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Becel, only use butter on Lobster!0
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I don't eat fake foods or "diet" foods. So it is real butter for me.0
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letgoorbedragged wrote: »What do people use instead of real butter.....that has a the closest proximity in taste to real butter?
I think the wonderful thing about butter is that it has no substitute to equal it.
I use butter, but I use it sparingly. Instead of slathering a couple of tablespoons onto toast which was my old habit, I use one teaspoon and it really is enough. I get to taste it's sweet and salty deliciousness.
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Does real butter quality or flavor vary from brand to brand?0
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Yes, but much less than it used to. Dairy farming practices have become much more standardized. There's actually a very interesting story surrounding the efforts of dairy farmers to beat back margarine in the late 1800s. Part of the battle was making margarine illegal or otherwise disadvantaged. The other party was pressuring dairy farmers to adopting "scientific farming" and keep poor quality dairy products out of the marketplace.0
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Why use anything else? You could be introducing all manor of unwanted chemicals to your body. I usually go dry but use butter when recipes require this sort of ingredient, unless I am cooking for my dairy, soy and egg reactive granddaughter.
Also dairy products hold more beneficial substances in the full fat or semi skimmed product than in the fat free version.0 -
In dishes that call for butter or margerine I will use sterol based spread, but 90% of the time I use real butter. Like others have mentioned I use WAY more margerine or spread if I am buttering toast or loading a potato than if i just use the butter I really want0
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I grew up on margarine, it's all my mother bought. I used to think butter tasted weird, but now I love it, and to me it's worth the calories. My margarine of choice, when I used it, was I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.0
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i don't really use it for baking, but if you're looking for a good spread, land-o-lakes makes a "fresh buttery taste" spread that is absolutely adequate0
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Another vote for real butter. But I use it for taste, like on my least favourite cooked vegetables, or maybe on a baked potato. I wouldn't put it on toast or sandwiches. Unless the butter was an integral part of the sandwich make up. For example, ciabatta, rocket, roast beef - has to be butter on there too. And the salted sort.
Otherwise, for sandwiches, I just use a low calorie mayo.
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I'll let you guess which I prefer (points to name).0
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I eat so little of the stuff and so rarely, that when I do, it's butter and it's always Kerry Gold. To me, it has the best flavor.0
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Butter. But if you want to make something with more of the good aspects of olive oil and less of the saturated fat of butter, you can make a homemade spreadable by whipping the two together. A spreadable is much easier to distribute on toast. You can go as far as 1:1 butter to oil but it's a really loose spread. 2 butter : 1 oil makes a stiffer spread. 2 butter : 1 oil : 1 water makes a spread with fewer calories per volume and doesn't make your toast too damp as it melts.0
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Real butter, usually salted organic0
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Just don't use it...0
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I'm very lactose intolerant. We found a tofu butter substitute that even my roommate finds acceptable to bake with. Sorry I'm away so can't report the brand0
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FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »I'm lactose intolerant (can handle cheese in small amounts) so butter gives me GI issues. I use Earth Balance.
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Personally, I stick to olive oil and coconut oil.
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I use grass fed butter or make my own. I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic! Plus it tastes terrible!0
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