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What should be in butter? (hackertalks.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I looked at my butter today, the ingredients are:

butter oil
milk powder

What the hell is butter oil? I tried googling it, but I get VERY contradictory results, nothing from a reputable source I could find.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I use unsalted butter almost exclusively so I can more easily control the salt content of my dishes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why do people even combine butter and salt? Why not keep them separate, I think every kitchen I've ever seen has salt in it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Traditionally, salted butter was way saltier than our modern salted butter and it was a way to make it last longer before we had refrigeration and pasteurisation

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

When using butter as a spread it's nice to have some salt incorporated. A salt shaker is very easy to overdo on something light like toast or pancakes.