# Butter or margarine? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119 "2006-05-09T20:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/1 "2006-05-09T20:13:58Z")
Butter. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/2 "2006-05-09T20:17:24Z")
Butter definitely. Margarine is too much like plastic. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/3 "2006-05-09T20:21:57Z")
Butter forever. Margarine is the [Devil’s earwax.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_101.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/4 "2006-05-09T20:25:24Z")
I would be suspect if anyone said anything other than butter. Except for maybe “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/5 "2006-05-09T20:27:52Z")
My dad grew up on a farm. He wouldn’t have margarine in the house. I’ll let it in the house, but I sure won’t eat it on purpose. One day Dad came back from the grocery store, happy that he’d found a new, economical brand of butter. Until we read the package carefully, and found he’d picked up a package of BUTLER brand margarine. He was not pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/6 "2006-05-09T20:31:31Z")
Margarine? What the hell is margarine? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/7 "2006-05-09T20:31:45Z")
Mmmm. Butter. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/8 "2006-05-09T20:31:58Z")
Butter. Margarine is just nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/9 "2006-05-09T20:41:22Z")
I grew up on margarine and didn’t know about the joys of real butter until I became an adult and bought butter for myself. Some people I know insist on keeping tub margarine around because it is “spreadable”. I scoff at them and show them my [butter bell](http://www.butterbell.com/) that keeps my real butter soft and fresh. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/10 "2006-05-09T20:42:28Z")
I grew up eating margarine (we called it oleo back then, in the fifties). I don’t think I ever tasted real butter until I was in college. I like 'em both. On potatoes or corn, I prefer butter. On toast, I like margarine. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/11 "2006-05-09T20:45:07Z")
Wow. Butter for me too. I really expected it to go heavily in favor of margarine. Nobody I know is butter-only. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/12 "2006-05-09T20:45:27Z")
Parkay someone had to 😉 but I prefer butter. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/13 "2006-05-09T20:45:27Z")
Butter. My 4 year old used to try to eat it like it was cheese, by the slab, but I just knew, with a mother’s intuition, we’d end up on a reality show like “Honey, We’re Killing the Kids”. So I didn’t let him. Everybody should listen to their mothers. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/14 "2006-05-09T20:52:00Z")
Butter. From France. Unsalted. On good bread. mmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/15 "2006-05-09T20:56:56Z")
Butter. I only have soy margarine in the house because one of my best friends has a dairy allergy, and sometimes I bake cookies for her. As Someone Famous said, when it comes to butter v. margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/16 "2006-05-09T21:00:47Z")
Butter. Accept no substitutes. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/17 "2006-05-09T21:00:56Z")
High cholesterol levels at my house, so we use margarine (Country Crock) for everything except baking, popcorn, and fresh sweet corn. I miss butter. I remember when oleo first came out. It was white, and it came with a little packet of oily orange stuff, for coloring. Mix it into the white stuff and voila! Fool your family! (Not.) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/18 "2006-05-09T21:10:56Z")
I prefer butter for most things. However, I usually only use it at restaurants as a treat. At home, we have Smart Balance. I grew up with margarine, so it doesn’t taste bad to me or anything like that; I just prefer butter. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/19 "2006-05-09T21:19:41Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Butter. Buttah. Fer sure. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119/20 "2006-05-09T21:22:56Z")
This isn’t a poll. It’s a foregone conclusion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/356119.md?page=2)