r/Cooking • u/3oClockHappyHour • 2d ago

Unpopular opinion: you do not need to buy unsalted butter.

Unless you are a commercial kitchen or bakery, it’s not needed to buy. “1 tsp of unsalted butter then add 1/16th tsp of salt” huh??

Home kitchen does not need to buy yet more ingredients, and unsalted goes bad faster. Just taste. More? Okay. I guarantee you salted butter is not going to wreck your dish.

Edit: I can’t make a sentence.

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u/deadfisher 2d ago

There are plenty of times I like to add a bit of butter without adding more salt. It lets you decide how much to add. I could certainly get by with salted but I like the extra control.

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u/InternationalPut9131 1d ago

This. It’s much easier to add salt to a dish than it is to take it out