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So, do I need to ship you some? Local place here brings it down from Lancaster area of PA.
So, the Finland butter is good then? I haven't had that yet.well here we have local dairies so getting high quality creme is not a problem.
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well i like it to, but everyones taste buds are differnet.So, the Finland butter is good then? I haven't had that yet.
As I mentioned before, as long as you know what the cow has grazed on, that would tell the quality of the cream.
It seemed to taste so "clean" now, stripped of flavor, and now also so often tragically and unnecessarily so stripped of salt as well. I think so and I have some theories:
1) the cows
2) what they eat
3) food safety rules at the plant
4) the milk is chilled to fast and/or too cold
5) Done on purpose by the manufacturer because they think this is what we want. Might have something to do with needing to taste clean to get graded class A by the government.
What say you?
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I live in Olympia Wa, I tend to not shop, when I do I usually go to WINNCO a regional low price player. Go to Trader Joes maybe once a year, dont recall seeing it.
It seemed to taste so "clean" now, stripped of flavor, and now also so often tragically and unnecessarily so stripped of salt as well. I think so and I have some theories:
1) the cows
2) what they eat
3) food safety rules at the plant
4) the milk is chilled to fast and/or too cold
5) Done on purpose by the manufacturer because they think this is what we want. Might have something to do with needing to taste clean to get graded class A by the government.
What say you?
.
well i like it to, but everyones taste buds are differnet.
I will say that at Cash and Carry (restaurant store) they have this stuff "Chef's Blend" butter Dairygold I think, which is kick ass.
I really dont get it this Irish Butter thing....they over salt it to keep the shelf life long I assume, there might be some good butter there, but how can we know?
I feel too that the taste has changed. An interesting note that might to corroborate this comes from Switzerland. Mysteriously, the holes in Swiss Cheese have become smaller almost everywhere. The research points to the milk as the cause. It has become too hygienic and no longer supports cultures necessary to big holes.
I feel too that the taste has changed. An interesting note that might to corroborate this comes from Switzerland. Mysteriously, the holes in Swiss Cheese have become smaller almost everywhere. The research points to the milk as the cause. It has become too hygienic and no longer supports cultures necessary to big holes.
Land O Lakes tastes the same to me.
Tomatoes on the other hand are bull**** these days.
My Dad and Uncle opened a Dairy about 1950, it was wildly profitable.
About 2000, my cousin closed down the Dairy, because he could not break even.
Over that time there was a shift in cows from being a mixture of Guernsey and Holstein cows.
The Guernsey produce better milk (high Milk fat), the Holstein produce large quantities, of low quality milk.
Since milk is sold by the gallon and not the milk fat content, Holsteins became the big player.
Butter from Holstein milk is a mere shadow of butter from Guernsey milk.
Go buy some raw un-homogenized milk, skim the cream, churn it into butter and have it just the way you want.
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I was also a bit disappointed in the Irish butter. OKay flavor, but I guess I expected something 'more' for that price. The label says grass fed cows, so maybe that is where the difference is... now it seems like people hay the cows, and let them field indiscriminately so who knows what all they have eaten, which definitely has an effect on the milk.
Do you think they change generationally? Are you of a school that this low flavored butter is what people want? I mean I understand why pastry chefs might like it but otherwise I dont understand why people would want this.
I can assure you there is a big difference, and if you look at images of modern American dairies,This is my current favorite theory....its the cows.
Believe it or not raw milk sales are illegal in lots of places. In NY I can't buy it retail - it can only be legally purchased at a farm. Either that or have it delivered on a street corner in Brooklyn in the dead of night by a guy named Vinny.
Believe it or not raw milk sales are illegal in lots of places. In NY I can't buy it retail - it can only be legally purchased at a farm. Either that or have it delivered on a street corner in Brooklyn in the dead of night by a guy named Vinny.