Comments on: Dietribes: I Can’t Believe It’s Butter!

By: dawn

dawn — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:52:00 +0000

butter! :) We use a butter that is mixed with olive oil. Sparingly, of course.

By: me

me — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Lisa H – There is no lower-calorie oil – if your spread has fewer calories than butter, it’s because a non-oil liquid has been added or it’s been pumped up with air. Plus, butter itself isn’t all oil; there is some water emulsified in with it.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:50:00 +0000

I love butter. We make our own bread at home and there’s no better snack then a slice of it with butter. I’ll have to make some tomorrow because that sounds good!

By: vegebrarian

vegebrarian — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:23:00 +0000

I agree with beam – I found out I was allergic to milk in my 20s and now I eat Earth Balance – best thing there is if you can’t have butter.

veg

By: SDK

SDK — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:29:00 +0000

Yeah butter cow! The Iowa State Fair has had a full sized cow sculpted from butter for nearly 100 years. The butter cow lady retired a year or two ago, but the tradition lives on. Besides cows, other celebrities (especially those from or somehow connected to Iowa) are sculpted. Last year there was a sculpture of Shawn Johnson of Olympic gymnastics fame.

By: Lisa H

Lisa H — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:47:00 +0000

I will not eat magerine but I wanted something a little easier on the hips than regular butter. I found a light spreadable butter that is real butter but mixed with a lower calorie oil (canola I think) so all you taste is butter. I love it.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:42:00 +0000

home made butter is one of the easiest things to make, if you have a stand mixer. Just pour heavy cream in to the bowl and using the whisk attachment, beat until butter forms. So much better then store bought stuff and wonderful on fresh baked bread.

By: beam

beam — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:06:00 +0000

My sister is lactose intolerant–and, since I eat the same things as she does most of the time, we use a brand of faux-butter called “earth balance” that’s really made from vegetable oils.

earth balance tastes miraculously like butter. I think some chemistry students at Cornell invented it, or something. If you’re looking for a delicious substitute, try it!

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:51:00 +0000

I’d love to see a column about English muffins!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Butter…yummmm!

Butter may not be the healthiest thing in the world, but at least it’s a natural product and you know what’s in it. Which cannot be said of (gag) margarine.