On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:23:33 -0800 (PST), merryb wrote:

> On Mar 6, 7:08*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:36:44 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote
>>
>>>> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:40:40 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>>> Also, my store is having Land O Lakes butter $2 a pound
>>>>> this week, maybe they're getting rid of the inventory of
>>>>> 1/4 pound sticks. *Okay with me.
>>
>>>> I just bought 4lbs of butter at Costco for $1.53/lb. *I think I'm
>>>> making croque monsieurs for dinner...
>>
>>> You like the Costco butter? *I remember you had questions.
>>
>> Good memory. *I've had trouble using it for candy-making -
>> getting it up to toffee temps. *I've had three successive failed
>> attempts using that butter, but this christmas I bought store
>> brand butter (HEB brand), and I made 3 or 4 batches without
>> incident.
>>
>> Other than that, Costco butter has served me well for all other
>> uses.
>
> You should be using unsalted...

Uh, I always use unsalted for cooking/baking/wherever.

-sw