Plugra, because it's Made in USA and costs less than Kerrygold.

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Originally posted by bald1:
Can't get Smjor around here. Some taste testing:

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Smjör is great. When I took a bunch of students to Iceland last year, they murdered several packs of it like they had never had butter before.

Smjörvi was better for the go because of its spreadability when making sandwiches on a bus.

My asked me to pick a few things up at the store, so I grabbed some butter figuring I might be missing out after reading this thread. I bought Kerrygold, Plugar, and President plus I had Publix at home. All salted. I put a pat of each on a piece of bread.

Purely based on taste, because I don't care what it looks like or what the cows ate cause I don't eat that stuff:

President hands down. It tastes the way butter, start to finish. It was on sale, $4 for 14 ounces.

Kerrygold was a distant second. It was buttery enough, but President was a step above.

Third goes to Publix. It's AA graded, but it has an off taste that I've noticed in the past, but now that I compared it to others, it's really noticeable.

That puts Plugar in last place. It was the most expensive as well. When I first popped it and it's piece of bread in my mouth, I didn't get any butter flavor. After chewing it a bit, I really got a margarine taste instead of butter.

I may give some more a try.

Edited to show that President Butter comes in 7oz packages. I had originally stated it was on sale for $4 a pound.

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Seriously though, try kerry gold in your coffee.

What is this butter in coffee thing you speak of?

I love coffee.

I love butter.

The thought of them together makes me feel like retching!

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Seriously though, try kerry gold in your coffee.

What is this butter in coffee thing you speak of?

I love coffee.

I love butter.

The thought of them together makes me feel like retching!

Actually I do the same on occasion. I usually prefer heavy cream. When not available, I'll use milk or butter. If butter, generally use unsalted for coffee - a nice hefty chunk.

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Originally posted by konata88:
Actually I do the same on occasion. I usually prefer heavy cream. When not available, I'll use milk or butter. If butter, generally use unsalted for coffee - a nice hefty chunk.

And then put it in the blender.

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Originally posted by PASig:

quote:

Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Seriously though, try kerry gold in your coffee.

What is this butter in coffee thing you speak of?

I love coffee.

I love butter.

The thought of them together makes me feel like retching!

Just a tiny bit. About 1/4 of a normal pat. You really don't taste butter, but the coffee has a richer flavor. Especially good with really strong blend coffees consumed black with no sweeteners. I thought it was weird until I tried it

Irish Butter. Kerrygold pure Irish butter has a great taste and texture on toast!

Hmmm...now I need to try this Smjör and President. Not sold yet on the KG since it costs 2.5x my local butter and not yet convinced it is 2.5x better. It is probably 1.5x better.

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Originally posted by ergoproxy:
Hmmm...now I need to try this Smjör and President. Not sold yet on the KG since it costs 2.5x my local butter and not yet convinced it is 2.5x better. It is probably 1.5x better.

I rationalize this expense. Yep 2x the price of plain old domestic brands and maybe not 2x better, but definitely better according to my taste. So an extra $3 for the good stuff. Two sticks will last my household at least two weeks unless we have people over to eat. That's not going to crash our monthly budget. Enjoying a good meal with quality ingredients is a little please I've come to enjoy, so it's worth it to me. If some day I find myself needed to pinch every penny to scrape by, I'll rethink that. I ate store brand butter for most of my life so no big deal.

Finally got to try the Kerrygold. Much better than the last batch of stuff I've been using (which was good except last batch).

I've heard Smjor (Iceland, not Ireland) is very good. Will buy and compare next time I go to Whole Foods.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:
Just a tiny bit. About 1/4 of a normal pat. You really don't taste butter, but the coffee has a richer flavor. Especially good with really strong blend coffees consumed black with no sweeteners. I thought it was weird until I tried it

I use 2 tbsp of Kerrygold along with 2 tbsp of MCT oil.

I get that. It's not the actual price per se, but the value you get from the price you pay. Kinda like a generic smart tv from Wally vs a Sony XBR. I'll gladly pay the Sony price even if it costs 4-5x. That's just me though. I still enjoy the KG very much. I need to make a trip to WF for that Icelandic butter.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:

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Originally posted by ergoproxy:
Hmmm...now I need to try this Smjör and President. Not sold yet on the KG since it costs 2.5x my local butter and not yet convinced it is 2.5x better. It is probably 1.5x better.

I rationalize this expense. Yep 2x the price of plain old domestic brands and maybe not 2x better, but definitely better according to my taste. So an extra $3 for the good stuff. Two sticks will last my household at least two weeks unless we have people over to eat. That's not going to crash our monthly budget. Enjoying a good meal with quality ingredients is a little please I've come to enjoy, so it's worth it to me. If some day I find myself needed to pinch every penny to scrape by, I'll rethink that. I ate store brand butter for most of my life so no big deal.

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Originally posted by ergoproxy:
Damn it, because it this thread, I went to Costco and got that Keerygold. It was the most expensive butter I've ever bought. Can't wait to try it on that Cheesecake Factory wheat bread that I got there as well. I normally get the local dairy brand.

It does go on sale. Keep an eye out.

I just made a fresh loaf of brown Irish soda bread that goes perfectly with a generous portion of melty Kerrygold.

President, Kerrygold, or anything else that looks good on the fancy butter shelf.

We've tried the French President but feel it falls short of Irish KerryGold.


Anyone tried Danish Creamery European Butter? It has the same high fat content of KerryGold but is US made and cheaper?

https://danishcreamery.com/

I don’t know if its readily available here, but the French butter is really good. We used to get fresh baguettes, butter, ham, and cheese there that made fantastic sandwiches.

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5 pages on butter.

LOL, guns and butter!

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Originally posted by konata88:
5 pages on butter.

We usually grab what ever-Publix, Land O lakes, President Kerry Gold-just depends on what's on sale.

I must say that I can't tell bit of difference between them.

But I don't generally eat toast, so I use butter to cook with, or on freshly cooked vegetables like corn or peas or... and especially when I cook ribeye or chuck eye steak.

Never had, nor do I plan to have it in my coffee.

Bob