Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans

On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:59:30 +0000, Ed P wrote:

On 3/4/2025 10:32 AM, Dave Smith 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.

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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. 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.
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My wife had some baking recipes that called for margarine. They go back
many years but supposedly, the texture of the finished product was
better with it.  There were cookie type things, not a cake.

That's entirely possible. The modern spreads might be another matter
since they're an emulsion of water and oil - more akin to mayonnaise. I
have seen recipes that use mayo instead of eggs and oil. That might work
pretty good although it might be a little more expensive.