Japanese Butter Shortage

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by blimp

mate, where do u buy butter? here it is around 200 yen for 450g.
then again, u'r making me ery uncertain....i need to check.

Is it *REAL* butter?
Baking margarine is 100 something for 200g.

Unless you`re talking about the spread type of "butter", which is about the price you said. But that isn`t real butter.

If you are seriously able to buy 450g of *real* butter for 200yen, well, wow. You probably have the cheapest source in all of Japan.
Even 楽天 doesn`t have any for less than 800yen for 450g.

[blimp]

no, u r absolutely correct. it is NOT real butter.
sry, バターdoesn't necessarily by butter, right!?

/says blimp while walking away a little embarrassed

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by blimp

no, u r absolutely correct. it is NOT real butter.
sry, バターdoesn't necessarily by butter, right!?

/says blimp while walking away a little embarrassed

Aww... I was actually hoping you had a great butter source. I was going to ask you to buy 10 or so packs and mail them to me. We bake a lot in our house.

A good way to tell is how the butter is packaged. Sticks or blocks are usually real - but anything in a plastic dish is a spread.

[blimp]

well, actually i do have a good source, but it might be difficult to get it to the outskirts of nagoya. i've got a friend working as a flight attendant and she brings supplies from europe.

the バターand butter part was more a game with words. in this house we seem to be partial to neosoft.