[R94N]

That never bothers me when I go to hotels. I love those conveyor belt toasters! It means you can put almost as many slices as you want in at the same time. Also, I never wear napkins, because I like to live life on the edge.

[Yudster]

Hard butter is annoying - if its in the wrapped portion packs, I put the packs between my two slices of toast for a couple of minutes, that sorts them out.

[chrysostom]

I don't spend much time in Hotels, but in good restaurants the butter that comes with bread should never be hard. Ruins the integrity of the bread completely.

At home I much prefer a spreadable margarine.

[Yudster]

We use Clover when its on offer, I Can't Believe Its Not Butter (I can) when it isn't. Although if I could afford it even when it IS on offer, I would use Lurpak Spreadable.

[Ilovematt]

Hard butter is annoying - if its in the wrapped portion packs, I put the packs between my two slices of toast for a couple of minutes, that sorts them out.

I really wondered where that butter was going to go for a moment ...

[DevilsDuck]

We use real butter and have a butter dish! You northerners are weird

[MK Chris]

We use Clover when it's on offer as well, which is a bit annoying as it's so * hard - I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is the softest and therefore my favourite. I can't tell the difference in flavour when it's in my sandwich anyway.

[chrysostom]

We use real butter and have a butter dish! You northerners are weird

There's no point in having real butter unless you're baking something or having it on really good bread.

Otherwise it's just lubrication.

[DevilsDuck]

Butter is much better than the fake spreads.

[dimtimjim]

We use Kerry Gold ideally, but Lurpack and Clover are close subsidies should one be required.

Proppa butter like Duckster would be nice, but too impractical as a general rule.

[DevilsDuck]

Impractical? How?

[MK Chris]

Hard as nails for a start.

[dimtimjim]

Its either hard as buggery from the fridge or its soft, sloppy and goes off before its used if left out of fridge....

[chrysostom]

plus the fat content is quite a bit higher.

[bmstinton93]

Why is this in General?

[MK Chris]

Because it was sparked from a discussion on the show.

[DevilsDuck]

Its not hard or to soft if you have a good butter dish.

The fat content is actually very good for you as part of a well balanced diet.

[dimtimjim]

Its not soft if you have a good butter dish.

Yes we do, but yes it is. Maybe our kitchen isn't cold enough, but ours just turns to slop, regardless of dish - and I did experiment with dish location....

[chrysostom]

anything is good for you as part of a well balanced diet - i'd just rather have my allocation of fat in something else.

[DevilsDuck]

You are wrong, butter is probably the best thing ever

[dimtimjim]

Better than sliced bread?!

[Yudster]

We use Clover when it's on offer as well, which is a bit annoying as it's so * hard -

No it isn't, its a spread from the fridge vegetable oil spread, not hard at all! But if I Can't Believe Its Not Butter is your favourite, and it IS a lot cheaper than Clover, why not use that anyway?

Butter contains a lot of vitamins which these synthesised spreads don't. As long as you aren't having loads and loads and loads of it, I agree its probably healthier. But I'm fat so I avoid it. Although when I'm dieting I avoid all butter substitutes too, calorifically they are no different to butter. So if you aren't worried about the calories, and you can afford it, butter is the healthier choice I reckon.

[MK Chris]

It tears my bread if it's just out of the fridge, whereas I Can't Believe It's Not Butter doesn't. But apparently Clover tastes amazing, so we get that a lot.

[Yudster]

It is nicer, but you're right really, once its in your sandwich it makes very little difference. Its great on toast though. I still don't agree that it is hard.

[MK Chris]

I don't care on toast either (although obviously that makes it easier to spread). As long as it's on the toast soon enough for it to completely melt, I don't care what brand it is.