Butter or margarine

[queenrobot]

I like butter better.

 

[AntiFreze]

Irish Butter. 1 pound block of it. its amazing.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: queenrobot
I like butter better.

Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter's bitter,
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter,
But a bit of better butter
Will make my batter better,
So she bought some better butter
Better than the bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter
And her batter was not bitter,
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze
Irish Butter. 1 pound block of it. its amazing.

butter + liquor = irish butter?

 

[torpid]

Most, or at least a lot, of margarine brands are no longer made from trans-fats... I thought?

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: ranmaniac

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
Butter.

I've heard that even flies won't eat margerine.

Please read snopes before you lend any credence you information you receive in a chain email.

Thank you.

-The sane

PS You sure you forwarded my email, because I am still waiting on Honda to call me and let me know where I can pick up my Accord.

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

Interestingly it doesn't refute anything about flies with margerine.

You can try this for yourself, purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area, within a couple of days you will note a couple of things, no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it, (that should tell you something) it does not rot, smell differently... Because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it, even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow... Why?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: ranmaniac

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
Butter.

I've heard that even flies won't eat margerine.

Please read snopes before you lend any credence you information you receive in a chain email.

Thank you.

-The sane

PS You sure you forwarded my email, because I am still waiting on Honda to call me and let me know where I can pick up my Accord.

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

Interestingly it doesn't refute anything about flies with margerine.

You can try this for yourself, purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area, within a couple of days you will note a couple of things, no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it, (that should tell you something) it does not rot, smell differently... Because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it, even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow... Why?

He is correct; it doesn't REFUTE anything about the flies, which is what he posted. However I would guess this was never put to the test. If someone were to make such a test where flies are actually present, I would suspect that the statement is indeed untrue, since it was quite hyperbolic and inflammatory to begin with. It is essentially the "hook", and my guess is that it is a lie.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

marjorine > butters

 

[eplebnista]

butter

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Butter be better!
Da Chef has spoken. So, let it be written. So, let it be done.

 

[bignateyk]

margarine is nasty. I used to eat it, but now that I know what i'm doing, butter is 100x better for cooking, tastes better as a spread, and is much healthier.

 

[Terabyte]

Margarine = trans fat, so butter > margarine.

 

[Iron Woode]

I still can't believe its not butter

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Terabyte
Margarine = trans fat, so butter > margarine.

And basically all the Margarine brands that claim to be trans fat free, are instead just loaded with saturated fats.

Fat and cholesterol aren't the enemies of health. It's saturated and trans fats, and a lack of physical activity.

Now, increased levels of cholesterol and other fats and not doing a thing with your body, won't be healthy. But cholesterol is proving less and less likely to be the culprit of heart health problems, and more on those terrible fats.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Butter, because it's healthier.

EDIT >> And it tastes better.

EDIT 2 >> And it spreads easier (we go through so much butter here we leave the butter dish out of the refrigerator).

EDIT 3 >> I would rather eat lard than margarine (and in fact do have lard in my cupboard, but no margarine) because it's healthier too.

 

[OverVolt]

Figure I will chime in with the 0.5g trans fat rule.

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qatrans2.html#s3q3

Some(all) "0g trans fat!" margarine's are very close to 0.5, usually 0.34g-0.47g. (It was in a commercial, honestly, I tried to find it but failed)

So long story short, with the servings being so small (1tsp - 1tbsp) you end up with something like 10-15g trans fat per tub-o-margarine.

 

[Cristatus]

Amul Butter FTMFW!

(C)

edit: http://www.amul.com/bread-butter.html

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: JEDI
I prefer margarine. It's easier to put on bread, and it's healthier.

What about you?

Butter of course.

Margarine is hardly healthier than butter, more like the other way around.

 

[BeliefStreet]

Butter. Margarine is almost useless for cooking and that's what the big point is. Besides, butter tastes better.

 

[jagec]

Margarine (known in my family as "plastic butter", only half-jokingly) has the advantage of being able to be stored at room temperature (and therefore be MUCH easier to spread). However, most Americans stupidly put it in the fridge and make it just as hard as butter. Given the choice of hard butter or hard margarine, I'll take the butter every time.

 

[techs]

If you're as old as me you may remember when some states still outlawed margarine due to the influence of the dairy industry.
People used to be arrested when they bought it in one state and took it home to their state.

 

[zerocool84]

I bought a big tub of Country Crock at Costco. MMMMMM

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: jagec
Margarine (known in my family as "plastic butter", only half-jokingly) has the advantage of being able to be stored at room temperature (and therefore be MUCH easier to spread). However, most Americans stupidly put it in the fridge and make it just as hard as butter. Given the choice of hard butter or hard margarine, I'll take the butter every time.

we leave the salted butter out here, but my dad likes butter on everything so it doesnt have time to go bad.

i keep the unsalted butter, which i cook with, in the fridge.

 

[ja1484]

The hell did you get the idea that margarine is healthier? Shit's a carcinogen.

 

[Turin39789]

Do you leave your butter out of the fridge?