I went to open the new container of butter at work and saw that someone else got there before me. Who does this! :'( Needless to say, I smoothed it out. I’ll get to see what it looks like when I’m back in on Monday.

  • plyth@feddit.org
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    7 hours ago

    Is this really butter or just margarine? It looks too soft for butter.

    In that case, a post well done.

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      7 hours ago

      I can’t remember. I’m sure it said “spreadable butter”, so it’ll have vegetable oils in it to make it soft.

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          50 minutes ago

          What else should I do with it than spread it on a bread?
          Besides obviously cooking with it, but in a bread, yeah, it’s getting spreaded

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          Oh, hell yes! That’s one place where butter is much more enjoyable than any of the margarine varieties.

          Don’t get me wrong, margarine (despite its many drawbacks) has its place in cooking. But butter is my preference as a fat spread. You get a less single note flavor for one thing. Since the taste doesn’t come from a chemical being added, you get more complexity even with shitty butter (mass produced butter is usually produced by cows fed very limited diets).

          It also spreads differently. When cold, it spreads difficult, compared to margarine. But this isn’t a bad thing in all cases. When room temp, or manipulated to soften it, it’s easier than margarine. But the key is that you get a slightly less uniform spread. While this may or may not be a benefit to everyone, it does lead to the experience being varied. Margarine tends to spread very evenly in comparison.

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          The Brits, se Germans, ze French and de Dutch do, yes (don’t know about the rest of Europe).

          Marmite on toast with lashings of butter. Yum.

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          yes, i have a stick on the counter in a butter dish. if it sits out too long i use it to cook.