What spreads??

[Mark Parrott]

Tesco's sell their own brand Olive spread, that's probably why ..... we thought it looked so pale it was more like lard and was tasteless - whereas Tescos OB one tastes of something. We use it in cooking where we need it - but butter on bread!

There's been a lot more than enough scientific proof that dietary fat doesn't have any effect whatever on blood cholesterol so if medics were still saying it does I wouldn't believe any other word they said to me either!

Bertolli do 2 types. Olive oil with butter & butter with olive oil.😱 Sounds daft, but it's true!

 

[chaoticcar]

Butter is best !!
I cook my omelettes and fish in butter ,I used to buy unsalted for cooking but now it is more expensive but I refuse to pay extra for someone to take the salt out of my butter !!
CAROL

 

[trophywench]

That sounds potty - they have to ADD salt, to get salted butter - so in theory salted butter should be dearer.

I dunno whether it is or isn't as we buy salted anyway (demi-sel in France) - but use the (unsalted) Tesco olive oil spread for cooking (whereas I grew up and continued, using old-fashioned soft marg 'spread' for cooking)!

 

[chaoticcar]

Has the price of butter shot up in France ? Here in UK it has gone up over 50 pence over the past few months and an extra 5 pence for unsalted .
CAROL

 

[Martin Canty]

All this talk of butter reminds me of the dilemma I had when I first moved to the States..... All I could find was sweet butter (salted or unsalted).... I didn't want "sweet" butter, just regular plain non sweetened.... I eventually bought some & found that it was not sweet at all!!!!

Since learned that the sweet butter is a non-cultured butter, pleased to say that cultured butter (aka European style) is widely available these days....

Butter on my bread (toast/roll etc).... mayo on my sandwiches

 

[Radders]

Butter here. I keep it spreadable by leaving it out of the fridge (half a pack in a butter dish). That’s what my parents did so that gave me the idea.

 

[Mark Parrott]

Our kitchen is freezing this time of year. I think it keeps softer in the fridge!

 

[Beck S]

Butter still in my house. I don't mind spreads, but I'm not giving up butter just yet. Use spreadables in the winter - the Anchor spreadable does seem to have rapeseed oil in too.

 

[Kaylz]

We take the butter out a few hours before we need it to make sure it spreads and seems to work well even though the house is generally cold x

 

[Amigo]

The Lurpack spreadable from the fridge spreads every time 🙂

 

[Drummer]

You’re preaching to the converted here Drummer. I’m also a fan of low carb but if I can shave off calories from well liked products, then I will. I’m not sold on the unrestricted high fat regime for renal reasons and not all fats are created equal. I lost a significant amount of weight after diagnosis, have never used meds and got my Hb down to lower than yours so something must be working! 😛

I wish I had a more up to date figure for Hba1c, but after testing at three and six months that was it - I might get another one some time this year - but as my doctor hasn't seen me since diagnosis and there isn't a diabetes specialist nurse at the practice I do sometimes feel rather at a loss.

 

[Beck S]

We take the butter out a few hours before we need it to make sure it spreads and seems to work well even though the house is generally cold x

My kitchen is colder than my fridge at the moment 😛

 

[Hepato-pancreato]

Lurpak. A lot of folk I know use norpak from aldi it’s cheaper.

 

[Amigo]

I wish I had a more up to date figure for Hba1c, but after testing at three and six months that was it - I might get another one some time this year - but as my doctor hasn't seen me since diagnosis and there isn't a diabetes specialist nurse at the practice I do sometimes feel rather at a loss.

Presumably you home test Drummer? It’s a much more reliable indicator of how things are going I think. I’m sure your Hba1c will be under 40 now from what you’re eating etc.
I only have an annual review and no DSN at the surgery.

 

[Drummer]

Presumably you home test Drummer? It’s a much more reliable indicator of how things are going I think. I’m sure your Hba1c will be under 40 now from what you’re eating etc.
I only have an annual review and no DSN at the surgery.

Since my 6 month result there are no plans for any further tests - I will be going for a test for my thyroid supplement level at some point so might ask for another Hba1c then, but my usual levels have been between 5 and 6mmol/l after eating so I would imagine that my Hba1c has continued to go down.

 

[Amigo]

Since my 6 month result there are no plans for any further tests - I will be going for a test for my thyroid supplement level at some point so might ask for another Hba1c then, but my usual levels have been between 5 and 6mmol/l after eating so I would imagine that my Hba1c has continued to go down.

That being the case, they should take you off the Diabetic Register I would expect.

 

[Boom]

Spotted thread title and first thought was "gossip "🙂.
Irrespective of what spread or butter I use I only spread half of my sandwich.
E.G. 2 bread sandwich only put spread on one bread..
Not sure if I do this for health reasons or I'm just a tight un.

 

[kevin griffiths]

butter, get mine from aldis as cheaper than the main supermarkets, been using flora for last couple of weeks as asda had offer on, doesn't seem to be much taste though and did notice it doesn't melt on hot toast

 

[Jeandp]

I am going to try making my own spreadable butter by mixing room temperature butter with extra virgin olive oil. I will let you know how it goes.

It didn't go that well, maybe I didn't use enough oil? Anyway I am using Anchor spreadable now, it seems to contain a high percentage of butter.

 

[SB2015]

Butter for me or lurpak