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Restaurants and Food => Food => Topic started by: giantsfan2016 on October 19, 2018, 12:51:28 PM

Title: Name brand vs store brand
Post by: giantsfan2016 on October 19, 2018, 12:51:28 PM
My Mom claims she can tell the difference between cookies made with store brand butter and chocolate chips rather than Land O'Lakes Butter and Toll House brand chocolate chips. I cannot tell the difference. Can anyone else tell the difference? There are other name brands of butter, but she will only use Land O'Lakes when baking.
Title: Re: Name brand vs store brand
Post by: TheFugitive on October 19, 2018, 01:54:15 PM
We made butter in Kindergarten.  It's churned heavy cream.  We each put some in a
baby food jar and shook it until it was butter.

That's all it is.  Churned cream with a little salt.
I don't see how it can vary much from one brand to another.
Not like other products that have lots of ingredients.
Title: Re: Name brand vs store brand
Post by: shore72 on November 08, 2018, 09:37:28 PM
My grandfather told the story of buying locally made butter at the grocer back in the 20's-30's. He said if the farmer didn't tend to his pasture well the cows would eat wild onions and it would flavor the butter. I'd imagine with such big batches these days you wouldn't even notice if some of the milk had an off-taste.
Title: Re: Name brand vs store brand
Post by: TheFugitive on November 09, 2018, 10:04:33 AM
Quote from: shore72 on November 08, 2018, 09:37:28 PM
My grandfather told the story of buying locally made butter at the grocer back in the 20's-30's. He said if the farmer didn't tend to his pasture well the cows would eat wild onions and it would flavor the butter. I'd imagine with such big batches these days you wouldn't even notice if some of the milk had an off-taste.

There was a scene in Napoleon Dynamite about that.  He was in an FFA competition where they
had to taste milk and analyze what was wrong with it.  He correctly guessed that the cow had
gotten into an onion patch.
Title: Re: Name brand vs store brand
Post by: BillyGr on November 09, 2018, 06:16:57 PM
Or if they found that now, just make it into Sour Cream and use it for a pre-made Onion Dip!  Extra oniony ;)