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Default Saw this at the grocery store

On 05/10/2011 11:14 AM, Doug Freyburger wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
>>
>> As a child, I preferred the more readily available margarine to butter
>> and I still find it a hard choice even if I don't eat much of either.

>
> I also prefer margarine. It's a minority taste. I often have a tub of
> Smart Balance in the fridge to have one that's close to transfat free
> (rounding down from 0.5 grams not actually zero). My wife doesn't touch
> it.


I prefer butter. If there was no butter for bread or rolls I would be
more likely to eat it without anything than to smear margarine on it.
Now that I am not supposed to eat butter I occasionally use a small
amount of Becel, or nothing.