Tiger
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Which do you have regularly?
(Other spreads do not apply in this instance)
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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butter
if you knew how marg was made you wouldnt touch the stuff, disgusting
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Root
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can we have a third option for "i can't tell the difference, nor do I care" because that's my vote. I just spread that shit on jacket tatoes and toast and it all tastes pretty much the same
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sc0ott
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Butter every time.
Margarine tastes like wank.
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Ben G
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none.
theres no option for this.
is it because i'm white?
[Edited on 20-08-2012 by Ben G]
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Steve
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How is margarine made: Step 1
Margarine makers start with cheap. poor quality vegetable oils, such as corn, cottonseed, soybeans, safflower seeds and canola.
These oils have already turned rancid from being extracted from oil seeds using high temperature and high pressure. Rancid oils are loaded with free radicals that react easily with other molecules, causing cell damage, premature aging and a host of other problems.
The last bit of oil is removed with hexane, a solvent known to cause cancer. Although this hexane subsequent removed, traces of it are inevitably left behind.
Unfit for consumption
Moreover, some of these oils are not suitable for human consumption to begin with.
Cottonseed oil, one of the most popular margarine ingredients, has natural toxins and unrefined cottonseed oil is used as a pesticide. The toxin, gossypol, is removed during refining.
Cottonseed oil also contains far too much Omega-6 fatty acids in relation to Omega 3. While both Omega 6 and Omega 3 are essential fatty acids, an imbalance between the two is widely believed to cause various health problems, including heart disease.
Most experts on the subject believe that a healthy ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 is between 1:1 and 1:2. Cotton seed oil, however, has over 50 percent omega 6 and only trace amounts of Omega 3, giving a ratio of 1: several hundred or more.
As cotton is one of the most heavily sprayed crops, there are also concerns that cottonseed oil may be highly contaminated with pesticide residues. However, insufficient testing has been done.
Canola oil, which is widely touted as the healthiest oil of all, has problems as well. Consumption of Canola has been linked with vitamin E deficiency as well as growth retardation. For this reason, Canola oil is not allowed to be used in the manufacture of infant formula.
The oils used for making margarine are also among the Big Four genetically modified crops – soy, corn, rapeseed / Canola and cotton.
How is margarine made: Step 2
The raw oils for making margarine are steam cleaned. This destroys all the vitamins and antioxidants.
However, the residues of pesticides and solvents – that is, hexane – remain.
How is margarine made: Step 3
The oils are mixed with finely ground nickel, a highly toxic substance that serves as a catalyst for the chemical reaction during the hydrogenation process.
Other catalysts may be used, but these, too, are highly toxic.
How is margarine made: Step 5
What comes out of the partial hydrogenation process is a smelly, lumpy, grey grease.
To remove the lumps, emulsifiers – which are like soaps – are mixed in.
How is margarine made: Step 6
The oil is steam cleaned (again!) to remove the odor of chemicals. This step is called deodorization and it again involves high temperature and high pressure.
How is margarine made: Step 7
The oil is then bleached to get rid of the grey color.
How is margarine made: Step 8
Synthetic vitamins and artificial flavors are mixed in.
A natural yellow color is added to margarine, as synthetic coloring is not allowed!
In fact, early last century, all coloring was not allowed and margarine was white. This was to protect consumers so that they do not get butter and margarine mixed up.
How is margarine made: Step 9
Finally, the margarine is promoted to the public as a health food – with the full endorsement of many scientists, doctors, nutritionists and health authorities
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Dom
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Butter, marg is awful 
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Tiger
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I eat marg but I prefer butter, if I'm cooking I'll use butter depending on what I'm cooking. I can't say as I mind the taste of marg but I'm about to start a live campaign for it.
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JonnyJ
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That sounds like a incredibly un-biased report you have copy and pasted up there Steve. Very unbiased.
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BarnshaW
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i love the taste of proper butter on toast, the proper anchor butter thats rock hard, leave it out for a bit so its soft and layer it on that toast, delicious.
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nathy_87
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
can we have a third option for "i can't tell the difference, nor do I care"
This
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
That sounds like a incredibly un-biased report you have copy and pasted up there Steve. Very unbiased.
lol
i still prefer butter, its more natural, too many people scared about eating something thats natural because its got a bit of fat in it or whatever, but would rather eat some liquidated plastic
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Cavey
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Anchor spreadable butter. Margarine tastes like piss.
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tom_simes
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What happened to step 4 Steve?
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Butter every time.
Margarine tastes like wank.
You eat wank?
I dont eat margarine
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Dom
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Country Life is where it's at 
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sc0ott
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Anybody who cant tell the difference taste wise should get their taste buds checked out immediately.
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Cavey
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Anybody who cant tell the difference taste wise should get their taste buds checked out immediately.
Nearly as bad as people who can't tell the difference between normal and diet coke.
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chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Country Life is where it's at
This man knows his butter.
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Scotty_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Country Life is where it's at
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Jambo
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Marg, butter makes me feel ill.
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smcGSI16V
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I thought marg was a poor northern thing.
Do love a good thick spread of Lurpak on toast.
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LeeM
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flora buttery, beauty
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
That sounds like a incredibly un-biased report you have copy and pasted up there Steve. Very unbiased.
lol
i still prefer butter, its more natural, too many people scared about eating something thats natural because its got a bit of fat in it or whatever, but would rather eat some liquidated plastic
Got to agree although milk/butter doesn't agree with me so I have shitty marg if I do have anything.
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noshua
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Olive marg
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