Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans

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:
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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.

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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