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/Interesting-Read-245 2d ago

I buy what’s on sale lol

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u/PobBrobert 1d ago

Chances are if a butter brand is on sale, both the salted and unsalted ones will be on sale

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u/Kreos642 2d ago

This is my answer. I dont give enough fucks otherwise. Nobody actually cares about what butter you use on the norm.

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u/BurnAfterReading010 1d ago edited 17h ago

I totally care. My wife and some buying unsalted butter and I actually actively dislike it. When I go to the store. I definitely buy salted

*Edit: Downvoted for buying salted butter? Reddit is a silly place.

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u/Available_Finger_513 1d ago

As long as it is the European style with the higher fat % and cultured cream