We probably had Blue Bonnet sticks. This was before the time of “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!”
ETA: or maybe Imperial sticks.
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Here is the SE salted butter test.
We are primarily a Kerrygold salted household–that is the only butter allowed on a baked potato according to my SO. I keep salted sticks, herb and garlic sticks, and the “naturally softer” tub in the fridge. You’d be amazed at how fast we go through the stuff.
For baking and cooking, it’s Land O Lakes or store brand unsalted.
Plugra and other “fancy” cultured/high fat butters (always salted) are reserved for homemade bread or entertaining purposes and purchased a few times a year.
I firmly agree with Julia Child–don’t use margarine if you plan on serving it to me! I grew up with Blue Bonnet and Fleischman’s, so when I learned to cook, I switched to butter and never looked back.
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Any of you guys try Animal Farm butter? The $60/lb butter that French Laundry uses/serves. I had it at FL 20 years ago. Don’t remember much except the waiter named the specific cows (Betsy, etc.) that produced the butter.
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Everything’s better with Blue Bonnet on it!.
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I don’t ever want to try it … my income level would never allow me to buy it. I’m pretty happy with the salted New Zealand butter from Costco.
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Kirkland unsalted for everything.
Once a year, I’ll get a pound of Land O Lakes unsalted, on super-sale for similar price, limit 1.
How does Kirkland compare to Challenge?
I’ve never used Challenge.
Rumors are that Kirkland butter (not the grass fed) is made by Tillamok or Land ‘o Lakes. LoL makes sense, since they are a coop….but who knows.
Interesting. I buy the regular Kirkland butter (salted sticks) for baking as I have always felt its quality was on par with LoL - good to know I was (maybe) right!
My Kerrygold habit is enough of a drain on my coffers.m
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I would be tempted to try it if I could get a smaller amount locally, like a quarter pound, and use it for the holidays.
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I once heard that you should never fly First Class unless you can afford to do so for the rest of your life.
I’m fine with Economy Plus.
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On one flight I had to walk from peasant class through business class to exit the plane, and couldn’t help but think “what a bunch of pigs” as it was such a mess.
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scoff - the “undeclared allegen” was MILK
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It’s for all those margarine eaters who are shocked there is milk in butter. 
I bought a tub of butter from my meat share distributor; it’s supposed to be grass-fed cows and “locally” churned. The vendor is actually Northeast based, so it’s meat and dairy products are sourced from New England and then NY/NJ-ish farms (not sure how far they spread in the Mid-Atlantic states). Have not tried this yet, as I go through my hunk of Kirkland NZ butter.
