I reach for the margarine shelf personally.
A.) I’m incredibly lazy and very much enjoy how margarine is nice and soft even when straight out of the fridge.
B.) I kinda prefer the taste tbh.
Margarine because
.Whoever is able to get animal-free dairy products going should be given the Nobel prize.
Vegan “Butter” is really good.
How can you tell if someone is vegan? :D
Because they will inform you when it is contextually relevant and contibutes positively to the conversation at hand, and/or is an appropriate time to mention their dietary restriction and preferences
Hahahahahahhaha so funny oh my god this is hilarious
Tough crowd.
both exist in vegan variants.
I would argue there are decent alternatives but truthfully I only tried vegan margarine. Which was totally ok
Isn’t all margarine vegan as it’s synthesized from vegetable oils?
Almost all of them sprinkle in a little milk powder specifically to spite me.
I’ve seen some brands that use milk anyway because fuck you
The amount of food that shouldn’t contain milk but does is also a joke.
Don’t get me started on how we force milk down the throats of student. (Or… Well I guess you could get me started.)
“Oh what’s that? You want water instead of milk? Well fuck you, pay for it loser!”
Really annoyed me back when I was still in school. And I’m lactose tolerant! I just… Stopped liking milk as a drink.
Oh yeah i’ve always hated the taste too. Cutting out dairy helped my intolerance, I get less acid and digestive issues.
Just dropping in to say you absolutely can leave butter out at room temp for weeks at a time and it’ll be perfectly fine. Been doing it my whole life. Never once had it go rancid. Don’t know what a butter bell is, but I do put it on a tray and keep it covered, but that’s all.
Earth balance is an acceptable vegan margarine/butter substitute for most applications
How do you prevent cats from eating it? Unfortunately the “don’t have cats” method isn’t gonna work for me.
Does not work, our cat would just knock the lid off. :(
Technically it was this one. The lid sorta suction/friction fits to the base
Irish butter is unbeatable
Cold butter is too annoying to try to spread on a piece of bread so yeah, I just use margarine. I do always keep butter around for cooking and baking purposes though
Ever use a butter bell?
I use butter/ghee for baking/cooking, I don’t use it as a spread on bread/toast so I don’t need to worry about leaving it on the counter. I grew up in a margarine household, I made the switch when I grew up & got into baking and I just can’t go back. Butter just makes baked goods taste better.
Here’s a tip: anyone can make delicious brownies from a box, just sub water with milk, use melted butter instead of oil, and toss in some instant espresso powder & some extra vanilla extract. Takes basically no effort & it improves them immensely
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instant espresso powder
stooooooop for the love of god stooooooop
? What’s wrong with espresso powder?
don’t put coffee flavor in stuff
You don’t put enough to make the brownies taste like coffee, just a dash or so, but it really adds to the depth of flavour. It does make the batter taste like a coffee crisp though, which is an upside personally but not for everyone
Rawdog
Olive oil cuz vegan and not wacky nasty flavor that margarine sometimes have in some uses
That said, I’d love for butter to be vegan cuz I really miss it lol
Algae cooking oil because it’s vegan and 75% lower in saturated fats than olive oil. It’s virtually all oleic acid, an omega-9 that is the main component of olive oil
Olive oil has its own tasty flavors that should not be forgotten.
If you really miss butter flavor, you can add some Flavacol to your vegetable fat of choice. Its the industry secret for that yellow dust on popcorn: https://shop.gmpopcorn.com/products/color-free-flavacol-2419. Its vegan too :)
Margarine because it’s vegan.
Butter. It’s not the healthiest thing so I don’t mind more trouble spreading it on bread out of the fridge as it’s not a daily use item anyways and it usually softens enough within a few minutes I can carefully slice a little off.
Depends. There’s a very good, very butter tasting vegan “butter” (it’s margarine) that I use a lot nowadays. All depends a bit on what’s on sale too.
Often we use a margarine that is a mix of butter and oil, not sure what is is techically. I’ve also made my own margarine from butter, oil and water and it’s very easy to make and pretty nice. Having something soft for bread is preferred, but I tend to cook and bake with olive oil, removedseed oil or butter.
The most neutral flavor vegan butter I’ve found is this one, which is partly coconut oil:
Otherwise I don’t mind the other brands like Flora. Some are above 70% fat, and are much more appropriate alternatives than margarine to dairy butter.
I’m not a huge fan of Keiju or any of the other old school margarines, typically using Oivariini.
But the vegan stuff is great. I also bake with it when making stuff fully vegan, because it’s very nice tasting for stuff like a good vegan carrot cake.
This is the stuff:
It’s made from vegetable oils, including coconut and shea. Plus oat milk and stuff, genuinely tastes like butter to me.
I will pick one up next time I’m in the store, thanks!
For bread margarine, because it’s vegan and healthier than butter, even the bad margarine. If you choose one with good fats, even better. The taste can also be good, but it varies. Also there’s special margarine for baking that works similar to butter and it can taste similar too, of you want that. For cooking: olive oil or other oil.
Ghee
Coconut oil and olive oil mix. Just kidding I can’t afford that combo.
tallow
jk, I like to use margarine
