This I Believe
Sep. 1st, 2006 08:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI grew up in the South in the 50s. We did not know what cholesterol was but if we had known it would have been Baptist and we would have worshiped it. Fried was best. And there was butter. We had butter on the table every night with dinner and ample stuff to put it on. When the budget got tight, Mom swapped the butter for margarine and we mourned until we got flush and the sweet creamy butter was back. For most of my adult life, I have been fortunate enough to able to finance butter indulgence.
Now I have high bad cholesterol and while I know there are precious few food concessions I will even consider, I thought, hey ... in 40 years... maybe they've fixed this margarine thing. So when I was last at the store I picked up a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
I can.
Let's set aside the strange melting and spreading properties. I could probably get used to that. But the taste? Ugh. Who thinks that's what butter tastes like???
I've got to stop at the store today for a couple of things and I'm willing to take one more stab. I suspect most of the people ready this are those of the incredibly healthy and diet conscience who are already feeling squeamish because I've used the word butter so many times in one entry. But, if there is anyone who knows what real butter tastes like and knows of a margarine that comes even close, would you share, plz.?
Now I have high bad cholesterol and while I know there are precious few food concessions I will even consider, I thought, hey ... in 40 years... maybe they've fixed this margarine thing. So when I was last at the store I picked up a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
I can.
Let's set aside the strange melting and spreading properties. I could probably get used to that. But the taste? Ugh. Who thinks that's what butter tastes like???
I've got to stop at the store today for a couple of things and I'm willing to take one more stab. I suspect most of the people ready this are those of the incredibly healthy and diet conscience who are already feeling squeamish because I've used the word butter so many times in one entry. But, if there is anyone who knows what real butter tastes like and knows of a margarine that comes even close, would you share, plz.?
