FabSwingers.com forum: All Out Butter Wars!

Somewhere In The Ether…

Good folks: What is your spread of choice and what brand? - I.e Lurpak, Flora etc. etc

I’ll be tallying up the nominations and crowning an ultimate champion based upon your votes so be sure to defend your chosen spread with your very mortal souls!

Fight!

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By (user no longer on site)
41 weeks ago

Flora all the way

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By (user no longer on site)
41 weeks ago

I probably buy different every time. It's just butter.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
41 weeks ago

walsall

Kerrygold.

Real butter only, non of that margarine poison.

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
41 weeks ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

I buy Lurpak, Clover. I do have to have proper butter in the fridge though

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By *mmaleiaWoman
41 weeks ago

Trowbridge

Butter or marg you mean?

Lakeland Irish butter all the way

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By *icecouple561Couple
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41 weeks ago

East Sussex

Lurpak

It's blooming delicious

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
41 weeks ago

Leeds

Everyday = clover

The holy grail of butter = Country life.

The mr

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

Kerrygold. But only in the foil wrapper with none of the nasty seed oils added

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By *verageSausageMan
41 weeks ago

Flintshire

Genuine French Brittany butter made from unpasteurised milk - various brands - but it's getting hard to find. So my second choice is Welsh salted butter. (It contains more salt than other British butters).

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By *ty31Man
41 weeks ago

NW London

Does it matter? They're all pretty much the same

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

"Kerrygold. But only in the foil wrapper with none of the nasty seed oils added

The ladyship says this but we make our own raw butter from raw milk as well.

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
41 weeks ago

Ryde

Flora.

Avoid margarine like the metaphorical plague. Wiping you bum on a slice of toast gives a slightly better flavour.

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

"Genuine French Brittany butter made from unpasteurised milk - various brands - but it's getting hard to find. So my second choice is Welsh salted butter. (It contains more salt than other British butters)."

Depending on your spending threshold, we found a lovely one in Tesco but it's very expensive. Otherwise M&S and Waitrose are fairly reliable for this. Our everyday is Kerrygold because Irish butter is generally better quality, but for a splurge totally agree with you

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

"Flora.

Avoid margarine like the metaphorical plague. Wiping you bum on a slice of toast gives a slightly better flavour."

Flora is margarine?

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
41 weeks ago

Basingstoke

I only ever buy butter at Christmas - for Turkey sandwiches - and then it's whatever is cheapest at Tesco.

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By *ife NinjaMan
41 weeks ago

Dunfermline

Lurpak or M&S

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
41 weeks ago

Ryde

"Flora is margarine?

Not quite. It's kind of a blend. When you put margarine on warm toast, it just sits there. Flora actually melts like butter.

The difference between butter and margarine is that one is made from milk fats, the other from oils. Flora just get the balance right, and doesn't taste synthetic.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
41 weeks ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Interlude: Does anyone remember the old Golden Churn packaging? It was a mini milk churn!

I used to love that as a kid

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By *uri00620Woman
41 weeks ago

Croydon

I have some kind of organic butter in the fridge atm (for baking) and Lurpak but I'm a bit of a floozy (ooh that's a term that can go in the silly word thread going on), I'm not committed to any one so could easily be different next time around.

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
41 weeks ago

Ryde

Here's one going back a while: Krona.

It was a fixture in the family fridge, and really nice butter. Available in salted or unsalted.

Having a Yorkshire father, we were never going to get the chance to even try the unsalted variety!

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By *arkus1812Man
41 weeks ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Most of the butter I use is Morrisons own brand, Find it very good for cake making.

I use about 2kg a week.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
41 weeks ago

Paradise, Herts

Clover for every day. Anchor on the rare occasion/treat I buy butter

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By *TK421-Man
41 weeks ago

Cheltenham

Aldi version of Lupak. I genuinely don't know what it's called but it's right next to it in the aisle in almost the same packet

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By *TK421-Man
41 weeks ago

Cheltenham

"Aldi version of Lupak. I genuinely don't know what it's called but it's right next to it in the aisle in almost the same packet

Norpak......

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By (user no longer on site)
41 weeks ago

Only real butter no spreadable nonsense but weve recently been making our own which is surprisingly easy and rewarding

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
41 weeks ago

My Own Little World

Lurpak

Olive spread

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By (user no longer on site)
41 weeks ago

Anchor, lurpak a close second

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By *verageSausageMan
41 weeks ago

Flintshire

I agree, finding the French butter is very expensive. Local to where I live, there are no Tesco large enough to stock it. Morrisons used to, and it wasn't too expensive, but they don't stock it any more. There is however, a big Sainsbury and they do stock it. They also stock Reblochon cheese (similarly expensive). I make savings by buying fresh half baguettes from Lidl to spread the French butter on. And lardons from Lidl to make tartiflette.

I do have expensive tastes, but it is much cheaper than actually going to France to enjoy French foods!

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By *estarossa.Woman
41 weeks ago

Flagrante

Block butter, salted. Not bothered about the brand as long as its real butter.

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By *educing_EmCouple
41 weeks ago

Tipperary

Kerrygold of course

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By *tephanjMan
41 weeks ago

Kettering

Flora buttery is my favourite

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By *allySlinkyWoman
41 weeks ago

Leeds

I prefer Bertolli margarine to buyter

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
41 weeks ago

Next Door

Lurpak or kerry gold.

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By *avexxMan
41 weeks ago

cheshire

bertolli and clover

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
41 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

Aldi butter in a block. We're not fancy.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
41 weeks ago

North West

"Good folks: What is your spread of choice and what brand? - I.e Lurpak, Flora etc. etc

I’ll be tallying up the nominations and crowning an ultimate champion based upon your votes so be sure to defend your chosen spread with your very mortal souls!

Fight!

Sainsbury's own brand salted butter

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

"Flora is margarine?

Not quite. It's kind of a blend. When you put margarine on warm toast, it just sits there. Flora actually melts like butter.

The difference between butter and margarine is that one is made from milk fats, the other from oils. Flora just get the balance right, and doesn't taste synthetic."

Flora is margarine. The plastic margarine from years ago has changed since they used whale fat but it is still very close to plastic.

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

I do have expensive tastes, but it is much cheaper than actually going to France to enjoy French foods!"

We're up your way soon. We'll pop in for a 'snack'.

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By *bi HaiveMan
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41 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Aldi's fake 'I can't believe it's not butter'

Can't remember what it's called.

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By *bi HaiveMan
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41 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Aldi's fake 'I can't believe it's not butter'

Can't remember what it's called.

Just been to the fridge.

'Beautifully Buttery'.

Not bad on toast. If your bread fits in the toaster of course......

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By *verageSausageMan
41 weeks ago

Flintshire

"Flora is margarine?

Not quite. It's kind of a blend. When you put margarine on warm toast, it just sits there. Flora actually melts like butter.

The difference between butter and margarine is that one is made from milk fats, the other from oils. Flora just get the balance right, and doesn't taste synthetic.

Flora is margarine. The plastic margarine from years ago has changed since they used whale fat but it is still very close to plastic.

Margarine. One of the main ingredients has historically been palm oil.

Palm oil was also used extensively in the manufacture of soap.

That is why one of the largest soap manufacturers in Britain merged with one of the largest margarine manufacturers in The Netherlands and became the company we still know today as Unilever. (although they did sell off their spreads businesses a few years ago).

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By *verageSausageMan
41 weeks ago

Flintshire

I do have expensive tastes, but it is much cheaper than actually going to France to enjoy French foods!

We're up your way soon. We'll pop in for a 'snack'.

You are always welcome to call in.

ps can you please pick up some French butter and Reblochon from the Sainsbury's which yo pass along the way?

Don't worry about the half baguettes or lardons, I can nip down to Lidl for those!

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By *hoirCouple
41 weeks ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

I do have expensive tastes, but it is much cheaper than actually going to France to enjoy French foods!

We're up your way soon. We'll pop in for a 'snack'.

You are always welcome to call in.

ps can you please pick up some French butter and Reblochon from the Sainsbury's which yo pass along the way?

Don't worry about the half baguettes or lardons, I can nip down to Lidl for those!

We'll nip into Waitrose, C is a bit of a snob on this front and he's been eyeing up the reblochon in there for ages anyway

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By *ORDERMANMan
41 weeks ago

wrexham

What does Marlon brando use

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By *ovelifelovefuntimesMan
41 weeks ago

Where ever I lay my hat

President for me

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By (user no longer on site)
41 weeks ago

Lurpak spreadable .

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
41 weeks ago

Stourbridge

Proper salted British butter.

Accept no weak imitations

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