butter or margarine?

Question

Me it don't matter to me

Answer 1

margarine.
It just tastes better.

Answer 2

butter


Pass the butter ~ ~ ~ ~ This is interesting.
>
>
> Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it
> killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research
> wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do
> with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with
> no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to
> use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some
> clever new flavorings.
>
> DO YOU KNOW...the difference between margarine and butter?
>
> Read on to the end...gets very interesting!
>
> Both have the same amount of calories.
>
> Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to
> 5 grams.
>
> Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over
> eating the
> same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
>
> Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in
> other foods.
>
> Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only
> because they are added!
>
> Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the
> flavors of other foods.
>
> Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been
> around for less than 100 years.
>
> And now, for Margarine..
>
> Very high in trans fatty acids.
> Triple risk of coronary heart disease.
> Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol)
> and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
> Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.
> Lowers quality of breast milk.
> Decreases immune response.
> Decreases insulin response.
>
>
> And here's the most disturbing fact....
> HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!
>
> Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC..
>
> This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life
> and anything
> else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing
> the molecular
> structure of the substance).
>
> You can try this yourself:
>
> Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded
> area. Within a
> couple of days you will note a couple of things:
>
> * no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that
> should tell you something)
>
> * it does not rot or smell differently because it has no
> nutritional value; nothing will
> grow on it Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a
> home to grow.
> Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware
> and spread that
> on your toast?
>

Answer 3

Butter, of course.. It matters to me. Read on....

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it
killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the
research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure
out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a
white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and
sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it?
They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW...the difference between margarine and butter?
Read on to the end...gets very interesting!
Both have the same amount of calories.
Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to
5 grams.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over
eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients
in other foods.
Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few
only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the
flavors of other foods.
Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been
around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine..
Very high in trans fatty acids.
Triple risk of coronary heart disease.
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol)
and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.
Lowers quality of breast milk.
Decreases immune response.
Decreases insulin response.
And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS
VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC.
This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life
and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added,
changing the molecular structure of the substance).
You can try this yourself:
Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded
area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:
no flies, no! not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that
should tell you something)
it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value;
nothing will grow on it
Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to
grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your
Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Answer 4

Butter

Answer 5

I prefer margarine, but butter is better. I heard and read that some of the ingredients in margarine are known carcinogens. Not sure how true, but if you think about it, margarine can sit out until it is gone and not once will it go bad. (within reason of course). All in all though, margarine tastes better.

Answer 6

Depends on what you are using it for.

For taste, some margarines are very good, especially the
newer blends.

Also some brands of spray butter are good too.

I do prefer butter in some receipes, margarine just doesn't
do it like butter, the butter flavor just is not duplicated with
margarine.

Answer 7

Butter, by a landslide. Margarine, like all hydrogenated fats, contains trans-fatty acids, which are big in the news these days as being dangerous for you. Butter, on the other hand is full of milky goodness.

Answer 8

Margarine.

Answer 9

Butter is naturally made and not processed like margarine and butter is proven to be healthier, margarine is like "fake" and they add coloring to make it look like butter!

Answer 10

Butter always tastes better, but margarine is cheaper. If your going to buy margarine buy soft margarine it's better for you.

Answer 11

Butter of course!
That's why margarine tries to imitate the flavor of butter.
Margarine contains trans fats which is a man made solidifier that is one step away from plastic.

I wouldn't cook or flavor with anything but butter.
http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/faqs/f/buttermargarine.htm