world of butter

greetings

not sure about you, but i get the distinct sense that i am prepared to compose on just about any subject here, just for the sake of updating. and being boring would appear to be no barrier, look you see. then again, who am i to judge or call; perhaps things like this are of a particular (arguably peculiar) interest to someone somewhere. should that be you, then you are very welcome. 

so, recently i was running relatively, or quite, low on butter. or spreadable butter, i had best say, for there are those what get rather protective on this subject, believing that only them rock hard blocks should be known as "proper" butter. fair enough, but this spreadable stuff would seem to taste like butter, and is nice and easy to make use of. 

anyway, my usual brand or choice (i am reluctant to name, but lurpak) struck me as being a trifle more expensive than usual. oh, undoubtedly the educated elite of that twatter thing and similar such social media things where people shout have blamed this increased cost on brexit, the incumbent government, coronavirus or whatever else they believe is responsible for them not having the life they expect to be given, but i cannot claim to be of their number. i just took the approach of looking for alternates at a lower cost. to this, i found not one, not three, but two economically viable alternates

well, now that i have mediated on the subject and given some thought, ostensibly it was indeed three that i found. one got dismissed extremely quickly, however. that would be something called anchor, which was on special for (i think) £1, and turned out to be if not absolutely terrible then not satisfactory for my taste requirements. 

moving on and no, it wasn't really my intention to purchase multiple, more modestly priced alternates. i went to the relevant retailer with a view to getting just one (1) and seeing if i liked it. but then, and this happens, i got kind of distracted and distressed by options, so i just went right ahead and got two different ones. for a sense of needless perspective, i think it was so that these two tubs (or whatever, containers if that is the right name) combined - as in added together - cost less than one tub of my regular or usual type, at current market prices. 

just so that we are all clear on this subject, and to ensure any deviants or curious types know that they may depart this post now, any and all reviews or comments concerning these products shall pertain only to the conventional, traditional and very much intended use of this stuff. which means no, absolutely not, hell no, there is no "Brando style" use of butter reviewed or endorsed here, thank you very much, we shall have none of that sort of thing here. 

the first (non terrible anchor) butter (or what you will call it) to catch my eye was the one above. it is called, as you can see, "danpak", and for those familiar with it the packaging is exceptionally, surely lawyer testingly similar to that of lurpak. as is, of course, the name. 

here is where any sort of "review" element or aspect falls over a bit, for i have not tried this danpak as such as of yet. i have purchased it, and it is in my fridge. this, i believe you will find, is around 66% of the way made towards a comprehensive look at it. on the basis of that, my conclusion is so far so good with it, a reasonably good decision was made to buy it. and of course refrigerate it.

for one that i have actually tried, then, we must look towards our friends in the (theoretical) south west of the land in which i live. a smaller tub, to be sure, and i am now actually trying to recall what i paid to get it. i think it was below, or south of the magical £1.88 figure, which means that on a pro rata basis yes this would work out cheaper (ipso facto) than what the market price for lurpak is. 

i think the one thing which drew me into this, other than the price which seemed immediately reasonable and the sleek, stylish black packaging, was the proclamation or announcement of it containing cornish sea salt. up until this point, i had a lack of awareness about how there is an apparent difference (or variation) in the salt of different seas. perhaps this is lazy, or even ignorant, of me, but much of my life has been lived with an understanding that salt is just salt. making it clear that cornish sea salt differs in a way which is tacitly implied to be superior makes me excited about the idea of one day tasting butter what has aegean sea salt in it. 

opting to start off with trying this one came about after a glance at the best before dates on the two of them. from this you can conclude that spreadable west country butter with cornish sea salt shall die just days before danpak will, if you wish to do so. or it could be a stock delivery issue, i don't know. up to now i have tried it on some croissants, and on toast with (scottish) three berry jam and then with some marmalade, or unspecified provenance. i would say, overall, it has been satisfactory. 

not a lot else i can say on this subject, at least at this stage, so i shall refrain from doing so. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!