Well if you actually cut off the yellow rancid bit on the outside (which I did in the beginning here in NZ) - and then weigh how much "butter" is left you'd be surprised how expensive that "cheapest butter" proves to be.
Of course if you are not worried about eating rancid fat then there are no worries - as I said in another thread - once you realize the science behind it (what rancid fat does to your bodily functions) - you most likely wouldn't ever do it again.
Until then - yeah - go for the cheapest and enjoy it fully.
nzhel,
Feb 14, 1:34am
I always buy one of the 'bigger name' brands whether foil or paper wrapped and have never ever noticed any of it being rancid! If it was I would take it back. Butter tastes different in different countries - took me a while to get used the the Aust butter taste then on moving back to NZ I could 'taste' our butter for a while until I got used to it again. I usually buy several blocks also when its on special as I'm certainly not paying $5 - $6 for NZ butter.
indy95,
Feb 18, 11:16pm
Just for the sake of comparison I made a list of the butter prices in Countdown Palmerston North this morning.
A member of staff told me that the prices ofbutter and cheese are " on the way up again by a lot. "
uli,
Feb 19, 12:02am
Would you realize when it was rancid though? Not wanting to "belittle" you here - but from my experience - most NZlanders do not "taste" that that yellow stuff is actually rancid fat... cause they were brought up on it ... *blergh* ... .
cgvl,
Feb 19, 12:51am
Its not rancid its what we feed our cows on. NZ butter has a stronger taste especiaaly when we fed the cows silage or baleage. Probably tastes rancid but it definitely isn't. also turnips, mangles and swedes will taint the milk and cream.
uli,
Feb 19, 5:05am
cgvl- next time you have butter with yellow fat all round it, take the time and cut a slice off the yellow bit and then a slice of the white butter in the middle - and try a bit of each on your tongue. You will (hopefully) taste the difference ...
davidt4,
Feb 19, 5:14am
I think many New Zealanders are complacent about NZ butter, partly as uli says because we were brought up on it, but also from lack of experience of (or interest in) dairy products in other countries. Until I ate French butter I had no idea that butter could taste so complex and delicious, until I ate Italian butter I had no idea that butter could be such a lovely pale ivory colour. I don't know why New Zealanders get so defensive about butter either - we should if anything be slightly ashamed of the poor quality of much or our local product, and the poor handling by supermarkets that exposes poorly wrapped butter to smells and taints.
guest,
Dec 12, 12:46am
I am so glad I am not the only person in the country to have noticed how bad the butter can taste!
The foiled wrapped Mainland is delicious and I won't buy paper wrapped now even for cooking.
The milk here is not as good as they make out either and the feed should make little difference - UK cows eat the same as NZ ones and generally I never noticed a problem there.
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