/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17589582
makes my scrambled eggs very tasty.

>>17589582
It's ‐butter‐ than the rest! Hehe :)

>>17589582
It's like 5% better than normal butter. Not worth the premium except maybe for social occasions

>>17589582
i'm a lurpak man me

>>17589582

>>17589617
maybe a dumb question but what exactly makes it better than just regular store brand butter? Is the taste more rich or something or is it a different flavor profile?

>>17589636
The cows sleep on mattresses

I don't even see that much of a difference taste wise. I use it more for the health benefits since they're grass fed.

Do Americans really have to import butter from Ireland just to get grass-fed?

>>17589690
Most commercial butter here is grain fed and grass finished. If you want grass fed you need to pay a pricier brand or buy local which is also expensive conpared to store butter

Is grass fed just cows in feedlots that eat hay or do they actually get to graze in pastures

>>17589636
The main things the distinguish butters are the diets of the cows, I believe. More diverse diet = tastier butter.

>>17589582

I always buy a few of them whenever they're on sale. They're softer than the cheaper ones.

>>17589719
hay is considered grain feed
also, grass-fed and grass-finished are unverified claims so you might as well be rolling the dice

>>17589719
Something like 2/3rds of Ireland is grass for cows to eat. They do eat silage (fermented grass) during the winter.

>>17589582
>is it worth the 2x price
no

Yeah

>>17589582
Do Americans really? This is bog standard stuff over here

>>17589821
All grains are grasses, so in terms of legal definitions, what is grass fed? What are they eating?

>>17589636
It's softer due to lower saturated fat to monounsaturated fat ratio. It may taste richer simply because it's oily and coats your tongue better. If you want more and different flavor, try unsalted Kerrygold. That one is cultured. It's hard to find cultured butter in America.

>>17589887
that's what I'm saying; grass fed is marketing kikery, the USDA doesnt't actually send anybody to check that "grass fed" or "grass finished" are actually true

the difference between it and cheap butter isnt because its grassfed, its cultured butter (added bacteria) giving it a slight acidity but it really just tastes more buttery. buy the aldi offbrand, its pretty good.

>>17589905
Oh ok, I'm retarded. Thank you anon

>>17589636

orange butter good

>>17589611
*stabs you*

>>17589582
it's still pasturised so it's crap

>>17589582
No. Fuck the Irish first and foremost, and second, by butter from local dairy farms, ffs, you inbred, stupid fucks.
FUCK THE IRISH.

>>17590591
i doubt anybody even an irish women would have sex with me

>>17589582
It's not the best but it's better than most other brands you will find in a grocery store.

>>17589877
Yes, our food is shit because our leaders hate us.

>>17589582
Yes

>>17590950
you don't have $15?

>>17591009
Is that what it costs to get an irishwoman drunk?

Yes I'm not even shilling. Long time Lando lakes butter user, converted to kerigold back in 2015 and never looked back.

>>17591021
Lando Lakes used to be butter

>>17591021
>>17591023

On the topic of Irish food topics
did you guys know Subway bread over here is legally not bread

>>17591071
I was always under the impression it was some type of puff pastry or phyllo because it flakes like crazy.

>>17591080
the sugar content in the bread is too high for it to be considered bread

>>17591094
What is this, 2014?

>>17589706
I think you've got this backwards - grass-finished means "fed grass its whole life", grass-fed means it was fed grass at some period of its life. A lot of times they will feed cows grass when they are young and then switch to grain as it gets older. Some people have said the beef tastes better from this too, although obviously it's probably not as healthy for the cow.

>>17592173
also im gay

>>17589582
Yeah it's pretty good in foods that doesn't have overpowering flavor.

Master race reporting in

>>17592385
For me, it's Tillamook Sea Salted Extra Creamy Butter.

>>17589582
Its always seemed ridiculous to me that "grass-fed" would be a sign of quality. Americans are obsessed with the suburban lawn, neatly trimmed and free of dandelions. Cutting the goddamn grass is a lifetime ritual for some of us, running the mower around in a well defined pattern like a fucking CNC milling machine, carefully collecting all those trimmings to wrap up in black plastic bags awaiting garbage day, when its trucked to a landfill for eternity.
Can we send it to farms instead? It appears to be super-premium cow food, yet we just throw it out.

Welsh > Irish

>americans ferment the milk in their chocolate to make it taste like vomit
>they don't ferment the cream for their butter so it just tastes like plain butterfat compared to the rich flavor of cultured butter
Somebody explain this. Are they being retarded on purpose?

>>17592173
Fuck the cow

>>17592385
high iq

>>17589690
I'll import my cock into your ass, fucker.

>>17592447
this isn't bad, it really is creamier than kerrygold but it doesn't have as strong of a flavor

Step aside, peasants.

>>17589582
>>17589636
I did a blind taste test once and there was no discernible difference. HOWEVER, Kerrygold (or any Irish butter) is substantially softer coming out of the fridge compared to regular butter. Not as soft as margerine, but soft enough to be spread on bread immediately. Meanwhile, if you try this with regular butter it won't spread well because it's too hard and you'll end up with an uneven spread or ripped up bread. The higher price is worth the convenience imo, although I buy off-brand Irish butter rather than Kerrygold, which has the same properties.
I'm not sure if the difference is due to the ingredients or the process, but it's measurable and real.