levelwave > wrote:

> Herself wrote:
>
> > I come from a family where margarine never set foot in the house.
> > Unfortunately, DS is allergic to all dairy, so butter is now out of the
> > house. So I'm stuck, really.
>
> Make a trip to your local Health Food Store... In the Freezer/Fridge
> section look for a product made by "Spectrum Naturals" simply called
> "Spread"... It's Dairy Free - Non-Hydrogenated - Trans Fat Free... It's
> not made for cooking (pan frying) but as a spread tastes just as good if
> not better than Margarine... You can probably find something similiar if
> they don't carry that particular brand...

I'm limited really to only one brand, Pure. No big health food stores
here (I'd kill for a Whole Foods or Wild Oats right about now).

>
> > But is shortening and margarine the same thing? I thought not...
>
> No... but they are both Hydrogenated... do a google search for
> Hydrogenation... by pumping Hydrogen into liquid fats you can make them
> solid at room temperature... This is what leads to trans-fats which
> ultimately leads to that triple by-pass... The Gov't has finally stepped
> in and started forcing food manufacturers to label the amount of
> trans-fats in their foods... It'll start appearing on labels soon...

It won't start on the labels here, but okay. :-)
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Herself ) wrote:
: Dan Germain > wrote:
:
: > I do understand your concern in using "shortening" to season your pan. I do
: > not cook or bake with shortening either.
:
: Can I ask why? Due to dietary restrictions, we can't use butter, so for
: baking we have to use non-dairy margarine or shortening.

What kind of restrictions? In many cases, butter is
healthier than margarine.

Eric Johnson

levelwave ) wrote:
: Herself wrote:
:
: > Can I ask why? Due to dietary restrictions, we can't use butter, so for
: > baking we have to use non-dairy margarine or shortening.
:
: Because shortening will kill you much faster than butter will...
:
: Hydrogenated = trans-fats = death
:
: It's one of the greatest pranks of all time... convincing the public
: that Margarine is a healthy alternative to butter...
:
: If you have health concerns I seriously suggest tossing that Ghetto
: Butter in the trash...

I've seen one medical study in a peer reviewed medical journal
that concluded that kids raised on margarine have a significantly
higher likelihood of suffering from allergies than kids raised
on butter.

Eric Johnson

wej3715 > wrote:

> I've seen one medical study in a peer reviewed medical journal
> that concluded that kids raised on margarine have a significantly
> higher likelihood of suffering from allergies than kids raised
> on butter.

Well, we're already suffering from allergies, there's only a few more he
doesn't have :-). I can't stand the stuff, but we gotta do what we
gotta do...
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