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Bob Blaylock
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(17 of 17)
Nov 27, 2008 9:17 PM
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Eating margarine is like eating plastic. Yuck! I don't allow it in my home.
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Momof3.
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Nov 26, 2008 9:00 PM
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Kathy I'm with you!!!!
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Kathy Jordan
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Meridian, Idaho
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Nov 25, 2008 12:04 AM
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Momo, Margarine is against my religion. I VOTE BUTTER ALL THE WAY!  |
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Janet S.
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Nov 23, 2008 12:40 PM
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Butter gets my vote here too, although I have used the solid block-style margarine on occasion for baking - truly, I find there's no difference in taste or texture in something like banana bread. I keep a tub of spreadable margarine in the refrigerator too, although it's just there for greasing baking pans. I keep the house so cool in the winter that butter's never at a soft enough consistency, and the soft margarine works well for that grease-and-flour step.
Even without the benefit of experiencing home-made or fresh-from-the-farm butter, there's nothing like butter's taste on bread, or mashed potatoes, or in recipes with so few ingredients that it's the flavour star. Delicious stuff! • Janet
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Angela P
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Nov 20, 2008 4:35 PM
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LOL I do that when I volunteer in my kids class! lol
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Momof3.
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Nov 19, 2008 9:06 PM
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Thank's for the reassurance not to use margarine ever again We made home made butter in school one day with the kids. In the spring we made home made ice cream. I thought they looked good... however.. when kid hands are involved..I very rarely ate the items I'm a wuss. I remember before I worked in the school..I would go in and make latkes for Hannukah. I would bring in all the ingredients. the kids would shred the potatoes... I would say... go wash your hands and don't touch ANYTHING. There is always one in the class (sometimes two and three) would wash.. dry..pick their nose..and I would send them back to wash their hands with WARM water And SOAP. one would always start crying..I'm such a meanie!! LOL.. -- Edited by 2868110 at 11/19/2008 6:13 PM PST |
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C (P) S
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Nov 15, 2008 3:08 PM
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> Penny, He is three weeks old and is beautiful. His
> name is Brant and he weighed in at 6 pounds 2 ounces.
> He's just a little guy but so adorable.
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> -- Carol B.
Oh Carol, congrats. My next grandchild we be born around the first of June and I can hardly wait.
I also grew up on a farm and we made the butter too, yesssssssss there is no better taste than fresh!!!!!
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>> ><(((*>Jesus<*)))>< <<
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Carol
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Nov 14, 2008 10:51 PM
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Penny, He is three weeks old and is beautiful. His name is Brant and he weighed in at 6 pounds 2 ounces. He's just a little guy but so adorable.
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Carol B.
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Penny
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Nov 14, 2008 6:19 PM
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Carol, your a grandma again, how wonderful. Please share all the little baby details, weight, length etc. and congratulations  -- ....A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand... |
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DJ
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Nov 14, 2008 9:50 AM
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I agree Scott! I didn't grow up on a farm. But my daddy was off work for almost a year, Momma didn't work outside the home and we bought fresh milk & butter from a lady a few streets over.....it was cheaper than store bought <---though many a time she'd say, "Cows are making so much, I need to give it away!" Which meant she wouldn't charge us for that week's milk. Your information is very interesting about Napoleon. I didn't know that. Something I can definately tell my students! ~~Carol, how's little B doing?  |
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Carol
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Canada
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Nov 13, 2008 10:57 PM
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We always use butter too especially for Christmas baking.
Angela, I can't wait to try your butter recipe with my granddaughter and my brand new baby grandson (when he's old enough). My granddaughter loves to help me in the kitchen.
I saw someone make ice cream in a salad spinner on TV one day. Gave it a try and it was a disaster - salt and ice all over the kitchen and very little ice cream in the end.
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Carol B.
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scott eggers
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Nov 13, 2008 10:48 PM
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A tid bit: Margarine was invented by the French to help feed Napoleon's army and the lower classes. It became popular here during the world war I, the depression and ww II with butter in short supply.
I grew up on a farm and we made butter every few days. If you ever try fresh butter, you will know why it is nothing like what you buy at the store. I have tried making it with cream I buy at the store, It doesn't have the same taste. If you have a dairy around you that you can buy cream from give it a try.
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Angela P
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Nov 13, 2008 4:00 PM
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Oooh, I love using real butter as well. My kids like to make homemade butter! Here is how I let them do it: 2 cups (1 pint) heavy whipping cream, chilled Pinch salt You will also need a 2-quart jar with a tight lid, a marble, a strainer, a 2-quart bowl, a measuring cup and a wooden spoon. Chill the jar and the marble in the refrigerator for at least one hour to help the butter form more quickly. Place the strainer over the bowl and set them aside. Pour the cream into the jar, drop in the marble, and fasten the lid tight. Shake the jar. At first you will hear the marble moving. After about 15 minutes, the cream will get so thick that you won't hear or feel the marble. The sides of the jar will be coated with thick cream. Continue shaking the jar. After another 15 to 30 minutes, butter will begin to form. First you will hear the marble moving again, then the coating of cream will disappear from the sides of the jar and you will see lumps of butter in a milky liquid. The liquid is buttermilk. Open the jar and pour the butter and the buttermilk into the strainer. The buttermilk will flow into the bowl, and the butter will stay in the strainer. Pour the buttermilk from the bowl into a covered container and store in the refrigerator. You can drink the buttermilk or use it in another recipe. Rinse the bowl with cold water to remove all of the buttermilk. Turn the butter out of the strainer and into the bowl. Cover the butter with cold water and then pour the water off through the strainer. Do not save this milky water. Keep washing the butter this way until the water you pour off is clear. You are washing out the buttermilk -- buttermilk that is not washed out will turn the butter sour. Use a clean wooden spoon to stir and press the butter against the side of the bowl. Continue pressing the butter against the side of the bowl to work out any liquid that is left in the butter. Pour the liquid off. You may add the salt, if desired. Chill butter for 1 hour before serving. Makes about 6 ounces. I found this recipe here: http://www.post-gazette.com/food/20000309butter1d.asp -- ~*~Angela~*~ |
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C (P) S
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Nov 13, 2008 5:08 AM
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> Mom, I'm thinking that margarine was introduced a
> long time ago to offset the expense of butter. 
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> ....A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand... Sometimes it's best not to compromise and loose the wonderful taste of the real thing (my thinking)......I always use BUTTER.
Even when I have a recipe from someone that has listed 'margarine not butter'....nope, notta gona do it. ~~~~> *>Cin(\0/)<* <~~~~ >> ><(((*>Jesus<*)))>< << -- Edited by 2932550 at 11/13/2008 2:39 AM PST
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Penny
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Nov 12, 2008 10:32 PM
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Mom, I'm thinking that margarine was introduced a long time ago to offset the expense of butter. -- ....A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand... |
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Jennifer F.
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Nov 12, 2008 9:32 PM
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I use butter for everything and I haven't had a problem yet. I don't buy margarine anymore either.
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Jennifer
"Every Saint Has A Past,
Every Sinner Has A Future"
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