# Why do they insist this crap tastes like butter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-insist-this-crap-tastes-like-butter/98717>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 17, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-insist-this-crap-tastes-like-butter/98717 "2002-03-17T07:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-insist-this-crap-tastes-like-butter/98717/21 "2002-03-18T22:47:58Z")

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You should try that stuff they’re marketing now, I think it’s Parkay, the pink and blue margarines! My kids talked me into buying some, and even though they like it, I think it’s awful. I think it’s more a psychological thing because of the color.  
I buy both butter and the stuff called I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, because as racer72 pointed out, too much of the real stuff will kill you. I think the ICBINB is pretty good. It melts like butter. Some of those “spreads” just don’t melt right.  
For the Thanksgiving turkey and summer corn and hot cornbread, only real butter will do.

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**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-insist-this-crap-tastes-like-butter/98717/22 "2002-03-19T14:31:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \*  
> \*\*Well, I prefer butter, but you can’t make garlic bread with it. My dad will buy a huge tub of margarine, and mix in ground garlic, and use it as a spread before toasting garlic bread. You really can’t taste the margarine after it’s cooked-just the garlic.
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> It wouldn’t work with butter, and it would probably go rancid before you used it. \*\*

The best garlic bread: Pack a jar with crushed garlic. Cover with extra virgin olive oil. Let this sit for a few days. Pour this oil on the bread when you make garlic bread. Delicious and healthy!

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**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-insist-this-crap-tastes-like-butter/98717/23 "2002-03-19T14:44:48Z")

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Butter is a luxury item in this house - I use margarine [always have, always will], but my girlfriend doesn’t use ANY butter or margarine.

I reserve butter for cakes and cookies and garlic bread. Mmm.

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