It’s vaccines funnily enough, altho I would have reckoned Guinness over Kerrygold
Prestigious_Talk6652 on
False stereotypes.
Slow-Ad1402 on
Why cos you like it?
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tearsandpain84 on
Ireland = Bono and Butter
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Funny thing about butter is that it caused women to be victims of the revolution (what’s changed, sez you). Traditionally, the “butter and egg money” was the women’s income – they made the butter and were in charge of the hens, ducks and geese, and the money from selling these went into the woman’s pot, not to be handled by the men of the household at all.
In those days, the big farmers – the pastoralists with great herds and acres of land – were referred to as “ranchers”. I’m not talking about these but about ordinary small farms, the majority then.
The revolutionaries of the early 20th century fostered the Co-Ops, so that the selling of milk and other farm produce wouldn’t go through gombeens who exploited small farmers, but be sold to a co-operative that would pay fairly and not make a huge profit on their produce; the co-ops would also sell seeds and animals to the farmers at a fair price.
But of course butter and eggs were dragged into this too, and suddenly it wasn’t the women’s price for their work any more – it went into the general “farm income”. The last thing (most of) those revolutionaries would have wanted.
It’s great, though, that Kerrygold has been the result. I wonder will we start to have many artisan butters, the way we have artisan cheeses, and will a real government push to share this produce abroad happen.
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It’s amazing how brandname influences how people think they taste. Everyone thinks Kerrygold is made in some special dedicated factory with only the best cream. In reality it is made by Ornua on the same line in a factory in Mitchelstown that they make the likes of Connacht Gold, Lidl own brand, and dozens of other brands. All they do is change the wrapping. If you want the same butter but don’t want to spend €2 for the name check the factory code on the back of the Kerrygold pack and then look for the same code on the other brands.
Yeah they stock it Costco here in the US, marketed as Grassfed, which always tickles me.. that’s just what cows eat back in ireland
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I worked in China. You can see Kerrygold in many ordinary supermarkets there. In Vietnam, you can see it on shelves, and sometimes Avonmore milk nearby
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or viagra
I think it’s qualified healthcare staff…..sadly.
But when it comes to food I agree.
It’s only butter
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It’s vaccines funnily enough, altho I would have reckoned Guinness over Kerrygold
False stereotypes.
Why cos you like it?
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Ireland = Bono and Butter
Funny thing about butter is that it caused women to be victims of the revolution (what’s changed, sez you). Traditionally, the “butter and egg money” was the women’s income – they made the butter and were in charge of the hens, ducks and geese, and the money from selling these went into the woman’s pot, not to be handled by the men of the household at all.
In those days, the big farmers – the pastoralists with great herds and acres of land – were referred to as “ranchers”. I’m not talking about these but about ordinary small farms, the majority then.
The revolutionaries of the early 20th century fostered the Co-Ops, so that the selling of milk and other farm produce wouldn’t go through gombeens who exploited small farmers, but be sold to a co-operative that would pay fairly and not make a huge profit on their produce; the co-ops would also sell seeds and animals to the farmers at a fair price.
But of course butter and eggs were dragged into this too, and suddenly it wasn’t the women’s price for their work any more – it went into the general “farm income”. The last thing (most of) those revolutionaries would have wanted.
It’s great, though, that Kerrygold has been the result. I wonder will we start to have many artisan butters, the way we have artisan cheeses, and will a real government push to share this produce abroad happen.
It’s amazing how brandname influences how people think they taste. Everyone thinks Kerrygold is made in some special dedicated factory with only the best cream. In reality it is made by Ornua on the same line in a factory in Mitchelstown that they make the likes of Connacht Gold, Lidl own brand, and dozens of other brands. All they do is change the wrapping. If you want the same butter but don’t want to spend €2 for the name check the factory code on the back of the Kerrygold pack and then look for the same code on the other brands.
Referred to as “Grassfed Butter” in the US
They feed skittles to cows
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-38730941
Yeah they stock it Costco here in the US, marketed as Grassfed, which always tickles me.. that’s just what cows eat back in ireland
I worked in China. You can see Kerrygold in many ordinary supermarkets there. In Vietnam, you can see it on shelves, and sometimes Avonmore milk nearby