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Cooking & Baking

swimboy

(7,331 posts)

16. For one recipe

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 11:04 PM

Feb 2015

It's for chocolate sauce, like for a hot fudge sundae and it's so good that I will buy margarine when I want to make it. But you won't find me spreading margarine on my hot bread. That's what butter is for.

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Do you still use margarine? [View all] Paper Roses Feb 2015 OP

No, I haven't had margarine in the house for years. Arkansas Granny Feb 2015 #1

Haven't used margarine in years. bif Feb 2015 #2

I never liked the taste of margarine so I've always used butter. n/t Little Star Feb 2015 #3

Won't touch the stuff kdmorris Feb 2015 #4

Never. trotsky Feb 2015 #5

I use a product called Smart Balance, which I guess is margarine. Healthy oils are in it. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #6

There is absolutely no way Smart Balance contributed to a reduction in your cholesterol. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #8

OK, then it was coincidental, since my numbers did improve after using it a while. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #10

I've never used margarine. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #7

Nope. I was raised on oleo but never touch the chemically laced garbage anymore. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #9

No. When my stepdad died, it was back to butter. bravenak Feb 2015 #11

Never. I bought some recently because i couldn't read the label cbayer Feb 2015 #12

Might I suggest coconut oil? OxQQme Feb 2015 #13

I second that alcina Feb 2015 #23

no margarine! grasswire Feb 2015 #14

Yes bad habit I guess Freddie Feb 2015 #15

For one recipe swimboy Feb 2015 #16

Never have - tons of chemicals Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2015 #17

Butter for baking is a must! dem in texas Feb 2015 #18

Not in many, many years. SheilaT Feb 2015 #19

I never used it. Lugnut Feb 2015 #20

Butter for low temp, coconut oil for higher temp stir-frying. JBoy Feb 2015 #21

grew up on a dairy farm ... I like to use natural fat littlewolf Feb 2015 #22

I never used margarine. HappyMe Feb 2015 #24

Used to use it, no longer do. northoftheborder Feb 2015 #25

I use an olive oil/sea salt based margarine when we do use margarine. woodsprite Feb 2015 #26

Have never used it that I know of. School lunches, maybe? pinto Feb 2015 #27

I'll confess to using it. noamnety Feb 2015 #28

We use butter, olive oil, coconut oil, corn oil, and nut oils for eating japple Feb 2015 #29

Jamie Oliver made fun of a kid who they showed a picture of a stick of butter GreatGazoo Feb 2015 #30

No pscot Feb 2015 #31