Personally, I don't mind margarine, but I think it's unfair to not distinguish between the two. Butter is so wholesome and has that beautiful taste.
2007-01-09 11:36:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
And if you really do like margarine so much, then why do you call it butter? I mean, if it's THAT good, you wouldn't be ashamed of the name.
2007-01-09 11:37:23 · update #1
People call margarine butter because it is used in the place of butter. It's the same reason people interchange 'jelly', 'jam', 'preserves' and 'fruit spread'. All are different things, but they serve the same purpose.
2007-01-09 11:43:56 · answer #1 · answered by luvianacaro 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some people only use margarine for spreads, and toppings. Others use butter for more than just topping such as baking, etc. True bakers will use the two terms instead of one or the other. Butter makes baked sweets taste OH SO GOOD!
2007-01-09 17:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Butter is made from milk by churning the cream from it. Margarine is usually made by hydrogenating soy bean oil. This makes it firm like butter, but also creates trans fatty acids that aren't good for our health. Butter generally tastes better than margarine and is prefered in cooking over margarine.
2007-01-09 12:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by ISU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Margarine was originally a butter substitute. It is meant to be used in all the same ways as butter - on toast, to grease a cooking pan, in baked goods, to add flavor to foods, etc. Most recipes say "butter or margarine" which makes many people think they are basically the same thing.
2007-01-09 11:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Margarine and butter are actually two different things, no? I like to use margarine as spread on my toast more than butter, but I prefer butter more than margarine when I'm baking.
2007-01-09 11:41:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it just stems from when there was only butter and when margarine was brought out some still called it butter as it is still used for same purpose, just a variation
2007-01-09 11:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Margarine was designed as a substitute/replacement for butter. So, since it is used interchangeably with butter for cooking, toast, bread, popcorn etc, some people use the words interchangeably as well.
2007-01-09 11:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by mpsliney 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They should just call margarine PLASTIC because it is one molecule away from being plastic! Butter is shorter and easier pronounced, I assume that is why it is used. IF you ask me they should outlaw margarine alltogether!
2007-01-09 11:41:15 · answer #8 · answered by Jiselley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be the same as calling a refrigerator a Frigidaire.
I prefer butter as it is a natural product.
2007-01-09 11:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by nursienurse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Butter is sooo much better in cooking too. Yes, you maragarinish people out there, why DO you call it Butter?
2007-01-09 11:40:46 · answer #10 · answered by Iron Dragon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋