried dumping a big splodge of butter on hot toast (straight out the toaster) in the hope that the rising heat will make the butter more compliant - doesn't seem to work that well.