Butter Balls

[abqmommyof4]

just got  back from costco.  at $8 a pound  i  had to pass on kerrygold

 

[13cheermom]

23 hours ago, abqmommyof4 said:

just got  back from costco.  at $8 a pound  i  had to pass on kerrygold

 

Yes have to agree, thought I might try it until I compared the price.  I also buy in bulk at about $2 a pound.  While I will only buy real butter and not the processed plastic margarine, I draw the line on that price lol. 😱

[AF-1]

On 4/16/2020 at 5:09 PM, Thrak said:

 

Kerrygold is Irish butter from grass-fed cows. You can get it all over the place. I don't shop at Walmart but I'm pretty sure they carry the brand.

Thank you for your answer.  Have a nice day

[AF-1]

On 4/16/2020 at 6:02 PM, CruisingAlong4Now said:

The best butter I ever had was in France.  We rented a house and shopped at a local market.  The brand was Presidential.  The supermarkets in the US carry imported butter with that name, but it is definitely not the same butter. 

My local Krogers carries Presidential.  I agree it is a very good tasting butter

[socaljo]

On 4/15/2020 at 11:17 PM, Thrak said:

We get our butter at Costco. Maybe Princess will issue all future Captain's Circle pins in a special "butter edition". All I know is that we have never had an issue with butter on our cruises and we really, really, really,  wish this crap wasn't screwing over our cruises.

 

Yes, I understand that this is a very minor issue in the overall scheme of things but... I am selfish. I believe that unselfish people are mostly a myth. People do act selflessly but they still probably have selfish instincts. They just overcome those instincts. Heck, I overcome them all the time. I still resent my cruises being messed with. We had plans. We had desires. We are people...

 

I love cruising with Princess - which is very odd as my wife and oldest son pretty much forced me to agree to our first cruise just to make my wife happy and put an end to the "stupid cruise crap" she wanted me to do.  (I totally blame my wife. She created the monster that is my cruise-obsessed person.) We were so totally stoked about our upcoming cruises this November/December. Freaking awesomely excited. It seems highly unlikely they will happen now which makes the "butter thing" a moot point.

 

I want to cruise! I want the "problem" of trying not to eat the dang rolls with butter. (Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... I love the rolls with butter...........) I want the"hassle" of deciding whether to go to the show or watch MUTS or listen to the music in the Piazza or hang out in Wheelhouse or...  GAH! I freaking love it all. I thought I would hate it all and it would be stupid and "uppity" and all that stuff but I was wrong. I love it and I miss it. Even if I actually had ever experienced the "great butter fiasco" I would still want to cruise. I feel like a junkie who was promised a fix and then had it cruelly yanked away.

 

I hope cruising comes back soon. I may be an idiot - I know a number of folks who would definitely agree with that assessment - but there really is nothing like it at all to take its place. I know some folks think cruising is now a horribly stupid thing to do. After all, if one is restricted as to the amount of butter that is offered why would one even consider cruising under the best of circumstances?

Hi ya Thrak! 

 

Love your post.  It's so right on.  We just adjusted our cruises (AK exed, add SA), so at least a count down is back on for Nov 15. Praying 211 days is enough to make this mess go away, and have me drooling over my Twice Baked Goat Cheese Souffle again!! 

 

Also, I buy my Kerrygold at Costco! ;D

 

See you sailing AGAIN soon! 

 

Joanne & Mike