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Cooking & Baking

GreatGazoo

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30. Jamie Oliver made fun of a kid who they showed a picture of a stick of butter

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 08:24 PM

Feb 2015

and asked where it comes from. The child indicated that what they pictured as butter came from corn.

It never seemed to occur to Oliver that the child believed the picture was margarine.

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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