OldgitTom Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Bought some Oz butter from Tesco. It had a horrible vanilla flavor. This manky taste seems to be in many Thai-Farang (savoury) foods. I used to think some clot had stored stuff too near the ice-cream. Then I remembered the same taint in o/wise decent baguette sandwiches in Laos. A pal I asked (who knows a thing or two about this & that) said it isn't real vanilla, but a chemical additive put in becoz it is addictive. He quoted one vanilla victim who tasted his home-made bread (minus additives). "This bread tastes funny". I find Thai native 'bread' disgusting. Luckily, Tesco baguettes are OK. So question, which brands of butter/margarine are vanilla-free, if any? OGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 i have always been fussy with butter,being from taffyland i was brought up on welsh salted butter,the only one i can get on with is allowrie salted which contains 80%butter oil,2%salt,2%milkpowder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldgitTom Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 i have always been fussy with butter,being from taffyland i was brought up on welsh salted butter,the only one i can get on with is allowrie salted which contains 80%butter oil,2%salt,2%milkpowder Thanks meatboy. I'll look for Allowrie. Any other decent brands, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I bring mine from the US as I also get that vanilla-type taste here too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldgitTom Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 I bring mine from the US as I also get that vanilla-type taste here too often. What about margarine/olio? Anyone tried the local offerings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterisbetter Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I bring mine from the US as I also get that vanilla-type taste here too often. What about margarine/olio? Anyone tried the local offerings? I don't think that the peculiar taste is coming from additives. Rather, it's due to poor storage. Mostly, butter isn't stored at a low enough temperature here. So the fats break down into other substances. To me, this slightly rancid butter has what I call a coconut kind of flavor. But not pleasing. I was at one of the major baking supply places in Chiang Mai a year or so ago and they were storing their butter out on floor of the store. When my wife pointed out to an employee that this might not be such a great idea, he countered with the fact that the store had a/c. Apparently, in his mind, so long as the butter was comfortable, it's quality wasn't going to be affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldgitTom Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Whatever the cause of the bad taste in butter, 'Allowrie' brand seems OK. Thanks Meatboy. OGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I bring mine from the US as I also get that vanilla-type taste here too often. What about margarine/olio? Anyone tried the local offerings? The canola margarine seems to be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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