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Ick, no. I was raised in a "margarine-only" household. The first time I tasted butter, at around age 10, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Nowadays I don't use margarine not only because butter tastes like 1000 times better, but because I prefer food that came from a cow, not a plastics factory.
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I also grew up on margarine, mostly because it was cheap, with 9 of us kids. My sister the nutritionist at a hospital warned us that margarine is far worse for you that real butter. She recommends using olive oil as a better substitute, or butter, in moderation. They both have the same number of calories, but many margarines contain trans fats, worse for the heart than saturated fat, and also increases cholesterol. And it tastes lousy compared to butter.
That's all...I don't know anyone that buys it.
Anyone use it still and how come?
(I was thinking health wise, it probably tastes good.)
I see people buy the ones marketed as 'low cholesterol' at the store.....and some must buy the cheap stuff...but I don't know anyone that admits to it.
My mom does, because she always has and doesn't adopt new habits easily. My sister does, because she has two bottomless-pit children and margarine is (usually) cheaper.
I don't use margarine. I buy the butter at Sam's because it's a little cheaper. We don't go through an overwhelming amount.
I've been thinking about making whipped butter so that my husband can butter bread more easily, but haven't tried it yet, probably because I don't eat bread so it's not much of a priority
I've been thinking about making whipped butter so that my husband can butter bread more easily,
I posted about making homemade whipped butter a few months ago, and the conclusion I drew from the thread was just to leave my butter out at room temp. Been doing that ever since, and it has worked just fine. (Though we do use it every day....warm toast made with real butter...mmmmm!) No fancy butter crock or anything of the sort needed.
If you don't think you would use it up in time (it can stay out a couple of weeks), buy the Land O' Lakes in the "half stick" option.
I buy margarine for baking and butter for eating. I read not to long ago (possibly on this forum) that there was no discernible taste difference of using butter over margarine in baking so I decided to save a few bucks and switch.
My mom does, because she always has and doesn't adopt new habits easily. My sister does, because she has two bottomless-pit children and margarine is (usually) cheaper.
I can't resist meddling here: maybe they'd be less hungry if they ate stuff cooked with butter?
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