# What's the tastiest butter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920 "2017-08-17T23:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/1 "2017-08-17T23:33:20Z")
I love Mac n Cheese and I used butter that my sis uses. I think there’s better butter out there. What’s yours? That bowl you can use to cook in the microwave and eat out of is great. It’s made just for Mac n Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/2 "2017-08-17T23:35:06Z")
Not sure about the tastiest butter. But to kick your mac-n-cheese into 12th gear, use sour cream instead of milk. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/3 "2017-08-18T00:14:29Z")
[Plugra unsalted.](https://www.americastestkitchen.com/taste_tests/548-unsalted-butter) I picked it long before America’s Test Kitchen did. Absolutely the best. ---
**Author:** ![Deflagration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/4 "2017-08-18T01:15:14Z")
Garlic Butter or Brandy Butter? ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/5 "2017-08-18T01:29:52Z")
Mmm… garlic butter, now that’s a thought. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/6 "2017-08-18T01:40:25Z")
Land-O-Lakes. And the hot pseudo-Native-American chick doesn’t hurt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/7 "2017-08-18T01:43:11Z")
Thread greased over from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/8 "2017-08-18T01:44:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Plugra unsalted.](https://www.americastestkitchen.com/taste_tests/548-unsalted-butter) > > I picked it long before America’s Test Kitchen did. Absolutely the best. Agree that Plugra is one of the best mass-market specialist butters. Pretty much any of the European or “cultured” style butters will beat the pants off any ordinary American style butter. Kerrygold is another decent brand. Even Trader Joe’s cultured butter is vastly better than ordinary US butter. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/9 "2017-08-18T02:22:45Z")
My favorite is Lurpak, the Danish one, but Lurpak, Plugra, and Kerrygold are all nice. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/10 "2017-08-18T02:29:55Z")
What butter does your sis use? ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/11 "2017-08-18T02:39:19Z")
Cultured vs uncultured butter is a matter of personal preference - if you’re talking about the kind of Macaroni & Cheese you make using an envelope of orange powder, though, I doubt you would notice a difference either way… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/12 "2017-08-18T02:43:48Z")
[Canna Butter](https://www.stickyguide.com/dispensaries/airfield-supply-company/products/canna-butter)! ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/13 "2017-08-18T02:54:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What butter does your sis use? Walmart Great Value. It taste pretty darn good though. I wanna try that garlic butter but thanks for the suggestions as I will try them afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/14 "2017-08-18T03:29:27Z")
Since we found it at Costco, we now only use Kerrygold. Local grocery price: $4.50/8oz. Costco price: $7.50/1.5 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/15 "2017-08-18T06:41:46Z")
A few friends of mine have raved about Trader Joe’s new French butter. I haven’t tried it yet, but I plan to get some my next trip there. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/16 "2017-08-18T07:05:50Z")
Kerrygold pure Irish butter. It is pure heaven. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/17 "2017-08-18T07:09:45Z")
I always regarded butter to be a commodity, and butterfat was butterfat. It occurs in different grades, and some manfaturers specify a higher quality product ,but I don’t expect name brands to be made by their own corporate-owned creameries. Like many food products, name brands vary mainly by quality control, and are often made by the same companies that package generics. In the middle east, I bought tins of butter that had gone bad and were rechurned in New Zealand for export, and I couldn’t tell the difference. Unsalted butter tastes pretty much like nothing at all. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/18 "2017-08-18T07:17:22Z")
When I can, I’ll stop by this Amish store that’s about an hour outside of town and pick up a few pounds of butter. It tastes like a dream. What I don’t get is, it has the same ingredients as the regular butter I buy at Kroger. So why does the Amish butter taste so much better? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/19 "2017-08-18T07:47:31Z")
Putting good butter in a cooked dish where it’s a minor component is going to wipe out a lot of what makes it special. Reserve good butter for when you really want the butter flavor to stand out, such as buttered toast or a beurre blanc. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920/20 "2017-08-18T12:01:48Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I always regarded butter to be a commodity, and butterfat was butterfat. … Like us, cows store components of what they ingest in their fat. So fat, and thus the taste of butterfat, can vary depending on what the cows ate. For feed lot cows, I’m guessing it’s pretty much the same throughout the year. For pasture-raised cows, the taste and color of their butter will change, depending on their diet. During the butter tasting on America’s Test Kitchen, some of the tasters remarked that grass-fed butter could have some “barnyard” notes that were not appealing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tastiest-butter/793920.md?page=2)