Source for French butter

[Chrisg1030]

Hi. Does anyone know of a source for French butter with sea salt, preferably on Vancouver Island? Thanks.

[NoMoreSnuggles]

Yes, Les Amis usually has very good quality but extremely expensive French butter, including beurre d'Echire. mmmm. Unfortunately, if you want a significant quantity of French butter, over the border is your best bet.

[mrbitterpants]

Interesting. Back in the summer I asked Les Amis about French butter and was told they didn't carry them due to the ridiculous tariff mentioned above. They do have a good cultured butter from somewhere in the Valley but alas no fleur de sel.

Where across the border can you get french butter?

[anewton]

Ottavio on Oak Bay Ave. used to regularly stock French butter. I haven't checked recently, though.

[jcolvin]

I don't think anyone imports French butter due to the 290% dairy quota/supply management duty on it. If you want to change that, tell your MP.

[jcolvin]

Correction: apparently Les Amis du Fromage or Benton Bros may sometimes carry french butters.