"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 07:41:34 -0500, "biig" > wrote:
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>>
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>>> I don't know the reason but my mom bought margarine too. My
>>> grandparents were farmers and we spent lots of time with them. They
>>> had dairy cows and my grandmother made her own butter and bread. We
>>> loved fresh warm bread loaded with fresh butter. She also made jams
>>> and jellies.
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>> The first summer we were married, we lived on my husband's grandparents
>>farm with them. They had their own cow and made butter from the cream.
>>It
>>didn't taste like store bought butter, way too salty, and I never liked
>>it.....Sharon
>>
>
> Well I hope it didn't taste like store bought. My grandfather had a
> bad heart and died of a heart attack at 52. He was on a salt free
> diet for years before he died. My granny made a salt free batch for
> him. We had the salted and even as a very young kid it was better
> than store bought. It's too bad you didn't like it. I was just
> talking to my mom and mentioned this. She never had commercial butter
> until she got married in the 50's.
>
> Lou


I didn't feel comfortable about bringing up the subject with Gramma since
I was young and just married. I just avoided using it. In later years, I
could have asked her to do a batch with less salt. She was a
sweetheart.....Sharon
ps...they both lived into their eighties