Breadwipe V Butter

[northernhord]

I use goats butter. Yummm

Soundz interesting, is it strong tasting?

 

[The Groke]

I use goats butter. Yummm

I butter goats

 

[northernhord]

I butter goats

The buttered Goats sounds like a top name for a Mad punk band

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I'll never understand why people insist on spreading a layer of vile tasting synthetic fat on their bread.....marge is the pits!

And as for those poor souls who "can't believe it's not butter".......what the feck is wrong with them!?!?!?!

 

[elevendayempire]

Butter all the way. Mind you, I'm using reduced fat Lurpak atm (only 'cause I picked up the wrong packet in the supermarket). Doesn't really taste any different to the regular stuff.

...I'm hoping someone's going to chip in and say "Lard."

SG

 

[The Groke]

dripping.

 

[Herbsman.]

Butter snobbery, huh. What next

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

the one and only dietary rule i have is not to eat anything that i dont have a good idea of how it was made or how to pronounce it
ive got not idea how marge is made, so its butter for me
and as for satuarated fats? doesnt bother me at all, one pack of butter lasts around two weeks in my house so im not worried at all, if we were eating one a day then i might be concerned

 

[seeformiles]

I believe margerine was originally invented during the war by bubbling hydrogen through whale fat. The original margerine was extremely hard and it was only later with the use of glycerine and veg fats (save the whale!) that we have the lovely soft-spreading stuff today. (btw would prefer butter any day - but had a real soft spot for Krona margerine in the 80s - do they still make it?)

 

[Mrs Miggins]

...but had a real soft spot for Krona margerine in the 80s - do they still make it?)

Wasn't that the first "i can't believe it's not butter" type product? It's the first one I remember.....

 

[ringo]

Gave up on marg again last year and can't believe I neglected butter for so long. Will not stray again.

 

[Callie]

I currently have some lurpak spreadable but prefer just blocks of butter in foily wrap, the lurpak doesnt really taste o fmuch

margarine is grim and tastes vile after youve been using butter, i do sometimes use it if im worry about fat intake but quickly revert back to butter

 

[Sunray]

Unless you eat a pound a week, butter is not going to make you fat or kill you slowly.

Even Tesco basic 53p butter (which is also the same price that Lidl and Sainsbury's sell it) is nicer than any margarine.

My flat mate brought me back some french butter that was quite the most fantastic butter I've ever eaten, but forgot what it was called.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

"beurre", I imagine
Arf

 

[Xanadu]

apparently, and i await being shot down in flames by some fancy scientist about this, margarine is very similar to plastic molecularly.

'tis evil.

IIRC marge is produced by the process of hydrogenation. Can't see any reason why it would be like plastic!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarine

 

[sojourner]

Butter every time, for everything


If I had a choice between marg and nowt, I'd choose nowt. I've tried it, but like PBS said, it does weird stuff when you try to cook with it, and as for toast - it sinks in, and leaves a very thin rubbery coating on - bleurghhh


Don't give a shite about any artery damage it may be doing, I can't give up butter

 

[Xanadu]

I get very passionate about certain things about food. Butter is one of those things.

 

[baldrick]

only use marg on sandwiches because butter doesn't spread properly and i get holes in my bread

for everything else i use butter.

 

[SubZeroCat]

I always use butter for cooking.

I use olivio type spread for sandwiches/etc

 

[sojourner]

only use marg on sandwiches because butter doesn't spread properly and i get holes in my bread

That's what microwaves are for - whack the butter dish in there, ding for 5 seconds, jobs a good un

 

[Chz]

Spreadable butter; which is 70% butter and 30% margarine iirc.
Anchor brand, usually.

 

[twistedAM]

I've ben using Olive-flavoured marg for a while and it's alright. Haven't used butter for years cos of the inconvenience aspect but reading this thread I'm going to give it a go.
Long story but I have to buy at Sainsburys...any recommendations??

 

[sojourner]

I've ben using Olive-flavoured marg for a while and it's alright. Haven't used butter for years cos of the inconvenience aspect but reading this thread I'm going to give it a go.
Long story but I have to buy at Sainsburys...any recommendations??

I reckon even the basic cheap butters are just fine

I get the 50p stuff from tesco, and it's fine - buttery...what can I say? I don't like overly salty butter, but then I don't like none at all, and this stuff is pretty much MOR when it comes to that all important issue

 

[scumbalina]

I eat that Pure spread stuff. It does its job.

Pure is gold for vegans, especially the blue one which is right nice and buttery. Though is I wasn't a stoopid vegan I say BUTTER! But failing that, BLUE PURE!!!

 

[Ms T]

Butter - every time. Won't have marge in the house. Nasty, vile stuff.

My granny used to buy Stork margarine - does it still exist?

 

[bikergrrl]

only use marg on sandwiches because butter doesn't spread properly and i get holes in my bread

for everything else i use butter.

How come? I'm guessing you leave it in the fridge then?

Instead, don't buy "spreadable from the fridge" butter, buy some normal butter in foil wrapping and put it in a butter dish and leave it somewhere in the house that isn't too warm. Then it'll be plenty soft enough for bread.

 

[bikergrrl]

If I had a choice between marg and nowt, I'd choose nowt. I've tried it, but like PBS said, it does weird stuff when you try to cook with it, and as for toast - it sinks in, and leaves a very thin rubbery coating on - bleurghhh

Margarine makes toast soggy, but even if you drown toast in butter it stays crispy.

 

[twisted_angel]

I dont buy marg..just butter but i only use it on toast or when cooking, i dont have anything on sandwiches.

 

[Mungy]

marg is evil but me and little miss mungy are a wee bit sensitive to dairy stuff. so we have vitalite. as a treat every so often i have butter, but i suffer for it later

 

[Mitre10]

After reading all of this thread in one go the word "butter" seems to have lost any real meaning and become a strange-looking nonsense word.

Don't think I've ever seen it written so many times before

Back to the point, it's usually some kind of spread on sandwiches (don't eat very many of them tbh) and butter on everything else - especially hot toast which has to be one of the best foods ever.

My mate gave me a jacket spud the other day, took the trouble to put it in the oven so it was nice and crispy rather than the microwave and everything, then lobbed a load of marge on it!!

Wrong'un