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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 16:23:04 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-04, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2025-03-04 9:58 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2025-03-04, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
>>
>>> First time I ever put margarine on toads what in my 30s.  We were
>>> staying with friends and that is what was on the table at breakfast.
>> 
>> Lucky you.  My mother bought the cheapest margarine.  It wasn't
>> even cut up into sticks.  If memory serves, it was 19 cents per
>> pound in the 1970s.  Of course, she used to tell me how, when
>> she was a kid, she had to mix in the dye to make it look less
>> like vegetable shortening.
>
> That margarine with the dye packs was gross.
> Some people actually prefer margarine. It's hard to believe. 

It probably has a more "buttery" flavor.  Most people prefer
what they're used to.

> I confess 
> to preferring it for grilled cheese and with Buffalo wings sauce. When 
> it comes to spreading on bread I prefer butter.  Heck, I insist on 
> butter. If there is only margarine I will eat it plain. I might add 
> that, unlike a lot of people here, I prefer unsalted butter.

Margarine as a substitute for butter is not as bad a Miracle Whip
as a substitute for mayonnaise.  At least, to my taste buds.

I use salted butter and almost always add salt on top of that.  I
don't do it every time, but sometimes I add salt to toast, butter,
and jam.  On top of the jam.

I haven't bought margarine in 45 years, except to lube the
outside of a whole pig while it's roasting.

>> We had butter on holidays.  Looking back, it was cruel.
>   My mother tried foisting margarine on us once. It was a failure.

I didn't get any choice.  It was just her and me, and "Because
I'm the mother" was a valid reason for anything.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton