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Old 17-10-2010, 20:11
degsyhufc
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I was watching a program yesterday and the owner/chef of a restaurant said that she was using margarine in a dish because she thought it had a better flavour.

Watching these programs it is amazing how much marg some places in the US still use in there cooking/baking.


I haven't had marg for years so can't really recall it much, but I really thought that it was just a speadable substitute and didn't have much flavour.

According to QI you can't even buy marg in the UK any more.


What do you guys think?
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Old 17-10-2010, 20:40
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I eat neither butter, nor any of the spreads that seem to have replaced margerine.

Butter is natural. Margerine was produced by a complicated industrial process.

Olive oil is my choice ... it grows on trees.

Each to their own.
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Old 17-10-2010, 20:51
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Im not a big fan of butter itself. From when I was younger and my mums friend gave me it on a roll and it tasted so weird. But that was because my mum always used margerine.

So its more an accustomed taste than a preference I guess
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Old 18-10-2010, 03:35
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If my life depended on it I couldn't eat marg, butter all the way. If you made me a 20ft high sandwich with 2 slices of marg spreaded bread & 19.99ft of whatever filling, I would taste marg. Utterly buttery, I can't believe it's not butter, Clover etc. are not butter and I can taste the difference.
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Old 18-10-2010, 11:11
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I'm with Essex Angel. I CAN believe it's not butter because it tastes like shyte to me.
I think that even though butter is higher in fat, its better for you because there are no trans or hydrogenated fats. Just best to use in moderation.
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Old 18-10-2010, 11:18
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I don't like butter, never have. It's never spreadable even when it says it will be and I find the taste a bit too strong so I much prefer spread for toast but I'll use butter for baking,
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Old 18-10-2010, 11:37
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Love, love, love a slightly salty butter (Lurpack is my fave) but I tend to have so much that I changed to Flora - I use much less Flora as I don't like it

Although - I have just peanut butter on my toast at work and rarely eat bread (or anything that requires butter) at home.... OH isn't fussed if it's butter or marge!
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Old 18-10-2010, 11:57
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If i'm making a Victoria sponge i'll use marg and you can't tell. On a sandwich it has to be butter all the way as marg tastes disgusting to me.
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Old 18-10-2010, 11:58
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I don't care what I have, I wouldn't choose butter as I thinkt he flavour is just too rich for me
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Old 18-10-2010, 13:14
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I'm with Essex Angel. I CAN believe it's not butter because it tastes like shyte to me.
I think that even though butter is higher in fat, its better for you because there are no trans or hydrogenated fats. Just best to use in moderation.
Margarine & butter are both 80% fat. It is the 'spreads' which have a lower fat content than butter.

Butter does contain trans fats, these are naturally produced rather than made by hydrogenation, but they are there.
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Old 18-10-2010, 13:27
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I don't like butter either for sarnies so use Flora, I'll use a small amount of butter for toast though, as long as it all melts in and there are no visible lumps.
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Old 18-10-2010, 14:55
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I would prefer butter, but being allergic to cow's milk I have to use a dairy free spread.

Vitalite is dairy free and I actually quite like the taste of that.
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Old 18-10-2010, 15:08
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Hate butter - leaves a film of fat on teh roof of my mouth and makes me gag!
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