Butter for general use... (restaurant, substitute, recipe, buy)

[Rubi3]

Salted or unsalted? Please tell which.

[AmazinGracie]

Salted....I only use unsalted for baking (when the recipe calls for it)

[Naturen]

Salted. Some people use unsalted for baking but I just cannot see buying unsalted butter if I might use it once in a year. I don't do much 'sweet' baking.

[Rubi3]

Thanks for both responses! My question is answered.

[tpk-nyc]

Use unsalted butter for cooking and salted butter for eating, e.g., on toast. The point of unsalted butter is control (not omission) of the salt. Almost every baking recipe contains some salt. The problem is that if you use salted butter the proportion will be off. However, you need a little bit of salt in butter to release its full flavor. If you put unsalted butter on toast or a muffin, you won’t be able to taste it as well.

[Chava61]

On the rare occasions that I use butter it is always unsalted.

[AnonChick]

I've never even used unsalted butter for baking. I've -made- unsalted butter, back when we were kids as a science project. And there were a couple of times at a restaurant that I frequent, that had unsalted butter for certain customers and they ran out of the regular butter, and substituted for everyone else.

But to me - "regular" butter comes with salt. Butter that doesn't come with salt is "that other" butter

[MJ7]

if you want to watch your sodium to potassium intake ratio, then go for unsalted. if you dont care about that ratio like the majority of americans, then go for salted. you can always just salt your own, simply add salt.

[OIF VET]

Unsalted due to high blood pressure issues of certain family members

[Magnolia Bloom]

Salted, unless unsalted called for in a recipe, which is rare.