Salted or unsalted butter?

[JAS_OH1]

I buy both. Unsalted for baking, salted for everything else.

 

[medtran49]

Unsalted always. You can always add salt, even crunchy sea salt flakes, but you can't take it away!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Crunchy salt is now a thing here too.
I like it but it’s a bit of shock when you don’t realise what you’ve bought and suddenly your toast is super salted n crunchy

Yeah, that's what happened with my hubby doing the shopping on tour one time. He though 'hav' was half. I had to point out the word for harbour is 'haven'... hence sea... Sal was pretty clear. He though half-salt not sea salt. He got points for trying...

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I also buy both now.
When we were back home in Hawaii this past June, I had salted butter on some rolls for the very first time - AHYUM!
So now I use the salted for "buttering" something and unsalted for cooking/baking.

 

[JAS_OH1]

So now I use the salted for "buttering" something and unsalted for cooking/baking.
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Exactly.

 

[msmofet]

I mostly buy salted. Rarely buy unsalted for baking.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I also buy both now.
When we were back home in Hawaii this past June, I had salted butter on some rolls for the very first time - AHYUM!
So now I use the salted for "buttering" something and unsalted for cooking/baking.
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GREAT!
Now I want some Bran Muffins with gobs of soft, salted butter

 

[Windigo]

I mostly buy salted. Rarely buy unsalted for baking.

Same, I like the effect it has most of the time and I know which brands aren't oversalted. And due to having no colon I can eat some more salt than most other people.

 

[billmarsano]

True but brands are extremely consistent in how much salt they add and salt is something I always adjust at the end due to the other ingredients used being variable, so I don’t see any advantage in unsalted.

I know a lot of chefs will insist “I control the amount of salt” when it comes to salted V unsalted butter but you do anyway.
I don’t know anyone worth their salt (boom boom soz couldn’t resist ) that doesn’t taste then adjust the final seasoning at least a smidge at the end of the cook.

Of course if you dislike salt like Sat Nav then I can see a point.

I'm told the salt is there as a preservative. I checked online once and found that there's really very little in a pound--so little you can easily compensate by adjusting the salt in the rest of the recipe.