On 2013-11-25 1:47 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> Where I live they have a private listserv. Antiquated email for
> residents. This struck me as funny.
>
> I just got an email that says, "Help! I need 1 stick of margarine. Will
> trade for 1 stick of butter."
>
> As my subject line states, we've got no idea *why* she desperately needs
> a stick of margarine. LOL
>
> Anyone care to speculate? Maybe she doesn't want to vary an old family
> recipe. It sounds like an odd request to me. I can't think of a reason
> to swap a stick of butter for a stick of margarine.




Maybe she had a recipe for that called for a stick of margarine and had
only butter. Maybe the recipe specifically said margarine, not butter.
Until a few years ago I never had margarine in the house.