What spread/butter/margarine do you use?

[OpalQuartz]

Is it still called margarine? I'm looking for one that is spreadable, tastes like butter and not too unhealthy. Any suggestions are welcome.

[OpalQuartz]

Thank you.

[mrspremise]

President unsalted butter, though I do buy salted butter for making shortbread. DH insists on 'spread', though the fool

[threepiecesuite]

I like Bertolli these days.

[spilttheteaagain]

Butter, always, including for baking.

My favourite is Kerrygold but also like Anchor and that is what we are on now as I got lots on 2 for £2.50.

Salted.

Wouldn't touch marg with a bargepole. The process of making it is truly revolting. Link here shows how long and involved a process it is

[belledejour]

Please can I urge you all to buy British whenever you can and support the poor old beleaguered British dairy farmers?! Country Life butter is made in the UK. Anchor is from New Zealand and Lurpak is Danish. There are many other delicious British butters - Netherend Farm is good and I love Guernsey Dairy butter which is a very rich yellow colour as it comes from Guernsey cows. Castle Dairies makes Welsh butter, which is particularly salty and delicious.

I don't eat margarine or 'butter mixture table spreads', which is the name for products such as Utterly Butterly etc. They are highly processed foods.

[OpalQuartz]

Thanks Spillthetea for that link. I didn't realise olive oil shouldn't be used to cook with. Can I ask what you would use to fry onions/chicken/mince when making risotto/bolognaise/chilli etc?

[OpalQuartz]

Which shops are the butters you mentioned available in belledejour? Obviously Country Life is widely available. So I assume spreadable versions of Country Life etc are not good as they contain veg oil?

[OpalQuartz]

Just googled and looks like Waitrose stock Netherend and Guernsey, but possibly not Castle

[OpalQuartz]

Off to Waitrose next week

[CointreauVersial]

Butter. Not particularly brand loyal.

It lives in a dish, and only goes in the fridge in the height of summer.

Margarine is processed, chemical crap.

[clary]

Butter. Sainsbury's organic slightly salted. It's the only thing I buy there now. Yummy and healthy. Healthier than marg or butter crap. Keep it in the butter dish and it's perfectly possible to spread it.

I've stopped eating butter tho due to my diet

[Aaliyah1]

Lurpak! Mmmm

[WildThong]

Used to use Lurpak spreadable, recently President spreadable (which it isn't really but tastes lovely)

[trixymalixy]

If I have any kind of spread I have butter. Can't bear margarine.

[Grockle]

Butter tesco value

[firesidechat]

Butter. Margarine doesn't have a place in this house.

I used Lurpak spreadable for a long time, but then got a bit funny about the added vegetable oil, so now use President spreadable for sandwiches etc. It's a lovely pale butter. I use any old block butter for cooking.

[firesidechat]

Oh just seen your post WildThong. I agree that President spreadable isn't as spreadable as some, but it is much better than block butter straight from the fridge.

[trice]

Lovely butter here, I like jersey butter best. Delicious in porridge.

I fry with butter, ghee, coconut oil or avocado oil as they are more heat stable than olive oil.

[trixymalixy]

Interesting how attitudes to butter have changed. I bet if you had asked this 15 years ago most would have used margarine.

[firesidechat]

Since when is butter healthier than vegetable oil spread?

ContinentalKat

Many low fat spreads contain trans fats which are very bad for health.

Margarines and spreads are a highly processed chemical sludge.

Many cardiovascular experts are warning about the dangers of some supposedly healthy butter alternatives.

The dangers of saturated fats is now thought to have been hugely exaggerated.

Low fat spreads add nothing to the enjoyment of eating.

[firesidechat]

Personally I've never used margarine, except for when I was still living at home and my mum had Stork for baking.

The only difficulty I had when I married was that my parents used Anchor and my husband liked Lurpak. He won, thankfully because Lurpak is much nicer.

[PigeonPie]

I've always tried to buy British dairy products and I'm shocked. I've just checked my butter and it doesn't say it's made from British milk.

I will be reviewing my butter purchases tomorrow!

[Rooners]

I've just started buying butter after reading the thread about margarine the other day.

I am having a lot of trouble spreading it though. Are any of the spreadable ones Ok? please?

[tilliebob]

Lurpak spreadable or Norpak (Aldi's version). Can't stand synthetic tasting spreads.

[Rooners]

Also is it possible to buy butter made without the intensive dairy farming background - I really feel sad about the dairy industry so would rather get food that doesn't rely on the worst of it.

I used to be a vegan for about 3 years during my 15 year vegetarian stint. I miss that time. It's so hard in this culture to sustain that diet.