# Salted versus Unsalted Butter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-versus-unsalted-butter/517140>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-versus-unsalted-butter/517140 "2009-11-11T03:27:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-versus-unsalted-butter/517140/41 "2009-11-19T19:06:22Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> There’s nothing salted butter can do that unsalted butter sprinkled with a light dusting of flaked sea salt can’t do better.

See, now that’s what I mean. I can’t imagine sprinkling salt on pancakes. So maybe we should just stick with unsalted, although again, we’ve not been able to tell teh diference when we’ve got it in the past.

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-versus-unsalted-butter/517140/42 "2009-11-19T19:37:35Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> There’s nothing salted butter can do that unsalted butter sprinkled with a light dusting of flaked sea salt can’t do better.

Not require me to buy [sea salt](http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/01/04/119-sea-salt/).

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