I looked at my butter today, the ingredients are:

  • butter oil
  • milk powder

What the hell is butter oil? I tried googling it, but I get VERY contradictory results, nothing from a reputable source I could find.

  • @[email protected]
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    171 day ago

    I would like to say that while this is clearly made in jest, unsalted butter is a requirement for some really great recipes, and also some people are on say a low sodium diet. I put it as optional, because I’m a mature person and don’t yuck other people’s yum.

    • @benignintervention
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      131 day ago

      I use unsalted butter almost exclusively so I can more easily control the salt content of my dishes

      • @[email protected]OP
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        41 day ago

        Why do people even combine butter and salt? Why not keep them separate, I think every kitchen I’ve ever seen has salt in it

        • @[email protected]
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          217 hours ago

          When using butter as a spread it’s nice to have some salt incorporated. A salt shaker is very easy to overdo on something light like toast or pancakes.

        • Skua
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          61 day ago

          Traditionally, salted butter was way saltier than our modern salted butter and it was a way to make it last longer before we had refrigeration and pasteurisation