Judge my tub of butter...

[Hagnumber4]

I have a theory that you can tell a lot about a person's disposition by the state of their butter/marg.

Anyone else dare to bare all?

What to you think I'm like based on my tub? It's "I can't believe it's not butter" (photo probably awaiting approval

Ours is a tub of Lurpak spreadable. A compromise with the family, I prefer West Country salted butter but then again I hardly have it at all so it's not a saturated fat hill I'm prepared to die on. I prefer a nice EV olive oil.

Are there genuinely situations in which pretend butter is needed? We get through a lot of real butter, as DH and DC use it as a spread, but if I have something that needs spread, I will have cheese or jam or Bonne Maman Chocolate Spread. All cooking is done with oil. Maybe cakes? Bechemel? Just thinking that if I was dairy-free I would just eschew any kind of pretend butter and avoid all UPFs.

Our butter dish, which, as above, is nothing to do with me, is unshareable.

Yes, yes , I use a serrated knife, I expect the BLA (Butter Liberation Army) will be around to 'educate' forthwith.

It's mostly all me 😆 a scrape of butter for toast or a sandwich (minding the crumbs) and a knob for something like scrambled egg

you are a gouger and that is unacceptable. :)

I want a butter dish now!!

Vinted is your friend

Ta Dah !

Commiserations xx

I use real butter (of course) and I dont even put it in a tub. No, its on a little wooden board on the worktop, in its wrapper

When Im buttering, I slice slices off like cheese. Dont even pretend to try to spread it

in recent days Ive been having gallbladder pain. I refuse to believe those things may be connected....

OMG

I am a knife knazi. Yes I am

Serrated knives are ONLY to be used for tomatoes and/or bread if its a bread knife

The damage that is done to a cutting action by using the wrong knife is heinous.

OH cuts cheese with a serrated knife. Its so wrong. Or trying to cut cucumber with a serrated knife. Wrong wrong wrong

Butter is just wronger than all of them.

Yes, Denby Boston from 1996. Discontinued colour.

I wish I had a picture of PIL’s ‘spread’ it looks like a Jackson Pollock 😭

Cheese does require the correct implement, mine is shown together with the only knife I ever use for eating or spreading.

I found it jammed at the back of my kitchen locker in my first uni accommodation 34 years ago and have never used anything else (I have other knives, but they are not for me). I Just liked the floral pattern, it doesn't (as far as I know) have any value, but has gained sentimental value simply from time in service.

Well I dont know. I really dont know

Its a knice knife, I'll give you that, but, its serrated so I do have you down as a wrongun

I like your cheese knife.

Nope nope nope. That's horrendous OP.
Even my kids know not to gouge the butter.
And certainly no crumbs.
I also went through an awful time trying to convince DS not to make fresh garlic butter by using the knife he'd just used for raw garlic, in the butter.
No Vegemite in the butter either (Aussies will know)!

I’m at work at the moment but we’ve got one of these (Barry the Butter Bunny - isn’t he fancy in his little jumper!)

he’s from Asda and has served us very well. I find over Easter there are a number of cute designs!

We have two tubs of butter. DH doesn't know we have two tubs, DD and I keep the second one hidden so that we avoid his gouges and toast crumbs

i would think you are a slattern

we need to bring "slattern" as an insult back. (but only to be used by women)

Does anyone think marg is the healthier option? That’s not why people buy it surely?

Lurpak spreadable is only 64% butter with rapeseed oil.

I don't care.

My butter is in my freezer. It's slightly salted and from the farm.

If you're wondering what anyone thinks, outside of the fact that you're eating chemical spread, I think you're psychotic for just digging out of the middle of the tub or very carefree in a way that makes me seem very uptight.

I'm okay with being uptight but I was also okay with being unaware until now. 😁

Here’s mine …..we all love (real) butter here!

I was beginning to doubt myself but I’ve just double checked my spare block of Kerrygold. It’s only 200g now.