No, since discovering Clover I would never go back to butter. It's so hard it rips your bread ! I love clover cos it spreads well and tastes exactly like butter.
Yes, I use Lurpak but the spreadable variety. Came to the conclusion years ago that I didn't really like any of the other spreads at all. Spreadable Lurpak is just butter with the addition of some veg. oil to make it softer and the oil doesn't alter the taste.
I use it all the time - it is better for your joints - I don't buy the speadable - I just plan ahead and take a chunk out of the fridge before I need to use it. I have found though that Sainsburys Organic butter doesn't seem to go as hard as some of the others for some reason
blinking pricey though is Lurpac. It makes me laugh the different shop brands of Cant believe its not butter and what they call them Nettos is funny 'What not butter!!' :-)
I only ever use butter for cooking, an ideal additive to making creamy mashed potatoes, along with milk. When I was young 'marg' wasnt really used that widely. I recall my mum softening the butter under the grill at teatime.
you could always nuke it for a few seconds - nothing can beat golden toasted white bread spread with lightly salted real butter - Mmmmmm.
Or on warm scones fresh from the oven - that reminds me of my grandad - he alway baked fresh scones when we went to visit and always had real butter - we only had crap margarine at home, so it was a real treat.
When I was young it was Butter (salted or unsalted) for spreading, Stork Margarine or lard for cooking.
There was an advert where people were interviewed and given bread spread with 'Stork' to try and they couldn't tell Stork from butter. Stork margarine tasted absoultely foul!!!
Think I want some lunch now - all this talk of bread, toast and butter!!
I like my toast to cool down before I put the butter on, I don't like it when the butter melts into the toast! I also like the butter thick (very healthy!!! ha ha)