Lurpak spreadable has it changed its recipe?

There really is only one thing to put on bread, crumpets, baked spuds etc ......................................BUTTER (y)
 
Nawty said:
I apologise wholeheartedly for linking to the Daily Mail but Forbes didn't like my ad-blocker...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...American-eggs-ILLEGAL-sell-UK-vice-versa.html

Whilst what I said was partly right I only had half the story...
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Still nowt to do with any protective outer membrane...merely chicken poop.
Eggs are fine unrefrigerated. Over there and over here.
Just exercise basic hygiene when prepping.
Hey, keep 'em in the fridge if that floats yer boat. Each to their own! :-)
 
I've never kept eggs in the fridge, besides when was the last time you saw eggs in a cooler in the supermarkets?
And I'm sure their ambient temperatures are 20oC +

IIRC ( and its been a long time) the shell and membrane is "selectively permeable",
allowing O2 in and Co2 out.
 
Nawty said:
Egg storage depends on where you are.

When laid, eggs have a natural protective membrane that keeps bacteria and nasty stuff out, after all, hens don't have fridges. In the uk we leave that natural protection there and so don't need to keep eggs in the fridge. In the USA, for example, they wash the eggs for the sake of 'hygiene' but this removes all of the protective goodness and they need to be stored in teh fridge. What will those crazy yanks think of next :D
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Washed carrots is a similar level of idiocracy. They tend to get mouldy almost as soon as you get them home. What is wrong with having them naturally as they come from the soil and peel them as you would normally when you want them?!
 
LongLensPhotography said:
Washed carrots is a similar level of idiocracy. They tend to get mouldy almost as soon as you get them home. What is wrong with having them naturally as they come from the soil and peel them as you would normally when you want them?!
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Peeled carrots?
Washed clean then chopped.
No peeling required.
But yes, bought unwashed.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
Washed carrots is a similar level of idiocracy. They tend to get mouldy almost as soon as you get them home. What is wrong with having them naturally as they come from the soil and peel them as you would normally when you want them?!
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And spuds. The washed ones don't last five minutes and have no taste. A nice muddy potato you need to clean taste wise it's like night and day.
 
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Rarely eat bread these days, but Anchor spreadble was the best compromise for me.

Talking about dirty spuds though, I think I need a bath :thumbs:
 
rjbell said:
And spuds. The washed ones don't last five minutes and have no taste. A nice muddy potato you need to clean taste wise it's like night and day.
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2.5kg of washed spuds in a supermarket £1-2 quid.
12.5kg sack of unwashed spuds in Morrison's... £3.75
Another reason I don't buy lazy veg. :-)
 
viv1969 said:
2.5kg of washed spuds in a supermarket £1-2 quid.
12.5kg sack of unwashed spuds in Morrison's... £3.75
Another reason I don't buy lazy veg. :-)
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Depends how quick you'll get through 12.5kg of spuds I guess.

They'd be for the bin before I got quarter of the way through them likely.Surely an unwashed potato won't last THAT much longer?
 
Some will, like the perfectly formed, ideal size, super dense one Dad brought home many years ago. Problem was that the (hand selected) spud was a pebble...
 
Ian W said:
Depends how quick you'll get through 12.5kg of spuds I guess.

They'd be for the bin before I got quarter of the way through them likely.Surely an unwashed potato won't last THAT much longer?
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Make a load of mash and freeze it.
Or chips.
Or par boiled. :-)
 
Ian W said:
Depends how quick you'll get through 12.5kg of spuds I guess.

They'd be for the bin before I got quarter of the way through them likely.Surely an unwashed potato won't last THAT much longer?
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You're lucky to get a few weeks out of a washed bag. you get several months out of a sack of potatoes stored well.
 
who needs a fridge........:):)

my farm cottage still has a stone built larder with air bricks top and bottom
 
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Fridge I hope you meant? where I come from frig means something completely different :D
 
Yardbent said:
well you wouldn't be in the winter ----- when the kitchen temp stays about 10deg
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Don't be too sure....there's deliberately no form of heating in my kitchen :-)
(Unless the oven's on :lol: )
 
Apparently, you may be even more glad of that in a few years, Ruth...
 
An age thing, perhaps.
 
Loads of products change their names over their lifetime. Two that spring to mind are 'Oil of Ulay' which changed to 'Oil of Olay' 'Marathon' became 'Snickers'. Rebranding of product is also fairly common. Lucozade used to be a drink for sick children, now it's an energy drink.
 
Opal Fruits!
 
Nod said:
Hot flushes at menopause which may not be far ahead.
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Seriously? Oh dear Gordy,is that the best you can think of?
It's lucky, I've met you, otherwise I'd strongly suspect you were a 14 year old boy.
 
Mrs Nod is usually looking for cool spots. Unless she's looking for warm ones.
 
rjbell said:
I like proper butter but out of convienace we get lurpak spreadable it was a compromise I was willing to take to get the kids food made asap when they're screaming. It had a buttery taste more so than other spreads but recently its buttery taste has gone. It bloody tastes like margarine but double the price.

I've done some goggle searches but couldn't find anything. Am I going mad has anyone else noticed?
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I've come here by accident because I asked the question 'has lurpak changed' - love bread/toast with lurpak and banana... but it's just not the same ... less buttery and I think it might be they have reduced or cut the salt!! Never minded paying the extra for this brilliant butter, but if it's going to stay like every other spread on the shelves, I might as well buy one of the other spreads on the shelves!!!
 
Chimera said:
I've come here by accident because I asked the question 'has lurpak changed' - love bread/toast with lurpak and banana... but it's just not the same ... less buttery and I think it might be they have reduced or cut the salt!! Never minded paying the extra for this brilliant butter, but if it's going to stay like every other spread on the shelves, I might as well buy one of the other spreads on the shelves!!!
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Never mind the butter, do you have a camera? ;) :welcome:
 
I only keep our spare blocks of butter in the fridge and the ones that we use for cooking. For spreading and on bread it is stored in the kitchen cupboard. No need to buy these spreadable butters in my opinion. Just real butter please.
 
I haven't noticed a change in the taste of spreadable Lurpak but have found that it is so spreadable that it often falls off the knife, so have just gone back to ordinary butter.

As above, leaving a block out makes spreading easier but 10/15 seconds in the microwave helps a lot too.

Dave
 
dejongj said:
I only keep our spare blocks of butter in the fridge and the ones that we use for cooking. For spreading and on bread it is stored in the kitchen cupboard. No need to buy these spreadable butters in my opinion. Just real butter please.
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We do the same now. I have half a block out at a time.
 
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