do you take notice of all the “marge is plastic..” scare mongering?
or do you adhere to the idea that butter is heart stopping cows render juice

which?

Is this a “Last Tango in Paris” sort of question?

olive oil spread

Butter, because it is an actual real thing.

Margarine was originally invented to fatten up turkeys, its not really something I regard as a human food.

Brittany Butter with embedded salt Crystals – only way to roll.

olive oil spread

– so is that natural pressed Olive Oil (yum) – or a hydrogenated emulsification of various liquids (oops)

Is this a “Last Tango in Paris” sort of question?

😆

Margerine is actually grey. They have to put the yellow colouring in so people will buy it.

Margarine was originally invented to fatten up turkeys,

– so you read that spam mail that went around too…. thing is i can’t find any actual references to this being fact. is it true, or a made up myth? – any quotable references for evidence?

My auntie Shelagh told me.

Contrary to the claim, margarine was not invented as a turkey fattener. It was formulated in 1869 by Hippolyte Mège Mouriès of France in response to Napoleon III’s offering of a prize to whoever could succeed at producing a viable low-cost substitute for butter. Mège Mouriès’ concoction, which he dubbed oleomargarine, was achieved by adding salty water, milk, and margaric acid to softened beef fat. By the turn of the century, the beef fat in the original recipe had been replaced by vegetable oils.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp#G174bQX9Qcp7P8tC.99

PS: Web monkeys take note, the thread link was automatically added to any txt “copied” from that site (I would have linked).. Nice.

Is this a “Last Tango in Paris” sort of question?

You anchor?

Happy to admit I was wrong, still not prepared to eat it.

Margarine was originally invented to fatten up turkeys, its not really something I regard as a human food.

He he, I love it when people repeat this kind of crap.

Never fails to raise a smile

Somewhatslightlydazed – margarine is white before they add the colourings. We tend to use margarine for convenience. Not convinced it is better for you than butter.

My Nanna used to call margarine ‘Cart grease’…

I use butter because I don’t want to fill my body with nasty hydrogenated fats. Butter tastes better and is natural, all you have to do is remember to take it out of the fridge well before making your toast.

Butter for toast and marg for butties.

I eat butter but spread as thinly as I can.
Marg is highly processed/manufactured and butter is (relatively) natural whilst containing nutrients from the milk.
IMO just because something natural is reckoned to be bad for you doesn’t mean it’s more healthy to substitute it with an artificial alternative – better just to reduce your consumption of it. Same as sugar…

I’ve gone 100% proper butter – with a butter dish with a cow on it and everything

for no other reason than it tastes nicer

Now low fat spreads and maragarine are no longer considered good for you why not? Evan if butter turns out to be as bad for your health

Butter for me, don’t like the taste of marg and I am not sold on the health benefits either.

The halfway house of Lurpack spreadable for me

Butter just tastes nicer to me.

Myth two busted – margarine doesn’t contain hydrogenated/trans fat any more – except the hard stuff used in making biscuits.

But if butter isn’t bad, why not if it tastes nicer – it’s just v calorie dense so as long as you’re not eating it with a spoon…

I don’t eat bread so have little use for either.

Butter with a spoon? Why did I not think of that?
Nom nom nom

I’d normally say butter but apparently there isn’t a number big enough to represent my cholesterol level so I’m going th have to review that preference 🙁

I prefer butter but if I have any in the house it’s gone in no time because it gets used for cooking everything

Butter (spreadable here too because I get upset at hard stuff) and full fat milk too.

Margarine doesn’t contain anything anymore – you can’t get it!
There is no such thing as margarine.

wrecker – Member

I don’t eat bread so have little use for either.

You don’t eat bread ever? Really? Not even cheese on toast when you get back from the pub?

How come? Genuine question. Bread accounts for approximately half my diet. The other half is pastry based 😀

I’m trying to get used to butter even though I’ve always thought it tastes a bit sour

You don’t eat bread ever? Really? Not even cheese on toast when you get back from the pub?

How come? Genuine question. Bread accounts for approximately half my diet. The other half is pastry based
It really doesn’t agree with me. The bloating and gas…I won’t go on….. I wouldn’t say never ever ever, perhaps a roll or two at a barbie but other than that; no. No sandwiches, no toast. Our bread bin is empty and has been for a long time. I do miss it. Salads get boring surprisingly quickly.

I don’t envy you fella. D you know what it is about it that disagrees with you? Is it a wheat intolerance?

Butter for me, don’t like the taste of marg and I am not sold on the health benefits either.

This…

No idea. I don’t eat a lot of carbs, I have potatoes on the nights I’ve been to the gym and oats (added to protein shake) for breakfast which I’m OK with. I’m certainly in better shape since I changed my eating habits.

Butter ftw. Kerrygold for the added Vit A, D & K boost that comes with grass-fed cow-produce. I don’t really eat bread either (processed wheat makes me feel lethargic), but still find plenty of uses for butter.

What are you cooking your steaks in if not butter? Adding to cooked veg?

Olive oil. Is this wrong?

Butter is so good for you – it is packed with fat soluble vitamins and it nourishes you like plastic cannot.

There is no evidence to prove saturated fat causes heart disease.

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/03March/Pages/Saturated-fats-and-heart-disease-link-unproven.aspx

Olive oil. Is this wrong?

on butteries, yes.

Prefer butter (unsalted) myself.

Ages ago, after their polar expedition, I went to a medical themed lecture by Dr. Michael Stroud (half of the Fiennes exped.) They researched the calorie intake they needed and the calorie output they’d have (around 7,000 cal / day IIRC) and came to the conclusion that butter was the most efficient vehicle to intake and then absorb that amount of calories for storage. So they were ingesting god knows how many packs of butter a day for weeks to build up a stock of calories… yum.

and is it majarine or maGarine?