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A Tale of Two Kerrygolds

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I made two cups of tea, for awesomewife and myself went to get milk but we were out. We were also out of cream. So I brought the cups of black tea in to share with her. She said “add Kerrygold”. I stopped for a second and repeated - “Kerrygold?” “Yeah.” I walked to the kitchen, put down her cup, “are you sure?” “Yes.” Huh. Maybe it’s some obscure idea because Kerrygold is made from milk and it’d be like adding really, really thick cream. So I drop two blobs of Kerrygold butter into her tea and bring it back to her. Upon seeing the cup she pauses, stares, stirs it, and then said “Kerrygold?” “Yeah.” “The Kerrygold liquor bottle from up in the cabinet?” “.... oh. No.” “What did you add to my tea?” “Kerrygold. Not liquor.”

I’m only sorry I forgot to take a picture before I washed it down the sink to make her a fresh cup.

"Shannon Gold" butter is anything but "Irish style"

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A few days ago I saw a new brand of butter at a local store - "Shannon Gold", and the label said it was "Irish style". This is presumably to compete against Kerrygold butter, one of the richest, most flavorful butters you can buy in the USA; Kerrygold butter is made from cream that was imported from Ireland, its renounced richness presumably a result of the extremely nutritious grass that Irish cows graze on. The problem with the Shannon crap is that they take milk from average American cows and then add the food coloring beta Carotene to make it look richer than it actually is. This is a rather typical response by an American company - if you can't make it the same quality as the market leader, fake it.

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