Way OT: She drives to Nebraska with coolers in her car and stocks up on Kerrygold butter

[DP]

Wisconsin's butter crackdown: Fans of Irish Kerrygold are forced to leave the state to get their hands on banned dairy product

A state law instituted in 1970 prohibits anything other than Grade A milk products from being distributed in Wisconsin.
Because Kerrygold is made from grass-fed cow's milk in Ireland, it isn't graded by the USDA - leaving loyal fans in Wisconsin out in the cold.

My wife loves this stuff-we always have it in stock at our house! Saw the story on the news this morning and looked up why it isn't sold in Wisconsin. Law may be changed to allow it as apparently a lot of folks are driving to adjacent states to buy it.
A forum fave?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...n-law.html

[NewtonMP2100]

....that is the best butter but expensive, so worth it, but it may be 'outlawed' due to Wisconsin being 'dairy' state [ a way to eliminate the competition? ].....

.....the only issue is that some say it isn't 100% grass fed [ during the winter the cows are fed grains of 'unknown' origin ].......there are other brands:


Anchor Butter (New Zealand)
Allgau german butter (Germany)
Smjor Butter (Iceland)

[space-time]

I wonder if those Iceland and German cows are 100% grass fed during the Winter.

[max]

Maybe the grass is not 100% Grade A?....

[August West]

.......that is the best butter but expensive, so worth it...

Available at my local costco for a more reasonable price.

[NewtonMP2100]

....another cheaper alternative may be Finlandia butter.....no growth hormones and it says cows are grass fed from family owned farms......best part it Finlandia is often on sale and you can use coupons, so the price would be much cheaper than Kerrygold (often get it for $1 or less) and more widely available.....

[GuyGene]

We always try to buy organic foods, like our great grandparents ate, old fashioned, before Monsanto. So, for butter, we just get local organic if we can. Mad cow disease started because of making cattle become canibals.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Sounds like the words to a country song.

[graylocks]

huh. never knew kerry gold was such a big deal. it's the butter starbucks carries. usually ordered with bagels. learn something new everyday.

[NewtonMP2100]

....yes, click-ish......like Apple and Apple fanbois......many love Kerrygold but again it is more expensive than regular butter [ it cost on average $3.29 for half the regular size, only 2 sticks instead of 4 sticks ]......