Cant get a decent butter

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:16

Im having a nightmare trying to find a nice butter, i normally get clover but you never know if its gonna be alright, be interested to know your choice..

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:23

i get kerrygold in starlings yet to find lurpak. haqvent had any problems with clover yet x

cyprusjoker


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Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:30

Why thank you most kindly Lilli, kerrygold not one of my favorites thou. I keep looking at all the other brands that ive never heard of but always get the horrible one. Im gonna have to buy whole lot and choose from there.



P.S What a boring topic.!

Marvo


Joined: 30/04/2007
Posts: 194

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:37

It's nice to know that after the worst rains in living memory, someone's is having a nightmare over butter.

japeal



Joined: 12/09/2008
Posts: 1052

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:38

Bought Lurpak in Supreme on Thursday

MrsSnakes



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 1100

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:40

Lurpak is in Illili and Starling.

mags111



Joined: 17/08/2008
Posts: 251

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:40

There is only 1 decent butter - Lurpak. Can buy it in Supreme

LostFound


Joined: 03/08/2009
Posts: 387

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:46

yep Lurpak it is, did you know they are trying to ban butter in the UK because its so unhealthy, so I am trying to be in good in also using Kalbim Zeytinyagli by Ulker every other day.

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:47

everyone sells lurpak, kerry gold, glover etc how much choice do you need if you dont like those you could always try the turkish brands then you will realise how nice it is to have a choice, i lived in turkey for 4 years you dont get a choice there its turkish unsalted or nothing !

cyprusjoker


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Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:52

Lovely butterly.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 09:57

Hi Lost andfound what do they in the UK suggest as an alternative. Butter is far healthier than marg which is derived from plastic xx

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 10:09

Lurpak is available but not the spreadable stuff, just the solid block..not the same.

Marvo


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Posts: 194

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 10:30

yawn yawn yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 11:34

Dee you can get Lurpak Spreadable in Dolmaci supermarket in Alsancak, I saw it there last week. They also have the blocks.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 12:55

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MsbvGmLaU4&feature=related



Best butter related sketch in history...

airy____fairy


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 813

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 19:29

best butter and clover in the same sentence ??????? is that possible ??????

- countrylife available and also one English butter called Grove dairy farm I think which is yummy

from most markets

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 19:43

Why compare lesser brands of butter (from the UK and Ireland) when there is "Nederlandse boter"? (Omg, is this anti-Brit agani..? )

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 19:46

yes hans but it dont have salt in it, we brits like salty butter i think welsh butter is one of the nicest you can have its so salty !!

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 19:48

the alternative is dont use anything! I have my toast slathered in marmite only, I dont use butter or marge on anything, I think it ruins a jacket spud, I hate it when I order one and they forget and put butter in it, yuk x

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 19:56

RE msg 18, andrew4232: I must strongly protest on behalf of the Dutch farmers! Holland produces the finest unsalted, medium salted and (mainly for export) salted butter (boter) - seven varieties in total. Click the seven packages in this graphic: http://www.zuivelonline.nl/?pageID=169

airy____fairy


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Posts: 813

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 20:05

no DC you cannot beat English butter it is yummmmmmmmmmmmy

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 20:13

OK, airy____fairy! (How can we discuss butter/boter in this thread - with people who seem to eat MARMITE..?! Arrrgh!).

carollynne


Joined: 19/11/2009
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 20:30

Sorry Hans, but I lived in The Netherlands for 10 years and couldn't find a decent salted butter so always used to bring back English butter with me on my trips to the UK. I can honestly say though, I really miss boterkoek, I'd give anything to have a slice right now lol



Carollynne

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 20:30

joandjelly, wow thanks for letting me know...no more trips to the south to buy it then x

wotzup7


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 108

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 22:11

I think someone needs to get out more often! Ditto zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 22:19

RE msg 25, wotzup7: (...) I think someone needs to get out more often! Ditto zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (...)

=> Thanks for reading this thread and taking the time to write your interesting message...

wotzup7


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 108

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 22:29

Thanks accepted.Take your finger out of "The Dyke"and move on!There really is more to discuss.Don't you think????

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 22:38

RE msg 27, wotzup7: "The Dyke". Haha. Funny and very original. You are number 5001 in the past six years. And you have only five posts on this board - good lord, you are a very promising new member! I'm sure we are all eagerly awaiting your suggestions about more interesting items to discuss...

wotzup7


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 108

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 22:49

"The Dyke". Haha. Funny and very original.

The old ones always the best!!!Thankyou for the welcome.I hope to be able to contribute.What's the problem Mr Doberman?I hope I'm not stealing your thunder????

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 22:52

Well, it's clear to me - I close this "discussion" with you. I hope we won't ever be seen in the same pub.

wotzup7


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 108

Message Posted:
01/03/2010 23:21

Night Hans.

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
02/03/2010 00:56

Re: Msgs 12, 21, 23



Please, please people, about English butter being the best!!! From all the butters I've tried it is absolutely the worst! And Lupak being the worst of all, especially spreadable which ( to quote Lilli) is definitely "derived from plastic" and so packed with salt that it is revolting! ( apart from being a health hazard - think about high blood pressure and strokes!)

The best butters are from Alpine regions : Bavarian, French, Italian and they don't have preservatives, smell of alpine flowers, creamy and are simply divine.

Please, don't mention that poison again.

I have to pay in UK 3 times the price to buy French unsalted semi-decent one!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
02/03/2010 18:14

In Astro (Girne), about two years ago we used to buy the Australian 'Bega' butter - that was 'honest', delicious butter.



I'm afraid, since all the bovine diseases so frequently rampaging through UK - obviously due to inadequate animal husbandry, I will not buy English or Irish butter.



I buy some Turkish brands (although 'Pinar' has tasted disgusting lately), or Austrian or Danish.



Oh for some pure, clean, delicious New Zealand butter, milk and cream - and, for that matter, to be able to buy NZ lamb cuts!

Clarissa2


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Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
02/03/2010 18:34

Re: Msg 33,

I like Austrian butter very much.

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 05:51

C2 what makes you think Lurpak in English? It's Danish and always has been.



The best on Earth bar none is Buerre D'Isigny from France in the terracotta pots. It's so good you could eat it plain!



Sainsbury's used to sell it... not sure if they still do.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 08:40

Talking of of French butter; the best butter I ever tasted was a local variety in Chablis - oh, and their wines - 'Nectar of the Gods'!

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 08:48

Beurre d'Isigny is an AOP butter produced in the Veys Bay area and the valleys of the rivers running into it, i.e. 193 communes straddling the Manche and Calvados départments.

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 21:17

Re: Msg35,



"C2 what makes you think Lurpak in English? It's Danish and always has been. "



Groucho, what do you mean by "think Lupark in English"? Lupark does not make me think at all!

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 22:06

Clover's not butter, its churned vegetable oil, was looking at ingredients only yesterday in Morrisons

Dusterbruce


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Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 22:14

' Take your finger out of the dyke' or she might have you for sexual assault!





Sorry couldn't resist it!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 22:16

C2, it was meant to read 'think Lurpak is English'



You said "Please, please people, about English butter being the best!!! From all the butters I've tried it is absolutely the worst! And Lupak being the worst of all"



So if English butter is the worst, how can Lurpak be the worst of all if it's not English?



Lurpak isn't English, as you know...

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
03/03/2010 22:45

msg33, what a load of old b-----ks you talk. Bovine deseases frequently in GB. Inadequate animal husbandary!



Pure clean deliciuos NZ butter.... yes right, ....... NZ animal husbandary is appalling compaired with GB! they cut off the cows tails, that they need to switch off the flies, they do this with a knife and no anaesthetic! they bash the baby bull calves on the head to kill them as they dont want to rear them, they abort their cows because they want them to all calve at the same time.. yea they are sooooo pure and clean, I would not even think of buying any NZ dairy product. I can tell you more if you want, as my nephew is working on a farm in NZ and they are all far below our GB standards in milk, sheep, beef... So dont knock something that has by far higher standards than NZ...,

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
04/03/2010 00:48

Re: Msg 41,



Groucho, I am not talking about Danish ownership of Lurpak brand. I am talking about Lurpak butter which is produced in milk processing plants in UK. And about its taste.



And I am very pleased that you appreciate French butter. And no, I have not seen beurre d'Isygny in Sainsbury's.