Butter and Margarine of any types....

Butter is not evil in and of itself. The calories for a teaspoon or a pat aren't a whole lot. You need a little oil in your pan to function.

I'll save my high calorie tastes as the last bite of my meal. So I might have a roll with butter with my dinner but it will be the last thing I eat. The memory of butter is good for my brain.

Pfffffttttt!!!! I agree with AbsentMinded.

I eat grassfed butter, but margarine grosses me out. I even made "fat bombs" out of grassfed butter, raw honey, and cacao-maca powder to get rid of sugar cravings and increase my fat intake. I have a healthy whole-foods diet, and I have no problem with butter being a part of that.

God no. I use a LOT of butter and still managed to drop almost 30 pounds.

Almond Butter here

Fat is essential to the diet, in moderation. But some fats are better than others, and after growing up on margarine, I am now a butter fan! I do have other fat sources as well, just remember moderation, you only need a little bit of added fat.

refuseresist wrote: »

Does anyone still use lard?

yes, but i mix it with butter when i'm making pie crusts for the holidays. i keep a box of it in the fridge, just for that use. i grew up on margarine (it was cheaper and we were poor), but then when things picked up for my family we switched to butter and it took me a long time to get used to it. my ex hated butter but loved country crock... knowing what i know now about butter and margarine, i can't believe i ever used that crap.

i used to go through a LOT of butter when i'd cook, but my endocrinologist asked me to take it out until i get my next round of bloodwork tests done to see if i can bring my total cholesterol levels down. so i've switched to primarily olive oil and only use butter in recipes that require it, like baking or roasted veggie dishes that use a compound butter.

OMG LARD

I have not eliminated it but I have cut it way back in favor of olive oil and coconut oil. In situations where those oils don't work for whatever reason, then I still use butter. Margarine... I use very little. When I do it is tub margarine. Stick margarine is horrible for you.

I love butter flavor and use very small quantities of unsalted butter on vegetables. It adds maybe 15 calories to a serving of veggies. Worth it to me. For cooking I mostly spray olive oil.

I've never willingly eaten margarine in my life. :disagree:

Margarine is nasty..why would you eat it when you can have butter? Mmmm...butter

NO margarine, but YES to Butter all the way!

I use country crock churn style. It's 60 calories a tablespoon and most times I don't need a whole tablespoon anyway. Except on baked potatoes. That is just they way it is

Unfortunately, I love them both, but rarely eat either. I use olive oil to coat cookware, but for spreads, I go with Laughing Cow Low Fat cheese. Comparatively speaking it's 35 calories and 2 grams of fat per wedge compared to butter's 102 calories and 12 grams of fat. Delicious on a piece of toast - dill rye being my favorite. It satisfies!

MississippiMama87 wrote: »

Butter is delicious. Margarine is what I would classify as a "non-food." It's basically plastic with flavor. No benefits whatsoever. Flies aren't even attracted to a stick of margarine sitting out on a counter. Gross.

This is nonsense. Even if you ignore the fact that there are a huge variety of margarines, some of which contain only natural ingredients, old school margarine was not plastic and I guarantee you that a variety of bugs, including flies, are attracted to it. I grew up on the stuff, bugs would be all over it if you left it out uncovered.