Ok, ok, Do you use butter or margerine

United States
January 24, 2007 12:17am CST
Do you use the traditional real butter, or the other stuff? I want to know. I was reading that butter is better. What do you think? Butter has lecithin, AA, omega-6, and omega-3 essential fatty acids, and well, it's real...
14 responses
@moonmagick (1458)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I use butter for most of my cooking needs. It is healthier. Less transfats, more good stuff. But I have to admit I use margarine for a couple of things. Like grilled cheese and toast, because it spreads so much easier. I hate tearing up my bread when I am going to make a grilled cheese sandwich. I keep margarine on hand for that. And the hubby doesnt like real butter too well either.
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• United States
24 Jan 07
I have a recipe from Sally Fallon, and you take 1c coconut oil, 1 c sesame oil, 1 c olive, and blend them together, it might be nicer than the margerine when spreading, but healthy like the butter
@MsRetro (249)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Neat recipe, I'll have to try that!
@gabbys (18)
• Nigeria
24 Jan 07
really, to be frank, i got no choice, i use either butter or margerine, whichever i have i used to if i were told to make a choice i will pick butter because of the new information i have gotten now. so if it is better then why going for the lesser one
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@gabbys (18)
• Nigeria
24 Jan 07
oh i got the message, i will like to look much younger like your children so trust me , i go for the butter.
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• United States
24 Jan 07
I think I am with you gabbys. Down with the fake stuff, the real stuff sounds so wonderful, and dang it all, it tastes far superior as well. My kids are looking healthier, and I am liking the results thus far.
@1grnthmb (2055)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I use mostly butter but sometimes when money is tight like the last couple of years I use margerine. Butter tastes better and I would never use margerine in cooking. But for everyday use spread on bread we have been using the margerine.
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• United States
25 Jan 07
wow, thanks for sharing.
@venshida (4836)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I use margarine. I only use butter for baking pound cakes.
@onouui (80)
• Australia
24 Jan 07
I think the thing in our fridge is margerine.. It comes in a tub and you use a knife to spread it. Isn't butter the kind that comes in a block and you have to chop it? I don't know. But I like the taste of butter on toast with sugar! It tastes rich =D But there are some products out there that taste like butter but aren't, like margerine and not as fatty as butter (I think that's what people think). I didn't know butter is better ;o What happens if you eat too much of it though?
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• United States
24 Jan 07
from what I am reading,it sounds like if you eat the "right" and "good" fats, you will feel more full, your body will feel secure, and freely give up your excess weight. Unless you are to thin, and then you'll just gain, till your skin is healthy, and not so dry and wrinkly...There ya have it, this book sounds super!
@onouui (80)
• Australia
24 Jan 07
Whoa, I wonder what you're reading :P The right and good fats.. So there are not that much "bad" fats in butter? I'm thin but I don't think I'm wrinkly.. ! :P Thanks for the info though! It's helped and I'm learning something new every day xD
@ntejani17 (742)
• Pakistan
24 Jan 07
I used to eat butter not margerine i dont like the taste of margerine.
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• United States
24 Jan 07
funny how your email popped up twice.. I agree I don't like margerine either
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
24 Jan 07
I prefer the taste of margerine but that is what I grew up on. My husband likes butter. He is always reminding me that if you change one molecule in margerine it would be plastic.
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@kaspyv (1011)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I only use real butter. I like the taste better and its better for you. Also I read somewhere that margarine is just one molecule away from being plastic...something to think about, huh?
@brimia (6581)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Since I became vegan, I started using trans fat-free margarine. I really don't use it very much though. I mostly use oil to cook with and for baking I use oil and fruit purees.
@ntejani17 (742)
• Pakistan
24 Jan 07
I used to eat butter not margerine i dont like the taste of margerine.
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
hhhmmm.. let me see.. we dont usually use butter here since is it a bit expensive. what we usually use in cooking are vegetable oil since it is less expensive as compared to butter. but i think butter would is nice to use when your cooking.. aside from the added nutrients it really smells good.
• United States
24 Jan 07
i use both but it really depends on what im makin but i usually use butter for like cookies and stuff like that and i user margerine for anything else really
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@rodyeu (209)
• Romania
24 Jan 07
well...I use margerine...and not for all the acids that butter contains...just because it is more tasty:))
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@Erika79 (28)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Butter for sure. Butter is SO much better for you. And it's real.. margarine tastes odd!
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