"Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in message
...
>
> "Gabriel Wallden" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Vox Humana wrote:
> > > "Kim" > wrote in message
> > > om...
> > >
> > >>I read the best baking butter is the firmest butter. I am comparing
Land
> > >>O'Lakes and Breyer's (?).
> > >>
> > >>Land O'Lakes has more yellow coloring and is ridgedly firm even at
room
> > >>temperature.
> > >>
> > >>Breyers seems to act more like a butter I recognize. It softens as it
> > >
> > > warms
> > >
> > >>to a really soft, oozy, consistancy. It also has less yellow coloring.
> It
> > >>also costs more. I Breyers better for baking?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Butter is butter. It doesn't have coloring added. Butter does vary
in
> the
> > > amount of water it contains with some premium and imported brands
being
> > > lower in water and quite a bit more expensive. I haven't noticed a
bit
> of
> > > difference between brands of domestic butter when it comes to baking.
> I
> > > use Land 'o Lakes, store brands like Kroger's, and butter from Costco
> and
> > > Gordon Food Service. It's all the same to me. The US Department of
> > > Agriculture sets standards for butter. You can read all about it he
> > > http://webexhibits.org/butter/grades.html
> > >
> > >
> > Butter isn't butter, there is butter and butter, some butter have
> > coloring added.
> >
> > /Gabriel Wallden
>
> I believe I've given this opinion before, but will repeat myself if I
have:
> Butter I buy retail takes at least 3-4 times the length of time to melt in
> the microwave as my Amish butter --
> Vox Humana: the brand is "Amish Country" mfg. Minerva Dairy Inc., Minerva,
> Ohio 44657 [I had previously stated erroneously where I 'thought' it was
> mfg'd.
>
> I use this Amish butter for two purposes, bread and butter & melting it
for
> white popcorn bought at an Mennonite store.
>
> Dee
> Dee
>

As soon as butter hit $5 per lb. at the supermarket, I switched to the local
restaurant purveyor at $2.65 per lb. The no name unsalted butter is
indistinguishable from what is available at the supermarket. Hope this
helps.

Fred
The Good Gourmet
http://www.thegoodgourmet.com