Margarine or Butter?

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:29pm

What is the difference between Margarine and Butter?

I tried both today, and I could not tell.

Which do you prefer and why?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:31pm

butter

margarine has a lot of disgusting additives (he says as he sips a Diet Coke)

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:31pm

I don't know the difference, as far as taste.

I prefer margarine. It's softer.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:32pm

Margarine is very bad for you.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:33pm

I know.

I only use it when I eat a bagel at home. Which is...about 4 times a year. I never use butter either.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:33pm

Butter all the way, baby!

[junglered]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:36pm

Go for the real thing - butter - just watch your intake. Margarine is really not so healthy for you.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:37pm

munk, you can now get soft butter

I only use Brummel & Brown, 35% vegetable spread, 10% yogurt (and only God knows what the other 55% is), but I love the stuff

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:38pm

If I must, butter. It's all natural, no hydrogenated oils. But I still avoid it.

I do have soft marg at home for emergencies.

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:46pm

Neither. I use olive oil, canola oil or Pam for grilling and applesauce for baking.
Updated On: 6/20/06 at 03:46 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:48pm

It depends...set the scene.

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 3:49pm

Doodle, I'd even use olive oil for that.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:00pm

You are so disciplined! I bet you live to be a hundred, Calvin.

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:01pm

Butter! Hotel Bar. I really watch my intake of it, but when I have a baked potato, or a piece of bread in a restaurant, I want the real thing.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:01pm

Butter -- I agree that you may as well just go for the real thing.

However, you know what tastes amazing? Margarine on baked potatoes.

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:02pm

Neither. I've never been a fan of either.

[Atrias]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:03pm

I use margarine because it's what we have, but we only get "light" margarine, which takes about 3.2 million light years to melt. My grilled cheese just doesn't taste the same!

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:04pm

Butter has a lot of saturated fat, which isn't so good for you, but most margarines contain hydrogenated oils (trans-fatty acids), which are much worse. They promote inflammation and heart disease. If I'm going to have one or the other, it's butter.

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:06pm

siamese, I've tried it but cannot stand margarine on baked potatoes. I don't load it up with butter, but I enjoy the taste of the real thing. IMO, the worst is that Country Crotch stuff. Bleah.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:07pm

With bread and stuff, I always use extra virgin olive oil.

Folks, if you're going to use olive oil, make sure it's extra virgin.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:09pm

siamese, I've tried it but cannot stand margarine on baked potatoes. I don't load it up with butter, but I enjoy the taste of the real thing. IMO, the worst is that Country Crotch stuff. Bleah.

Hah! Country Crock is my absolute favorite on baked potatoes, but I don't like it (or margarine, for that matter) on anything else. I rarely go to Wendy's, but when I do, I always ask for three packets of CC for my potato. It really is horrible for you, though. In simplistic terms, I'd rather have natural fat than trans fat with twenty chemicals along with it.

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:09pm

I do that a lot too in Italian restaurants. Instead of butter on a piece of Italian bread, I'll use a little of the flavored olive oil. It's delicious.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:13pm

*looking above munk for the lightning*

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:44pm

butter, sweet butter

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 4:50pm

margarine