When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
regular butter.

Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
it....

--
Mark Shaw
================================================== ======================
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of mnshaw@
celestial fire called conscience." - George Washington gmail.com

"Mark Shaw" > wrote in message
...
> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....
>
> --
> Mark Shaw


I read somewhere that frozen butter should be kept in ziplock bags. How
about just labeling the bags?

Doug Kanter wrote:
> "Mark Shaw" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
>>foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
>>regular butter.
>>
>>Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
>>of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
>>it....
>>
>>--
>>Mark Shaw
>
>
>
> I read somewhere that frozen butter should be kept in ziplock bags. How
> about just labeling the bags?
>
>


I leave it in the box.

Bob

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Doug Kanter wrote:
> > "Mark Shaw" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> >>foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> >>regular butter.
> >>
> >>Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> >>of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> >>it....
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mark Shaw
> >
> >
> >
> > I read somewhere that frozen butter should be kept in ziplock bags. How
> > about just labeling the bags?
> >
> >
>
>
> I leave it in the box.
>
> Bob

<lol>

That works......
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
Mark Shaw > wrote:

> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....

If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
package it in different colors.

The salted is in blue print, the unsalted is in red.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> Mark Shaw > wrote:

> > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > regular butter.
> >
> > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > it....

> If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
> package it in different colors.

Nope. At least, not the brands I buy. What brand do
you buy?

--
Mark Shaw moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm
================================================== ======================
"There must be security for all, or no one is secure. This does not mean
giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly."
- Klaatu

In article >,
Mark Shaw > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Mark Shaw > wrote:
>
> > > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > > regular butter.
> > >
> > > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > > it....
>
> > If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
> > package it in different colors.
>
> Nope. At least, not the brands I buy. What brand do
> you buy?

Hill Country Fare from HEB.
It's the generic store brand.
Wal-mart also has their own generic that does the same thing.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> Mark Shaw > wrote:

[salted/unsalted butter]

> > > If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
> > > package it in different colors.
> >
> > Nope. At least, not the brands I buy. What brand do
> > you buy?

> Hill Country Fare from HEB.

Ah, thanks. I can get that at Central Market, then.

Do they actually *say* salted/unsalted on the wrapper? Or
do I have to remember which is red and which is blue or
whatever?

--
Mark Shaw moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm
================================================== ======================
"There must be security for all, or no one is secure. This does not mean
giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly."
- Klaatu

"Mark Shaw" > wrote in message
...
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Mark Shaw > wrote:
>
> [salted/unsalted butter]
>
>> > > If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
>> > > package it in different colors.
>> >
>> > Nope. At least, not the brands I buy. What brand do
>> > you buy?
>
>> Hill Country Fare from HEB.
>
> Ah, thanks. I can get that at Central Market, then.
>
> Do they actually *say* salted/unsalted on the wrapper? Or
> do I have to remember which is red and which is blue or
> whatever?

To paraphrase the diner scene in "When Harry Met Sally", I'll have whatever
you're having. Or smoking. How old are you?

In article >,
Mark Shaw > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Mark Shaw > wrote:
>
> [salted/unsalted butter]
>
> > > > If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
> > > > package it in different colors.
> > >
> > > Nope. At least, not the brands I buy. What brand do
> > > you buy?
>
> > Hill Country Fare from HEB.
>
> Ah, thanks. I can get that at Central Market, then.
>
> Do they actually *say* salted/unsalted on the wrapper? Or
> do I have to remember which is red and which is blue or
> whatever?

Hmmmmm... Did not want to accidently fib to you, so I just ran out to
the Hobart and checked. I have one box each of salted and unsalted but
they are the "great value" Wal-mart brand. I vary where I buy butter
depending on prices.

The salted just says "butter" on the wax paper labels, but the unsalted
SAYS "unsalted butter" so it's clearly labelled.

And they are still different colors.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Mark Shaw wrote:


> Do they actually *say* salted/unsalted on the wrapper? Or
> do I have to remember which is red and which is blue or
> whatever?
>

Try an mnemonic ... if the salted is blue tell yourself that the ocean
is blue and ocean water is salty.
You'll be suprised how it sticks.

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> In article >,
> Mark Shaw > wrote:
>
> > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > regular butter.
> >
> > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > it....
>
> If you buy the same brand all the time (I buy the store brand) they
> package it in different colors.
>
> The salted is in blue print, the unsalted is in red.
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Om.
>

Except for the butter we buy at Sam's. Salted is in red print, unsalted
in *foil* in blue with a little red.

On Tue 03 Jan 2006 11:17:58a, Mark Shaw wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....
>

Or reading it.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue 03 Jan 2006 11:17:58a, Mark Shaw wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
>> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
>> regular butter.
>>
>> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
>> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
>> it....
>>
>
> Or reading it.

Read....like.....read the words on the individual wrappers? Are you
insane????????? Get a grip, man!

Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
> On Tue 03 Jan 2006 11:17:58a, Mark Shaw wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > regular butter.
> >
> > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > it....

> Or reading it.

Nope. The packaging of the individual sticks is identical.

I *could* leave it in the box, but to save space I freeze
individual sticks.

--
Mark Shaw
================================================== ======================
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of mnshaw@
celestial fire called conscience." - George Washington gmail.com

Mark Shaw wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>>On Tue 03 Jan 2006 11:17:58a, Mark Shaw wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>
>>>When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
>>>foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
>>>regular butter.
>>>
>>>Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
>>>of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
>>>it....
>
>
>>Or reading it.
>
>
> Nope. The packaging of the individual sticks is identical.
>
> I *could* leave it in the box, but to save space I freeze
> individual sticks.
>

what kind of packages does your butter come in?

--

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disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
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In article >,
Mark Shaw > wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
> > On Tue 03 Jan 2006 11:17:58a, Mark Shaw wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > > regular butter.
> > >
> > > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > > it....
>
> > Or reading it.
>
> Nope. The packaging of the individual sticks is identical.
>
> I *could* leave it in the box, but to save space I freeze
> individual sticks.

Heh!

I can sympathize with your rant then, but butter will stay fresher
tasting if ziplocked.

Go buy an indelible laundry marker (aka Sharpie) and mark the bag. :-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Mark Shaw wrote:

> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....

The unsalted butter I usually get comes in a box with 4 sticks wrapped in
paper. Another brand comes in a wrapper similar to the salted butter, but
all the unsalted butter says "unsalted" very clearly on the label.

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:51:29 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> Mark Shaw wrote:
>
> > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > regular butter.
> >
> > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > it....
>
> The unsalted butter I usually get comes in a box with 4 sticks wrapped in
> paper. Another brand comes in a wrapper similar to the salted butter, but
> all the unsalted butter says "unsalted" very clearly on the label.

I buy both varieties of the Great Value butter at Super WalMart. One
comes in a red box with blue writing on the individual sticks. The
other comes in a blue box with red writing on the individual sticks.
The sticks don't have any mention of salted or unsalted on the
wrappers. The least they could do is match the inner and outer colors
of the packaging. I've thought about writing to them, but something
tells me that that would be an exercise in futility.

Carol

Depends on the brand. Challenge brand butter is still in foil. Yet I
bought the store brand unsalted butter and it was wrapped in paper.

Lynne

"Mark Shaw" > wrote in message
...
> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....
>
> --
> Mark Shaw
> ================================================== ======================
> "Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of mnshaw@
> celestial fire called conscience." - George Washington gmail.com

In article >,
Mark Shaw > wrote:

> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....

Here in NJ where I live, butter is only packaged in foil by premium
brands. Regular brands such as the store brand, Keller's, and Land 'O
Lakes all come wrapped in wax paper, both the salted and the unsalted
varieties.

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:22:54 -0500, Stan Horwitz >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Mark Shaw > wrote:
>
>> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
>> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
>> regular butter.
>>
>> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
>> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
>> it....
>
>Here in NJ where I live, butter is only packaged in foil by premium
>brands. Regular brands such as the store brand, Keller's, and Land 'O
>Lakes all come wrapped in wax paper, both the salted and the unsalted
>varieties.


When did Land O' Lakes stop packing the unsalted in foil? Their web
pages mention only the half lb in sticks still packed that way.

I do not buy LOL any more. Keller is on sale more often and for
everyday, I use what Costco sells.

Boron

In article >,
Boron Elgar > wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:22:54 -0500, Stan Horwitz >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Mark Shaw > wrote:
> >
> >> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> >> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> >> regular butter.
> >>
> >> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> >> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> >> it....
> >
> >Here in NJ where I live, butter is only packaged in foil by premium
> >brands. Regular brands such as the store brand, Keller's, and Land 'O
> >Lakes all come wrapped in wax paper, both the salted and the unsalted
> >varieties.
>
>
> When did Land O' Lakes stop packing the unsalted in foil? Their web
> pages mention only the half lb in sticks still packed that way.
>
> I do not buy LOL any more. Keller is on sale more often and for
> everyday, I use what Costco sells.

Oops, I might be wrong about that. I will have to check the next time I
am in the store. Sitting in my freezer now are a few 1/4 pound sticks of
store brand unsalted butter in wax paper wrappers.

In article >,
Mark Shaw > wrote:

> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in foil? The
> individual sticks are in distinguishable from regular butter.

My paper-wrapped sticks are marked salted or unsalted. Not Land O'Lakes
but another brand in Minneapolis.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 1-3-2006, Sam I Am! and Hello!

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:17:58 +0000 (UTC), Mark Shaw
> wrote:

>When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
>foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
>regular butter.
>
>Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
>of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
>it....

Checked the freezer: Breakstone salted sticks are labeled with type,
store brand (Stop-n-Shop) are not.

To be honest, I use salted and unsalted interchangeably in recipes and
I don't tell anyone. My bad! ;>

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:48:04 GMT, (Curly
Sue) wrote:

> To be honest, I use salted and unsalted interchangeably in recipes and
> I don't tell anyone. My bad! ;>

The only thing we use salted butter for is toast. Thankfully, the
prices are now the same for salted and unsalted. It used to be that
the unsalted stuff cost $1 more per pound than salted.

Carol

Mark Shaw wrote:
> When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> regular butter.
>
> Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> it....
>

You have salted and unsalted butter in your house? If so why? Just buy
unsalted butter - problem solved. You can always add salt later if
needed when you are using the butter.

In article <te0vf.7725$V.5225@fed1read04>, rrb >
wrote:

> Mark Shaw wrote:
> > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > regular butter.
> >
> > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > it....
> >
>
> You have salted and unsalted butter in your house? If so why? Just buy
> unsalted butter - problem solved. You can always add salt later if
> needed when you are using the butter.

It's not the same..... Not sure why, but it's just not!

I only use unsalted butter for cooking.
For toast, steaks and melting for seafood dipping, I really do prefer
the salted.

Unsalted butter tastes funky with seafood, and adding salt after the
fact does not alter that.

Just my personal tastes tho'. ;-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article <te0vf.7725$V.5225@fed1read04>, rrb >
> wrote:
>
> > Mark Shaw wrote:
> > > When the heck did they stop packaging unsalted butter in
> > > foil? The individual sticks are in distinguishable from
> > > regular butter.
> > >
> > > Rather difficult to tell what's what when you take it out
> > > of the freezer, unless you go to the trouble of labelling
> > > it....
> > >
> >
> > You have salted and unsalted butter in your house? If so why? Just buy
> > unsalted butter - problem solved. You can always add salt later if
> > needed when you are using the butter.
>
> It's not the same..... Not sure why, but it's just not!
>
> I only use unsalted butter for cooking.
> For toast, steaks and melting for seafood dipping, I really do prefer
> the salted.
>
> Unsalted butter tastes funky with seafood, and adding salt after the
> fact does not alter that.
>
> Just my personal tastes tho'. ;-)

CTAD!... hehe

Drawn butter means not only no milk solids and water but made from
unsalted. Restaurants don't serve drawn butter made from salted. And
in in fact most folks don't add salt to cooked SEAfood, especially not
cooked shellfish. And in case you haven't already figured it out in
the process of clarifying butter the salt would also settle to the
bottom and be left behind with the milk solids.

clarified butter [KLEHR-ih-fide]
Also called drawn butter, this is _unsalted_ butter that has been
slowly melted, thereby evaporating most of the water and separating the
milk solids (which sink to the bottom of the pan) from the golden
liquid on the surface. After any foam is skimmed off the top, the clear
(clarified) butter is poured or skimmed off the milky residue and used
in cooking. Because the milk solids (which make butter burn when used
for frying) have been removed, clarified butter has a higher SMOKE
POINT than regular butter and therefore may be used to cook at higher
temperatures. Additionally, the lack of milk solids prevents clarified
butter from becoming rancid as quickly as regular butter. It also means
that the butter won't have as rich a flavor. GHEE is an East Indian
form of highly clarified butter.

© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD
LOVER'S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.

In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> CTAD!... hehe
>
> Drawn butter means not only no milk solids and water but made from
> unsalted. Restaurants don't serve drawn butter made from salted. And
> in in fact most folks don't add salt to cooked SEAfood, especially not
> cooked shellfish. And in case you haven't already figured it out in
> the process of clarifying butter the salt would also settle to the
> bottom and be left behind with the milk solids.

You've missed my other posts on that...

I HATE drawn (clarified) butter and always request fresh melted whole
butter if I eat seafood out!

It has no flavor.

May as well dip your shrimp in corn oil.

Ick.

I mix 1/2 cube of whole butter with the juice of one lemon and nuke it.
That is what I dip shrimp, crab and lobster in.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson