Digger Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 As I'm sitting down to a breakfast of wholemeal toast slathered with butter and vegemite, I'm prompted to ask what you prefer, butter or margarine? For many years we had margarine influenced by the so called healthy aspects of it. We endured the ads with artificial cows delivering what looked like sump oil and claims that marg. was close to the recipe for plastic. In time we gave in the the superior taste of butter, there is no comparison when it comes to taste! At my age I'm inclined to think that if it hasn't killed me by now then it's probably not going to. So what is your preference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Butter, from Valencia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter! This one... For both cooking and spreading. The only other thing we ever use is olive oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter and it's way better for you too. doesn't go rancid nearly as quickly and isn't made from artificially saturating or adding starch to an unsaturated fat. Plus it tastes way batter. Like Surf pup it's butter and olive oil for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter, my friend. And beef. And we're pretty much the same age, so there it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 BUTTER!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glp2012 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I love first world problems...butter or margarine, 87 or 91 octane, latte or espresso, Les Paul or SG, BMW or Mercedes, vacation in Hawaii or Tahiti? So many choices...I think I will take PTO tomorrow to sort this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter. And many oils. Olive oil smokes too low, burns too low. Many oils out there, all of them exciting and good to cook with. Hazelnut, Walnut, Avocado, theres a few that can heat better than Olive. We never buy salad dressing, we only make our own using all these oils too. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Mac Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Without question or reservation; butter! And that coming from a heart attack survivor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 No contest: butter. It tastes like real food and having it on toast with some honey is living the high life. Do people still eat margarine or those fake tubs of "I can't believe it's not buttjuice"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter! This one... For both cooking and spreading. The only other thing we ever use is olive oil. You have excellent taste, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Nothing but BUTTER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyGhost Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter. Death before dishonour so's to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter and Olive oil here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 butter for cooking olive oil for salads/pasta drizzles Lurpak Olive Spreadable (butter/olive oil blend) for spreads. It the only spread I've found that I prefer to butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Houlton Farms Dairy butter. There is no substitute. I have tasted what was offered in the dairy case. There is no comparison. Any other brand tastes like soft candle wax. This is THE butter. Houlton is 55 miles away. I work there. I know the farmers who own the dairy operations who supply Houlton Farms. They aren't rich. They are very plain spoken and love what they do. I have met the cows. My agency has cost shared on many conservation practices with them. One just built a large manure storage facility with us, to the tune of a couple hundred thousand. I have come back to the office smelling of cow poo from walking their pastures. HFD butter is like no other. It is like candy or heroin. If you tried it you would shed tears of joy. And then you would steal it from me. I'm not the only one who feels this way: Butter panic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 From good old Lidl we buy their own brand West Country butter with sea-salt crystals. This one to be precise; http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/15822.htm?action=showDetail&id=36452 As Joe Cocker once titled an album, it's "Luxury You Can Afford". Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Glad so many prefer Butter. I read way back that a doctor declares, Both are just as bad for you. Or a report from a study. Anyway they said if your going to eat it, Butter is better then Margerine for you. I make Homemade Fudge that many people have tasted and die for and I make it with Real Butter. The recipe calls for One Whole stick of Butter to make one batch. And I make two batches but I only make it around Christmas. Rob, I say to you just "Drink, Eat and be Merry and Enjoy every Day." And smell the roses ever day, even if they do have butter on them. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter, from Valencia... Spanish butter is soooo rich and flavoursome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter for me. Which one is worse for you changes all the time, and all tabloid headlines neglect to mention that you need to eat ten pounds a day for 200 years to experience any adverse effects (I assume). Plus, when was the last time you heard someone say a guitar "plays like margarine"? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Butter all the way 4H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUJnOXRukZc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 <...> So what is your preference? Butter. Especially from 100% grass-fed cows. Mmmmmmmmmmm good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 BUTTER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Grateful for either. Taking statins for cholestorol. I'll buy butter when it's cheap (week after next at Lidl supermarket). Love my olive oil though - Greek Kalamata is by far the best IMO (cheap this week at Lidl ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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