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Favourite butter

In the days when I ate bread etc. I favoured unsalted butter and bought from British farmers. Now I don't eat carbs, butter is only used for cooking or put on vegetables just before serving, and as long as it's from British farmers I don't have a preference.
 



I read that lurpack among others are now using milk from fart free cows. All well and good till you find out how they do that.
 
I like Anchor and I never use spreadable , if there is an offer on double cream I make my own , normally get my Anchor from Costco and freeze it
 
I like Anchor and I never use spreadable , if there is an offer on double cream I make my own , normally get my Anchor from Costco and freeze it

Making your own is imho most impressive!
 
Making your own is imho most impressive!
Very easy to do - shove your cream into a mixer and beat the life out of it until it separates- I’ve done this on a few occasions inadvertently when whipping cream and forgetting about it lol, you need to wash the buttermilk off the butter - the buttermilk you’ve left behind in the mixing bowl is great for tenderising chicken breasts - buttermilk chicken
 

Oh don’t get me wrong. Method is one thing but really I’m impressed that you have enough time in your life to undertake such culinary activity . - somewhat jealous even ….
 
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