# Butter Or Margarine? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070 "2006-06-25T11:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/1 "2006-06-25T11:14:33Z")
That is the question. For me, butter in recipes that require it, but otherwise, margarine. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/2 "2006-06-25T11:26:04Z")
Butter. Tastes nicer, and I use so little of it that it’s not going to majorly contribute to my cardiovascular risk factors.[Trans fats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat) are not that good for you either. I cook with olive, peanut, sesame or soy oil, so as far as I can, I try to eat the right kinds of fat. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/3 "2006-06-25T11:42:59Z")
Butter in recipes that ask for it, [Brummel and Brown](http://www.brummelandbrown.com/) spread otherwise. Made partially from yogurt, no trans fats, no cholesterol, generally lower in fats than other “improved” margarine-type spreads, and best yet, it tastes good. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/4 "2006-06-25T12:03:01Z")
Butter all the way. To me, margarine just has a synthetic taste. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/5 "2006-06-25T12:03:18Z")
Usually butter, but I use it rarely anyway so I don’t think about it much ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/6 "2006-06-25T12:33:58Z")
Margarine is for people who have no taste buds. Butter, all the way, for me. Preferably the high-butterfat stuff, like [Plugra](http://www.kellerscreamery.com/products/plugra/index.php). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/7 "2006-06-25T12:37:12Z")
Butter. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/8 "2006-06-25T12:47:46Z")
Haven’t had either in the house for months. Most likely to purchase margarine next but don’t really care, after all in either case it’s just grease. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/9 "2006-06-25T12:53:49Z")
Butter, of course! ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/10 "2006-06-25T12:55:11Z")
We use margarine at my house but we call it butter ---
**Author:** ![CairaJade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@CairaJade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairaJade)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/11 "2006-06-25T13:28:55Z")
Butter. Fakey frankenfoods like margarine are evil. Butter is evil too, but in an entirely different and wholly delicious way! ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/12 "2006-06-25T13:41:23Z")
Butter, margarine isn’t real man, it isn’t even real… ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/13 "2006-06-25T14:12:45Z")
> [@CairaJade](#): > > Fakey frankenfoods like margarine are evil. Butter is evil too, but in an entirely different and wholly delicious way! Couldn’t have said it better myself! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/14 "2006-06-25T14:31:46Z")
Butter. Period. ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/15 "2006-06-25T14:38:36Z")
I’m not living on welfare, I’m not in prison and this country is not at war. I don’t see why I should eat margarine. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/16 "2006-06-25T14:45:48Z")
Only butter. Margarine falls into the same category as “lite” beer, fat-free mayo, and other faux foods I won’t eat. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/17 "2006-06-25T15:36:00Z")
Butter, because margarine has trans-fats. I understand that there are some trans-fat free margarines out now, but I bought butter on sale one day and have enough in my freezer to last me a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/18 "2006-06-25T16:27:06Z")
Neither, I don’t care for either and haven’t had any in the house for years. If I needed it for baking, I guess I’d buy butter because of the transfat content of margarine. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/19 "2006-06-25T16:51:05Z")
Parkay!.. 😉 (sorry, couldn’t resist) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070/20 "2006-06-25T17:16:11Z")
Butter. I can’t recall purchasing margarine even once since we got married (13 years). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butter-or-margarine/362070.md?page=2)