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Do you use butter or margarine?

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What do you prefer and why?

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Altruistic-Oil-9686@reddit

Butter, full stop. Margarine was created and marketed as a supposedly healthier 'alternative' to butter, but as one person recently described it: "Excuse you, I think you mean *chemically altered* whipped fat."
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SallyRoseD@reddit

Both. One to cook with one to put on the food.
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Healthy-Grape-777@reddit

Buttah
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JohnHenryMillerTime@reddit

Always butter but when I was in 4th geade I tasted margarine on a cheap bagel and I felt myself leave my body. We want what we dont have.
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Oat57@reddit

I grew up using margarine because it was cheaper than butter. My future wife used butter, and I've never looked back.
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Silver-Education-860@reddit

for which hole?
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TexasForever361@reddit

Butter, and if I'm feeling fancy, Kerrygold butter.
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OkayDay21@reddit

Butter. I feel like margarine was a fad encouraged by some top-tier diet culture marketing. I don’t personally know anyone who still uses it.
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superanth@reddit

Close. It was used as a butter-replacement during WWII. People would buy a plastic bag of fish-belly white margarine and the squeeze it to pop a packet of yellow dye inside. Then they would knead in the color until it looked like butter.
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Lilylake_55@reddit

Margarine was invented in 1869 & used beef tallow as a cheap substitute for butter. Beef tallow was dropped in the early 20th century, but margarine really got popular during WWII as it was not only cheaper, but also because butter was heavily rationed here in the US & people were allowed only 2 ounces of butter per week. Actual butter went to the military. Margarine was actually white & came with packets of yellow coloring to be mixed into it. Margarine has remained cheaper than real butter and that’s why so many people use it. I grew up in the 60s, we used margarine for regular eating and splurged on real butter for baking or on holidays.
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Confident_Natural_62@reddit

I don’t even know if it’s cheaper tbh, but the only people I’ve seen using it were kinda poor and had the big ass tub of country crock instead of actual butter
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robinhood125@reddit

Its about half as expensive where I shop 
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BSB8728@reddit

We have Jewish friends who use margarine because if you keep kosher, you aren't supposed to eat dairy and meat at the same meal.
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Confident_Natural_62@reddit

They probably know, but some brands contain dairy ingredients so tell ‘em to be careful
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Ill_Industry6452@reddit

That is true. I have a grandson who used to be allergic to milk. I read labels. Some margarine is dairy free, but not all of it.
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shelwood46@reddit

It's not a bad sub if you can't have dairy (like vegans) but yeah, it's not the same (I really like the Cabot whipped salted butter)
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sootfire@reddit

Margarine is not vegan by default. If you're vegan you need to get specific non-dairy butter. I'm lactose intolerant and finding butter is really annoying sometimes.
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rainbowkey@reddit

and note they call it non-dairy vegan butter not vegan margarine. Margarine has been in a steady decline in the USA since the 90's
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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

I'm lactose intolerant so I carry Lactaid with me wherever I go.
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CoderPro225@reddit

Some of us tried that and it wasn’t enough to overcome it. 😭
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Adventurous-Time5287@reddit

You should check if ou have an allergy instead of an intolerance if lactaid doesn't work for you.
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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

Valid point.
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Js987@reddit

How many did you try taking? I’ve always needed 2-4x what the package recommends, and if it’s a liquid like milk or a milkshake I need to take it half at th3 start, half at the end. If it doesn’t work for you even then, it’s probably not lactose intolerance.
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CoderPro225@reddit

I did try multiple pills, taking it before and after, etc. I also have celiac which causes its own host of GI issues. I don’t doubt that it’s not helping the situation. I’ve learned to navigate what I can and cannot eat at this point without having problems. But thank you so much!
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sootfire@reddit

That's good for you but I'm going to stick with my vegan butter.
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alicelestial@reddit

have you tried the miyoko's vegan butter? if it's available wherever you may be? much better than margarine in a tub, and much closer in taste to real butter because it's cultured. also kind of expensive but i'm always excited when i can get my hands on it.
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sootfire@reddit

I think I've tried it but honestly the pickings are so slim where I am, they only have a couple brands.
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donutdogs_candycats@reddit

Country crock actually does have dairy in it. They do has a non dairy version though that tastes pretty similar, but the og one still has dairy.
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VegetableDraft8106@reddit

This is actually not true! My husband has a dairy allergy and the OG country crock is his (literal) bread and butter. It is mostly soy bean oil with carotene for color and salt for flavor.
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Confident_Natural_62@reddit

Some older products contained whey I believe, but you’re right today they’re all dairy free AFAIK.
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glemits@reddit

That describes my childhood to a T.
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1PumpkinKiing@reddit

Ya, growing up we would sometimes get it because it was cheaper, but we still usually had butter. It's definitely still cheaper where I live, but I have never bought it since I started buying my own food. I'll buy the cheapest butter, or whatever is on sale, but that's still waaay better. The only other time I've seen someone buy margarine is someone that didn't have a working fridge. Not necessarily poor, but there was a power line down and the electric company, city, and county were dragging their feet deciding who's responsible it was to fix it.
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HorrimCarabal@reddit

We have both, my daughter in law can’t have dairy
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saladmunch2@reddit

Its like miracle whip and mayonnaise. Although miracle whip used to be a cheaper product, now it cost more. So much more gross, I love mayonnaise though.
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Mega_Dragonzord@reddit

Miracle Whip has its uses, I prefer it over mayo when I make deviled eggs.
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WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs@reddit

Spouse tried to bring Miracle Whip into the house once, and I'm like, "only if you get a separate fridge for it, I don't want it in my fridge."
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splorp_evilbastard@reddit

My dad bought Miracle Whip once by mistake. We were on a family road trip and mom made lunch from the cooler with the Miracle Whip. We ended up throwing it all out because we thought the mayonnaise was spoiled. Nope, that's how Miracle Whip is supposed to taste. Blech.
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Dreamweaver5823@reddit

I grew up in a part of the country where MW was the default - restaurants, school cafeteria, friends' homes, anywhere mayonnaise should be, there was Miracle Whip. Only at home would I get real mayo. I learned to simply avoid food containing mayonnaise outside my own house. I was so thrilled when I went to the West Coast for college and discovered that the school lunchroom used actual mayo. I got to lunch late one day, and tuna salad sandwiches were the only thing still available, so I reluctantly got one. What a pleasant surprise when I tasted it!
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saladmunch2@reddit

That sounds like a nightmare!
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Dreamweaver5823@reddit

Yep
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WildMartin429@reddit

I actually liked Miracle Whip better than mayonnaise at least for sandwiches. Anything that involves mayonnaise in a recipe I would want real Mayo.
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VixKnacks@reddit

The history of margarine is actually fascinating if you ever want to go down that rabbit hole. But yes I very much remember it being a big part of 90s fad diet culture nonsense 😩
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Secret-Selection7691@reddit

Oh, yeah. Vegetable oil was supposed to be healthier somehow. That's why McDonald's stopped frying their fries in beef tallow and they no longer taste as good. It seems to me this was around the same time as "paper or plastic" at the grocery store. Where the clerk would ask you if you wanted paper or plastic bags and if you said paper you were an evil tree killer and would get all sorts of dirty looks. Science has undergone some interesting changes through the years.
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Mega_Dragonzord@reddit

I still say give it a few more years and they will be using tallow again. Steak n Shake uses it now for their fries and chicken strips....amazing.
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Lower_Neck_1432@reddit

Which is why when people say "Trust the Science! (TM)" or "The Science Is Settled! (TM)", I smile and roll my eyes.
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HonestLemon25@reddit

But they are better for you lol. Beef tallow in everything is probably one of the major reasons heart disease cases are on the rise in older people
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Secret-Selection7691@reddit

I don't think it's possible to make French Fries better for you.
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ArrrcticWolf@reddit

Fun little history fact, margarine gained popularity during WW2 as a butter alternative, and overtook butter in popularity by the mid 50’s and into the 80’s and 90’s until the term “trans-fats” became the dietary boogeyman of the decade. Not so fun little fact (depending on how you want to view it), Margarine generally has less bad/trans fats than butter does now, but the stigma remains despite being baseless. Butter does taste better though.
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HairyDadBear@reddit

Only use it when I got it by accident and don't feel like going back to the store 😂
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OutOfTheBunker@reddit

It's back again as "plant-based butter".
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Significant-Owl-2980@reddit

My Dad ate margarine in the 80s/90s. His Dr recommended it because he had high cholesterol. Turns out margarine was much much worse. My Dad was SO angry when he found up he sacrificed having butter all those years and it didn’t help. My mom had low cholesterol so she ate butter. lol
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Intermountain-Gal@reddit

Margarine was developed in 1869 as a butter substitute during a famine in France. People liked it. It made its way to the U.S. The Great Depression and WW2 increased margarine’s popularity. I know people who use margarine: vegans.
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birthdayanon08@reddit

My husband had a tub of country crock in his fridge when we started dating. He also had imitation vanilla and Maxwell house coffee. He's now a kerrygold devotee, males his own vanilla and has an entire coffee bar that rivals Starbucks. He's trying to grow his own coffee beans now.
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Dreamweaver5823@reddit

There are a lot of people using it, as evidenced by how many brands of it are in the supermarket. Likely because it's cheaper.
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HandsOnDaddy@reddit

Decades ago there was a HUGE push against natural saturated fats of all kinds, like butter, based on VERY questionable evidence, which was where a lot of the ITS NOT A SATURATED FAT, ITS HEALTHY "VEGETABLE" OIL! (dont mind the hydrogenated part and that it is a terribe trans fat...) Even movie theaters had HUGE pressure to stop using coconut oil to pop popcorn because it was SO unhealthy.
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misterpequeno@reddit

Vegans. Its basically vegan butter. Thats how they bake! Lol
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sevenwatersiscalling@reddit

There's actually a whole history behind it that traces back to the Napoleonic wars. 99 Percent Invisible had a whole episode about it- "I Can't Believe It's Pink Margarine." Pretty interesting stuff.
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SubstantialPressure3@reddit

It was to make something like butter more affordable.
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hail_to_the_beef@reddit

Yep, we always ate it growing up (80s/90s) but the butter fad faded and butter came back into popularity. I remember though when I was in Germany mid-2000s my host family mother was a die-hard margarine health pusher.
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levi070305@reddit

My grandmother who passed away 10 years ago used it... thats the last time I knew of someone doing so.
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LordLaz1985@reddit

I have a friend who keeps kosher. They use margarine because it’s parve.
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sentientgrapesoda@reddit

My father used it because his aunts would smuggle it in from neighboring states - yellow margarine was illegal here in the fifties and sixties - so it was a special treat. It is legal to sell here now, but we still can not serve it in institutions (prisons and schools mostly) and restaurants without doctor's orders.
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Business_Swan8209@reddit

Wisconsin? When I was very little I have vague memories of my mom mixing some sort of tablet with margarine to make it yellow.
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sentientgrapesoda@reddit

Yup, it is an odd bit of lore that most folks don't know. Wisconsin is a weird place.
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thecampcook@reddit

If I remember correctly, margarine was invented during one of the world wars when there was a butter shortage. It was originally made from beef fat.
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cmhoughton@reddit

My son and daughter-in-law use it because it’s cheaper. Tastes terrible compared to butter.
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Confident_Natural_62@reddit

When I was little and at my grandparents I used it to make toast not knowing the difference. So bad I still remember it lol. 
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snuggly_cobra@reddit

Margarine used to be plant based butter. And it was cheaper. However, like Crisco, when used properly imparts a nice mouth feel to baked goods.
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EtchingsOfTheNight@reddit

vegans do
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-make-it-so-@reddit

Butter. Though I usually keep a little margarine on hand for times when I need to cook without dairy to accommodate some friend’s dietary restrictions.
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famousanonamos@reddit

I prefer butter, but unfortunately can't properly digest it, so I use margarine. 
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EvaisAchu@reddit

I haven't used margarine since 2009. Butter all the way.
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DOMSdeluise@reddit

what happened in 2009
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watdoyoumead@reddit

Probably the time they found out the government was lying about fats.
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greatteachermichael@reddit

Were they lying, or was the research not just developed enough? Nutrition research is horrendously difficult to do due to all the factors that go into affecting people's health.
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NomadLexicon@reddit

The original research linking dietary fat to heart disease was flawed. It was a comparison of diet vs. health outcomes in 7 countries. Critics pointed out that the study author had disregarded countries that didn’t neatly fit his hypothesis (IIRC there’s debate on how intentional this omission was). The study was convenient for the US agricultural industry because it took the pressure off grains and sugars (including corn syrup) and made them appear to be healthier. US agriculture policy since the Nixon administration has encouraged the mass production of a few commodity crops on a massive scale (including corn, soybeans, and wheat). A lot of US agricultural policy since then has been focused on how to deal with the glut of grains that decision left us with. Lots of peculiar policy choices and business decisions (ethanol mandates, putting high fructose corn syrup in absolutely everything, the old food pyramid, promoting margarine derived from soybean oil as healthier than butter, discouraging dairy and egg consumption, etc.) make a lot more sense when you consider that we’re trying to get rid of absolutely massive surpluses of those crops.
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Purple-Essay6577@reddit

True, but government nutrition recommendations were also heavily influenced by meat and dairy industries.
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ComradeGibbon@reddit

In 1957 Fred Kummerow who studied lipids published the first paper linking transfats to heart disease
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Sowf_Paw@reddit

They used margarine for the last time.
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Mr_BillyB@reddit

For some reason that calls to mind "I vowed to my father I'd never use hamster style again." I love it.
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saladmunch2@reddit

Can't argue with that.
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InsGadgetDisplaces@reddit

☹️
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dopaminedune@reddit

In 2009, the World entered recession, but he got rich because he short it.
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EvaisAchu@reddit

My mother got a promotion and a raise! Butter was now in budget!
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DOMSdeluise@reddit

mazel tov
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WWGHIAFTC@reddit

I use real butter. Margarine is an abomination that should not exist.
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Antioch666@reddit

Only butter, margarine is banned in my household. Same with the low fat cream. 40% cream or nothing! 😆
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big_data_mike@reddit

Kerrygold
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Careless-Impress-952@reddit

I used to do Kerrygold, but then tried the grass fed Kirkland butter. Tastes exactly the same, and costs less
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ProfessionalCraft983@reddit

This is the way! (Also I love their 4-pack of milk cartons...they last forever before you open them!)
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thesturdygerman@reddit

Ooh imma have to try that. I usually love Kirkland stuff. BTW if you haven't used their EVOO it's fantastic.
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big_data_mike@reddit

I tried the Kirkland brand and usually anything Kirkland brand is 95% as good as the name brand but the butter wasn’t quite the same to me.
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ProfessionalCraft983@reddit

Butter. I prefer natural fats to processed ones. Plus it just tastes better.
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Gwallawchawkobattle@reddit

Butter i like Kerry gold or countrycrock
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AnastasiusDicorus@reddit

Margarine
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ghostwriter85@reddit

Butter just tastes better.
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AnastasiusDicorus@reddit

I think margarine tastes better. Guess it's what you're used to. and different margarines have different tastes. I prefer bluebonnet on pasta, imperial is fine for anything else.
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mina-ann@reddit

Butter just tastes better and it's real, not full of ingredients you can't pronounce.
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Individual_Ebb3219@reddit

I learned from my nutrition course that butter has some health benefits while margarine really doesn't. Also, olive oil is the best oil for you.
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Ntstall@reddit

C’mon now, I thought we left that behind 5 years ago. You wouldnt be able to pronounce half the ingredients in an apple.
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dontknowwhattomakeit@reddit

Apples don’t have ingredients… ingredient: any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish
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Ntstall@reddit

The point remains the same. The chemicals that combine to make what we know as an apple are not all easily pronounceable. This does not detract from the apple’s health characteristics.
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OkAdvantage6764@reddit

Which doesn't negate the fact that some chemicals are more harmful to humans than others. Also there are natural chemicals (like in apples) but also man-made chemicals.
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DawaLhamo@reddit

Natural chemicals like the cyanogenic glycoside in apple seeds?
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DawaLhamo@reddit

(Cyanogenic means it breaks down into cyanide when we digest it)
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DawaLhamo@reddit

(Hydrogen cyanide specifically, which, is the base chemical in Zyklon B that was used in Nazi gas chambers and is still used as part of the death penalty by gas in parts of the US.)
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Ntstall@reddit

Yeah, but being able to pronounce them has no effect on their health characteristics. That’s my whole point. You can manipulate any molecule that is not super simple into unpronounceable garbage using “technically correct” naming conventions.
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dontknowwhattomakeit@reddit

Not that I would agree that you shouldn’t eat things with ingredients you can’t pronounce, I do think it’s a little disingenuous to compare the natural chemicals in whole foods to added chemicals in highly processed foods…
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lazynessforever@reddit

Just because you can’t pronounce it doesn’t mean it’s bad. I can’t pronounce β-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-α-D-glucopyranoside but I sure do like sugar in my desserts.
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guess214356789@reddit

Too many carbs and I can pronounce that.
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ariana61104@reddit

I always found that rule stupid because as a kid I was like “so if you can’t read, you starve” 😂😂😂
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otetrapodqueen@reddit

Also sometimes the names are just chemical names for stuff you'd otherwise recognize, like dihydrogen monoxide is water.
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ariana61104@reddit

Dihydrogen monoxide is my fave to scare people with lmao
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otetrapodqueen@reddit

Mine too! Everything is a chemical and people need to chill hahaha
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Able_Capable2600@reddit

*that *you* can't pronounce.
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1130coco@reddit

Depends what I need it for.
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sharkiio@reddit

I use butter. Margarine is fine I guess but I prefer the taste of butter and margarine feels like a diet food to me in a way I don’t like but its perfectly edible
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nunyabusn@reddit

Butter is much better for you. Margarine is just yucky oils.
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Mountain_Economist_8@reddit

i haven’t bought margarine in decades but grew up on it and i do kinda miss how it tastes spread on some Roman Meal bread.
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Alarming_Long2677@reddit

butter for baking and confections.
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DaytimeDawg1951@reddit

Butter.
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ozyria@reddit

I grew up on Blue Bonnet and Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter (gotta love the south), now I exclusively use unsalted Kerrygold and butter from the local Virginia mennonites - varies with what I’m using it for. It makes me feel like I’m better than everyone else. /j
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Grimaldehyde@reddit

Never margarine.
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ac_cossack@reddit

I'm allergic to butter and it's still butter > margarine. Sometimes I use Ghee (clarified butter) for cooking and baking because it's dairy free and has an interesting taste.
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Intelligent-Feed7695@reddit

butter. margarine has been found to contain trans fats so its super terrible for you.
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SolOberlindes_2564@reddit

Butter. Because 50 million French people can’t all be wrong.
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The0wl0ne@reddit

As Julia Child said: with enough butter, anything is good
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Jaspersmom1818@reddit

BUTTER! Margarine is just 1 molecule away from plastic, (I think). It's gross.
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EatsPeanutButter@reddit

Kerrygold butter all the way.
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fuzzy-lint@reddit

Butter for baking and toast, and either butter or bacon fat for cooking. Butter tastes amazing and margarine does not! Yes I’m from the south, what gave it away? 😂
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FLHobbit@reddit

Butter
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Ananvil@reddit

Salted butter for all things
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BeneficialShame8408@reddit

Butter. Margarine was a phase my mom had in the 90s, and it was ok since I didn't know better
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forogtten_taco@reddit

Both. Butter taste better but is 4x the cost. So I use margarine for some stuff.
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Stn1217@reddit

Butter for Baking and for Special dishes. Margarine for everyday.
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Main-Syrup-1334@reddit

Land o Lakes light butter! Love it
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Ok_Turnip_2544@reddit

gross. olive oil baby 
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Marsupial-Old@reddit

Butter. I spent 35 years eating and loving country crock until I read a study about the links between Alzheimer's and margarine. I might already have damage but my kids will have a chance 🤷🏽‍♀️
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kitscarlett@reddit

I use both, but margarine more often. A few years ago I only used butter, but my cholesterol stays high enough that I mostly switched.
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-The_Sharmat-@reddit

Grew up on Imperial margarine because my mom was severely lactose intolerant, but now, as an adult, I exclusively use butter. Typically either Plugra, Westgold, or Kerrygold.
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AD480@reddit

Butter
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Arki83@reddit

If I am adding fat, I would far rather add one lower in trans fats, so butter.
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BaseClean@reddit

Butter tastes better but (some) margarine is healthier (the ones with natural ingredients not the ones with a bunch of artificial ones).
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Willing_Acadia_1037@reddit

I like margarine for chocolate chip cookies to make them soft and not crispy.
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Pbferg@reddit

Butter. Margarine tastes terrible and is worse for you than butter.
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Defiant_Finger4011@reddit

Butter. I grew up on margarine except at Christmas time when it was time to make cookies because it produced a better quality product. As soon as I moved out I decided I’d always cook with butter if it resulted in better results.
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beccamaxx@reddit

Kerrygold butter only, at my house.
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Turdle_Vic@reddit

Butter 99/100 times
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JanaKaySTL@reddit

Butter
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HegemonNYC@reddit

What used to be called margarine has been illegal for a decade in the US as we banned partially hydrogenated oils. While other margarines still exist this, along with awareness of the health issues PHO caused (and no longer believing the 20th century claim of animal fats being bad) starting around 2000, led to a major decline in consumption. If you asked this question in the 1980s you’d get a ton of people saying margarine, now it’s almost none. 
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bcece@reddit

Colored margarine was illigal in Wisconsin until the late 60's. My mom told me how they would "smuggle" it back from Illinois when she was a kid.
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Ill_Industry6452@reddit

Dad told of it being white with yellow packet to mix in - in Illinois maybe during WW2. Dairy farmers wanted margarine to look gross so people would eat butter.
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bcece@reddit

Yep! Gotta protect the [dairy farms.](https://share.google/rXfdKpQtgchrd4iJV).
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danelle-s@reddit

What? Margarine is readily available in the US. I can go and get some right now at Walmart or my local grocery store?
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HegemonNYC@reddit

“What used to be called margarine” was usually partially hydrogenated oil, which has been illegal since 2016. Now, there are products called margarine that use palm oil or other questionable oil blends to make semi-solid oil-based ‘butter alternatives’ that are also called ‘margarine’ but are not chemically the same product. 
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FroggiePenguin2021@reddit

There is NO margarine in my house!
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Ye_Olde_Dude@reddit

Butter, unless a recipe specifically calls for margarine. I have a beloved recipe for molasses cookies that calls for Crisco, and I keep that on hand as well.
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glowybutterfly@reddit

Both. I like margarine because it's easy to spread, easy to bake with, no cholesterol. I like butter because it's real.
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oldladylikesflowers@reddit

Butter! Margarine is just gross.
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polar810@reddit

Butter for cooking. Margarine when I’m more focused on convenience and making something quick like toast for breakfast.
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Ok_Ball_788@reddit

For mac and cheese or mashed potatoes.
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Tristinmathemusician@reddit

Depends on the application. For cooking and baking, butter 100 percent. It just works better for applications with long cooking times. Margarine essentially just turns into oil when heated so if you need a non oily fat, you just can't beat real butter. If i'm just getting something like a buttered bagel or piece of toast, I don't care either way.
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Wide_Industry_3960@reddit

Years ago Americans were told that butter was bad and margarine was healthy. Kind of like the year before last wine was good for you and spirits great in moderation. Now the alcohol in NyQuil is suspect. Butter all the way. Gave up margarine when I read the ingredients and it had ingredients derived from fish
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OhThrowed@reddit

Margarine, I'm lactose intolerant.
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HegemonNYC@reddit

Butter has about 1/1,000th the lactose of milk. Have you tested that you react to butter or just avoid it because if your reaction to milk and cheese? 
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OhThrowed@reddit

It's a new thing for me (recently diagnosed) so I'm in 'avoid *everything*' mode. Now I've got hope that butter gets to come back into my diet. :)
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shelwood46@reddit

Some dairy products are okay, depending on your level of intolerance. My mom was, and she could handle butter, yogurt, and hard/aged cheeses (parmesan, really old cheddar) which tend to be low in lactose
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DawaLhamo@reddit

My husband is lactose intolerant and he can handle parmesan cheese. (And Kraft cheeses are mostly labelled 0g lactose per serving - it has a very small amount that generally won't bother a lactose intolerant person until you multiply the servings - so you have to be mindful of that) BUT, everyone is different, so I'd advise experimenting when you are at home and don't have to travel or be around people.
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EatLard@reddit

You could still use ghee or clarified butter. It has all the milk solids cooked out.
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OhThrowed@reddit

Neat.
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anclwar@reddit

You should still be able to eat butter, unless it is a misdiagnosed dairy allergy. I'm plain lactose intolerant and have no issues with butter or hard cheeses like Parmesan because the lactose is near non-existent in those products. But if you are actually allergic to dairy, you'd have to avoid everything because it's the proteins that are the problem, not the sugar.
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OhThrowed@reddit

Yeah, like I said it's fairly new to me so I'm overly cautious.
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GlorySocks@reddit

Butter is extremely low lactose, just FYI. My wife is violently lactose intolerant, but handles butter just fine.
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OhThrowed@reddit

Good to know. It's still pretty new to me, so I'm running on 'better safe then sorry'
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DawaLhamo@reddit

Both. Depends on what I'm using it for. I honestly like margarine more for spreading on toast or bread, butter for sauteeing and baking that needs flakiness. I do some baking with butter-flavored shortening, too - in recipes that call for shortening, butter-flavored is my preference. Honestly comparing cheap butter to cheap margarine, there's not that much difference to my palate. Your fancier more expensive butters, yeah, there's a taste difference. But I can't afford that, so...
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dadsgoingtoprison@reddit

Butter! Margarine is just oil. Gross.
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ArrrcticWolf@reddit

Yes
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DarkestStar167@reddit

Butter. I grew up on margarine because in the 90’s my Mom read somewhere that butter is bad for you and switched. I switched back as soon as I was old enough to realize that margarine just kinda sucks.
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Revolutionary_Buy943@reddit

Butter. I haven't bought margarine in about 30 years.
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Grouchy_Fall_5933@reddit

Butter, it’s one of those items that it may cost more, but it lasts so long. It’s not a waste of money.
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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

I guess they still sell margarine. I think my eyes have failed to recognize its existence in the grocery store aisle since the 90s.
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Ill_Industry6452@reddit

It’s easy to find at Walmart, Aldi, and every grocery store I have shopped at recently. There are several brands. Some are better than others. Some contain dairy, others don’t.
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Interesting-Run-6866@reddit

Most people stopped using margarine a long time ago.
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CocktailGenerationX@reddit

I’m surprised it’s still made.
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Ill_Industry6452@reddit

It’s considerably cheaper than butter here. People on a budget, especially if they were raised on margarine, keep using it because it’s more affordable.
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pterencephalon@reddit

My husband can't eat dairy, so we have to use some kind of margarine for baking. It's good to have options available for people.
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Ill_Industry6452@reddit

Both. I prefer the taste of real butter, but margarine is cheaper and works just as well for baking and cooking. Plus, grandchild living here is lactose intolerant, so margarine is better for her. .
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auntmarybbt@reddit

There’s a particular pastry I make that will burn with butter. That’s the only time I use margarine.
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NaughtyLittleDogs@reddit

Butter, because I live in Wisconsin (the #2 butter producer in the US) so it only costs a little more than margarine and tastes much better.
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crookedlupine@reddit

Depends on the food and usage. In cooking and baking, always butter unless the recipe specifically calls for margarine (and sometimes I use butter even then). But some things from my childhood were always made with margarine and they don’t taste “right” when made with butter.
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HalcyonHelvetica@reddit

Margarine. Butter gives me the runs. 
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MsJenX@reddit

Butter!
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nclay525@reddit

Butter. I can eat dairy (not vegan or allergic or anything), so why would anyone who's able to have butter choose margarine?
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SuperShelter3112@reddit

Growing up (90s) we only ate margarine. Then my parents switched Smart Balance which is…also margarine or something? Then by 2005 or so they switched to butter and nobody ever went back.
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FeralSweater@reddit

Butter or olive oil
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geri73@reddit

Butter is better.
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rikityrokityree@reddit

Butter.
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thatoneguyfromva@reddit

Keerygold Pure Irish Butter ftw
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blueyejan@reddit

Since I can't get a decent vegan butter where I live I use butter. I recently started using Kerry gold, its worth the expense. A pound of butter can last for a couple of months.
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ugoatgirl@reddit

Kerrygold butter
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BeckieD1974@reddit

I use both. Margarine for basic things like toast and frying something,and real butter for baking. Margarine is cheaper
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show_me_your_secrets@reddit

Butter
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Practical_Ride_8344@reddit

I know a girl who thinks of ghosts, She'll make you breakfast, she'll make you toast. But she don't use butter. And she don't use cheese. She don't use jelly, or any of these. She uses Vaseline
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kimchipowerup@reddit

Only butter
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codainhere@reddit

I mix butter and olive oil and use that.
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RedStateKitty@reddit

Margarine isn't a healthy choice. Butter all the way..
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PugPuppyMama@reddit

When I was little, my grandparents lived in Wisconsin, but we were in another state. When we drove back to see them, mom always insisted we stop in Illinois to buy some margarine because at that time apparently people in Wisconsin could only purchase butter! I like butter better.
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Cinisajoy2@reddit

Back in the last century, butter and margarine had the same fat content.  Now margarine has 48 to 56% fat and butter still has 80%.   So I use butter.  If I want to buy water, I will go to a water station.   (Place to buy 1, 3 or 5 gallons of filtered water).  35 cents a gallon.
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Red_Beard_Rising@reddit

I use whatever I have. Usually not either of those.
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juliabk@reddit

Grew up with margarine. Now use butter.
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KittyCubed@reddit

Same. That said, I really don’t use butter that much. But it does taste better.
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TimeMachineNeeded01@reddit

Me too. Born in 1972 and nobody used real butter for like 20 years 😂
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Tangled-Lights@reddit

75, margarine for the bread, Crisco for baking. So sad. Switched to butter 5 years into marriage.
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QuietObserver75@reddit

LOL, this is so true. Sometime in the 90s my parents switched over to real butter and never looked back.
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WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs@reddit

Born in 1953 and we used margarine and, ugh, Crisco, for everything then too, all thru the 60s and 70s.
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thesturdygerman@reddit

Oh my god I forgot about Crisco. Yeah we had that also.
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-ramona@reddit

Yeah I genuinely don't think I've even tasted margarine since maybe 2005
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Khajiit_Has_Upvotes@reddit

Me too. Not because of health reasons or whatever, though. It was just cheaper lol
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Ok-Office6837@reddit

Same. My mother swears up and down by a specific brand of margarine but I would never buy it now for myself.
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dealers_choice@reddit

Me too. Butter tastes so much better
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juliabk@reddit

And it’s better for you. Margarine has triglycerides. Butter doesn’t. And now that we know that cholesterol levels are not as impacted by diet as we thought, I don’t worry as much.
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IntroductionFew1290@reddit

So much better
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MallUpstairs2886@reddit

Same. My family switched back to butter in the mid to late 80s, so I’ve always used butter in my adult life
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CocktailGenerationX@reddit

Same.
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jonesnori@reddit

Same.
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forestcreep420@reddit

Butter lol
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hrdbeinggreen@reddit

Both
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spartangibbles@reddit

I use both, I keep a few sticks of salted and unsalted butter in the fridge as well as a tub of margarine. I use them for different things.
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Ok_Buy_9703@reddit

Salted butter mostly, unsalted if it specifically call for it in a recipe. Haven't used margarine for decades.
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Blutrumpeter@reddit

Why salted? So that you don't have to add salt later?
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Lower_Neck_1432@reddit

Preserves better at room temperature, but when I'm frying steaks, I use unsalted butter because I've already dry-brined the steaks beforehand.
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frog980@reddit

Salted butter can sit out at room temp in a butter dish and not spoil. That way it stays soft and spreadable.
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rojita369@reddit

It tastes better. I never use unsalted, even in baking.
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Tankieforever@reddit

Salted butter keeps better. Salt is a preservative, so if you’re keeping a covered butter dish on the counter so it will be soft enough to spread, salted is the way to go — unsalted goes rancid fairly quickly. I like to have both in the house, salted for toast, unsalted to for things like making biscuits.
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Ok_Buy_9703@reddit

Like others said it's better on the counter longer and I think it tastes better on toast.
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shelwood46@reddit

I have POTS so there is not such thing as too much salt, but unsalted butter tastes really flat and goes rancid faster (I like to keep salted butter on the counter)
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saladmunch2@reddit

If you are just using it for toast, or steak, eggs etc and things that are good with some saltiness, it just makes sense.
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WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs@reddit

Most recipes for baked goods (cookies especially) assume you know to use unsalted butter even if they don't say so.
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Tangled-Lights@reddit

I use salter butter in baking, and I’ve never noticed a too-salty taste.
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Ok_Buy_9703@reddit

Well most of the time if I'm baking it gets whatever I have on hand...
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Astronomer_Original@reddit

Same
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gordonf23@reddit

Butter. As far as I'm concerned, the only good reason for someone to use margarine is if they're vegan.
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cman334@reddit

Butter for most things. Tastes better
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Araxanna@reddit

Usually Smart Balance, but sometimes butter.
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Big-Ad4382@reddit

Butter
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WhompTrucker@reddit

Butter. Used to use margarine but switched back to butter in my mid 20s
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Emily_Postal@reddit

Butter.
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MuchDevelopment7084@reddit

Butter. It tastes better. It's a natural product. Margarine was initially developed to fatten poultry. If it's dropped near an ant hill. The ants will avoid it. The ants are the smart ones.
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MongooseDog001@reddit

When I was deeply poor, college, I bought margarine because it was cheaper, and flavored uo my food bank haul. Now I'm old and, as of now, only a little poor so I buy butter because it tastes better
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Fun_Variation_7077@reddit

I typically use that "spreadable butter" that is not quite butter but way better than margarine. I do prefer butter, but sometimes it's just a pain in the ass.
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come-join-themurder@reddit

I grew up using margarine but as an adult I use butter.
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kd0g1982@reddit

Butter, margarine tastes like the pale imitation it is.
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sermitthesog@reddit

Butter only. Olive oil for some applications. Grew up on margarine. That stuff is a myth, not healthier at all.
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No_Description2301@reddit

Butter because it is a natural product. Margarine is made from chemicals 🤢
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Defiant_Ingenuity_55@reddit

I love butter but I can't have it.
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Melora_T_Rex714@reddit

Butter, butter, butter! Nothing beats butter.
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slpybeartx@reddit

Butter. 100%
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Kyle81020@reddit

Almost no one uses margarine anymore.
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Ok-Equivalent8260@reddit

Butter
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farmerthrowaway1923@reddit

Butter. Always butter.
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AnnaBaptist79@reddit

Always butter
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OutOfTheBunker@reddit

Lard, except when cooking beef. It has less saturated fat than butter and a superior taste to oleo.
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Patient-Ad-7939@reddit

I like butter, I use butter for toast, and all the cooking that calls for butter. My spouse grew up on margarine so we buy it for them to use on their toast. But even when cooking, I use SEED OILS more than butter, or go crazy and use coconut oil (typically that’s with a recipe based on cuisines from closer to the equator, I don’t want schnitzel with a bit of coconut flavor to it)
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Patient_Character730@reddit

Butter. Our household runs on butter. I buy it at Costco and freeze it.
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cookingismything@reddit

Only butter
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kamakazi339@reddit

Same same
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HoratioHotplate@reddit

Old fart here. My parents always used stick margarine instead of butter as at the time it was promoted as healthier. Turns out a block of artificially flavored & colored trans-fat isn't all it was cracked up to be. She also did all of her baking with Crisco for the same reason. I don't hold it against them. They were doing the best they could at the time.
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murderthumbs@reddit

Butter
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401jamin@reddit

Butter. Margarine taste like plastics
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Quicherbichen1@reddit

I use both. It depends on what I'm doing that determines which one I'm using.
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Dr_Girlfriend_@reddit

People in my home are dairy allergic so I just use margarine all the time.
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AidBaid@reddit

Butter because it's good. I have never seen margarine in person before.
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Only_Presentation758@reddit

Unsalted butter, only.
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jarzii_music@reddit

Margarine, I’m too broke for proper butter, margarine lasts longer in a single household as well
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RRR-Mimi-3611@reddit

Butter absolutely. Margarine is vile
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Nyx_Shadowspawn@reddit

Butter or ghee
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probablynotaround@reddit

Butter, I refuse to use margarine
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kjb76@reddit

Butter. Never margarine. I don’t think Ive ever even bought margarine in my entire adult life and I’m 49. Butter tastes better.
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SadProperty1352@reddit

Butter
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Short-Chocolate-603@reddit

Butter, baby!!!
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Bananapopcicle@reddit

Depends. Mostly butter but I love country crock
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GochaPonczocha@reddit

Butter, I hate the taste of margarine.
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Able-Seaworthiness15@reddit

I usually use butter but margarine has its place sometimes. If I'm feeling nostalgic, English muffins with margarine is a taste of my childhood.
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Howie_Dictor@reddit

I always have a stick of sweet-cream salted butter in a dish on the counter. Keep that thang on me.
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jess3jim@reddit

I use margarine for things like kraft dinner and “cheap” stuff but baking and things we use butter. But I have both in my fridge and buy both regularly I guess
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jderflinger@reddit

I prefer butter as I think it taste better, melts better and IMO probably healthier for you. Also grew up using real butter.
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mis_1022@reddit

Butter. And spreadable butter that is mixed with olive oil.
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Zak7062@reddit

I don't think I've used margarine in my life, and never intentionally
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LadybugGal95@reddit

Butter
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taranathesmurf@reddit

Butter. I only use margarine if I am at a restaurant that doesn't have butter.
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otetrapodqueen@reddit

Butter. Always.
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Conscious-Phone3209@reddit

Butter. Mom used butter except for cooking some things. She said margarine was better to cook with as it had a higher burning point. She also told me that back in the day it was called Oleo and was white ( probably lard ) and it came with a yellow egg shaped substance that you mixed into it, turning it yellow from white for esthetic reasons. 😲
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GreenBeanTM@reddit

Butter
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Mackheath1@reddit

I can't believe it's not butter for regular spreads; absolutely butter for cooking/baking.
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Last-Radish-9684@reddit

Always butter. Haven't used/purchased margarine in several decades.
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semisubterranean@reddit

I use both. I mostly use butter for cooking and baking, but I keep vegan margarine around for when vegan friends and family come, and because it's easier to spread on bread.
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Immortal_Mango@reddit

Butter! And always salted. I only ever bought margarine when I was really broke, as you could get a lot cheaply.
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Ok_Ordinary6694@reddit

Margarine, never. Fuck it.
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Business-Decision719@reddit

Margarine, but calling it "butter" anyway. I mean it sucks now since they took all the trans fats out. Healthier hopefully but it is just water now. Becomes flavorless liquid immediately. I eat wet toast. But seriously who is going to pay for like actually butter? I'll admit to cheaping out if no one else will, hahaha.
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cornbreadkillua@reddit

Butter when cooking, margarine when just having like toast or something. Just how I was raised. My family for generations had been pretty poor and just couldn’t afford butter instead of margarine, so now that’s just what we’re accustomed to.
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ElijahNSRose@reddit

It all tastes the same and it's all cheap so no one discriminates. We lie and say we hate margarine because it was invented within the last century.
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CZall23@reddit

I use olive oil when sauteeing vegetables but butter in baked goods.
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SillyDonut7@reddit

I only use olive oil. Cooking and baking. If not for food intolerances, I would still eat Kerrygold butter. When growing up, we sometimes had margarine, and that could have been a diet trend or possibly the cost, especially with a coupon. Either would have applied in my family.
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MWSGrl11@reddit

Butter
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Halofauna@reddit

Butter is better in almost every possible way, except cold margarine can still spread easily.
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Ambitious_Silver_312@reddit

Butter…margarine is a mystery montage of what should be butter
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idkman1768@reddit

Butter
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lanikuikawa@reddit

butter tastes way better but I'm super lactose intolerant so I use "vegan butter" which im pretty sure is just margarine.
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Stunning_Patience_78@reddit

Both. For different purposes.
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Kielbasa_Nunchucka@reddit

butter. it tastes better, and I'd rather have natural fats than processed ones. either one isn't healthy, but at least butter comes from a cow. margarine isn't even dairy.
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No-Handle-66@reddit

Butter.  Tastes better and is healthier. 
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belly_goat@reddit

Butter, but sometimes I have country crock on a cracker and that’s divine.
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Budgiejen@reddit

Margarine, unless the food bank gives me butter. Which it did recently.
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Equivalent-Pin-4759@reddit

Butter
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Intermountain-Gal@reddit

Butter
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DrBlankslate@reddit

Butter, always.
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GeronimoHero@reddit

Butter
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GulfofMaineLobsters@reddit

Butter is for eating, margarine is for greasing bearings I'm pretty sure. Won't catch me eating it anyway.
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PamCake137@reddit

Butter. Margarine is just plastic masquerading as butter.
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JuanG_13@reddit

Butter
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makesh1tup@reddit

Yes, both.
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stilldeb@reddit

Butter definitely.
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DepressedLike2008@reddit

Butter
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icdogg@reddit

Butter. My mother used to buy margarine and call it butter. One time I asked her how come restaurant butter tasted so much better. I think I was 10. From then on she bought real butter. Eventually when I moved to my in-laws house to help take care of them, I started buying butter instead of margarine there too. I think in the 1950s and 60s, a lot of Americans were scammed into believing margarine was a healthier option. American butter is typically inferior to Euro butter, but that's another level. I get Kerrygold which is readily available but am told there are better choices. One of these days!
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Beneficial-Mammoth73@reddit

Butter. I think we used margarine for a while because of cost and that "butter bad, margarine good" fad in the early to mid 00s. Butter is just better in most ways.
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Separate-Relative-83@reddit

Only butter.
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Ledophile@reddit

BUTTER!!!!……
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Slight_Manufacturer6@reddit

Butter, because margarine is poison. I don’t know anyone that uses margarine anymore. We were all tricked into thinking it was healthier than butter in the late ‘90s but most people know better by now.
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BlueFuzzyCrocs@reddit

Butter. Margarine is so bad it isn't even allowed in Wisconsin prisons
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BlkBear1@reddit

Butter because it tastes better, cooks/browns better and does not burn as easily as margarine does. Also has less water than real butter.
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eugenesnewdream@reddit

Butter. My mother was not American, an immigrant, and she swore by real food with real ingredients. She hated margarine and she hated the smell of it when she could smell it in bakeries that used it. When I was a kid, I didn’t really know the difference, but now I’ve come around to her way of thinking, and I hate the smell of margarine.
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trilobright@reddit

The very idea of margarine repulses me viscerally.
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waterstone55@reddit

Butter. Eating margarine is like spreading Vasaline on toast.
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Efficient_Wheel_6333@reddit

Unsalted butter; it's a taste thing.
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amethystmmm@reddit

Butter. margarine tastes like plastic.
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Pryncess_Dianna@reddit

Butter…it’s better for your brain and much tastier.
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JustScrollOnBy@reddit

Butter is natural. Margarine is not. 
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Bluesnow2222@reddit

Depends on the butter. I preferred Smart Balance for years because I thought it tasted better. Then I tried Kerry Gold butter and it tastes great. Thing is—- we got a 4 pack of cheap butter for baking during the holidays 2 years ago. Had to use up the leftovers afterwards—- It’s taste reminded me of why I used margarine so long. It was unsalted—- but the Kerry Gold unsalted is still way more flavorful than margarine. It was extremely bland with a slightly unpleasant aftertaste. I guess like many things it just comes down to brand quality. There is some bad butter out there. The thing is… I grew up very poor- so to my mom margarine probably tasted better than the low quality butter.
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These-Rip9251@reddit

Butter.
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PAPAmagdaline@reddit

Butter
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Far_Winner5508@reddit

Butter, of course.
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Ok_Web_8166@reddit

Butter/Canola oil blend.
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Far_Beach6698@reddit

I use margarine because I’m allergic to dairy. Otherwise I would use butter.
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Emotional_Ball_4307@reddit

butter/ghee/tallow
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jdewith@reddit

If cockroaches won’t eat it, why would I even try? Butter all the way.
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melonball6@reddit

Butter. I don't know anyone that uses margarine anymore. When I was a kid in the 80s I think a lot of people used it.
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ceanahope@reddit

Butter is better. Always butter.
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anamegoesthere@reddit

Butter, for multiple reasons. The main one being it’s not a molecule away from being plastic
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ZLunatheholy@reddit

Real unsalted butter,it's so much better for you.
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seahorseescape@reddit

Butter
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B0ner4evr@reddit

Butter. I can't have milk so butter is as close as I can get to that creamy goodness. 
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weeniehutjunior1234@reddit

I refuse to eat margarine, gross.
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AVeryFineWhine@reddit

After years of thinking, I was doing myself a favor by using " i can't believe it's not butter," i have switched and only used butter and most Kerry Gold. If there's a good butter sale of real butter, I will pick up the sticks for baking. I had once left out a tub of that fake crap, and when I discovered it about two weeks later, you still could stick a knife in it.And have it stand up. Plus the taste, it was nothing like but. I started out saying, I'll just eat less real.Butter but I soon discovered my cholesterol was better because I was eating something.My body knew how to process. So what's only the real deal for me
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TheRainbowWillow@reddit

Both. Margarine is nice in the winter when the butter gets too cold to be easily spreadable.
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katarh@reddit

I switched back to real butter a few years ago after all the news about how terrible margarine is for you came out.
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BackLopsided2500@reddit

Butter
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InfluenceTrue4121@reddit

Butter, of course.
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Js987@reddit

Butter. It tastes better. I only use margarine in the rare instance a recipe calls for it.
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Graycy@reddit

It’s better with butter.
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TechnologyDragon6973@reddit

Butter. I don’t even consider margarine to be food. I cook most things in butter or lard.
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JoyfulNoise1964@reddit

Always butter!
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_IsThisTheKrustyKrab@reddit

Butter. Margarine seems more popular with older people.
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cwcam86@reddit

Butter now, until I met my previous girlfriend that lived with me I didnt know there was a difference so I always used margarine.
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Cute-Sun-8535@reddit

Butter! We used margarine when I was kid, but my Mom switched over to butter not long after.
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XemptOne@reddit

Butter... but i do miss the burnt crispy goodness that is frying bologna or hot dogs in margarine, mmmmm it just hits different than butter
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altoniel@reddit

Very few people use margarine these days. It was more common with past generations as a health food, but research in the 2000s led to a ban on trans fats. Margarine today is usually made with palm oil, the production of which is non-sustainable and is terrible for the environment.
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Toriat5144@reddit

Not margarine. I use butter and a butter spread by Land o lakes that is lower in calories and pretty convincing.
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r2d3x9@reddit

Butter. Land O’Lakes margarine for cake frosting.
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chrysostomos_1@reddit

No
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Giraffe1951@reddit

Butter. Tastes better and is healthier
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69Nova468@reddit

I use both
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Efficient_Advice_380@reddit

Margarine for spreading, butter for cooking/baking
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antifayall@reddit

Unsalted butter all my life. Margarine is gross, tastes like the petroleum product it is
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Soft-Bug5550@reddit

only time i buy margarine is for a christmas cookie recipe that specifically calls for it - im unsure if this is actually important or is just a result of when the recipe was written if i die from heart problems, its just not gonna be because i ate butter instead of margarine
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Makeup_life72@reddit

Butter always
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Nopenotme77@reddit

I use it when I need to have a kosher meal.
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AcanthaceaeOk3738@reddit

Butter. I don't see any advantage to margarine except for very specific dietary needs, and I don't have any of those needs. (I don't use much butter to begin with though.)
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Live-Medium8357@reddit

butter, salted.
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theegodmother1999@reddit

butter. ive literally never used margarine except maybe some pan sprays
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No_Ladder_9818@reddit

butter
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redditreader_aitafan@reddit

Grass fed butter is the best but I use regular butter in cooking. Absolutely no margarine at all for any reason.
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Psychological-Art630@reddit

Kerrygold or President (French butter) i will have no other
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Background-Jelly-511@reddit

Fake butter (margarine I guess) because my boyfriend and I are allergic to dairy
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Amockdfw89@reddit

😂
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DCDHermes@reddit

Both.
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warumistsiekrumm@reddit

Butter. Margarine is a chemical shitstorm
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Material_Ad6173@reddit

Do we even have margarine in the USA? What brands would that be? Sorry for sounding stupid, I only use butter.
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Embarrassed_Wrap8421@reddit

Butter. Margarine is garbage.
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nykiek@reddit

Both, but I prefer butter.
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JoganLC@reddit

I don't use either.
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metricnv@reddit

Unsalted butter.
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Cannoli-cake-525@reddit

But why?
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metricnv@reddit

You can add salt to taste. As for why NOT margarine, it's lower quality and tastes like soap.
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Elegant_Bluebird_460@reddit

Other people say I'm crazy when I say it tastes like soap but it really does! I feel seen lol
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glemits@reddit

Now I want to taste test it for that, because I haven't had margarine in nearly fifty years. But I'm sure as hell not going to waste money on it in order to do so.
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glemits@reddit

Better for baking; for salt control.
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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

So while you're baking, you're worried about...salt control?
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Substantial-Peak6624@reddit

Most baking recipes specifically call for unsalted butter. I usually buy a bunch in the fall. Personally I love the taste of unsalted butter.
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glemits@reddit

When I'm baking, I'm worried about controlling everything.
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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

Good point. I don't bake, because I like to cook by feel, and you can't bake by feel. Carry on.
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TimeMachineNeeded01@reddit

I took back my downvote I love it when people come back like this thank you responsible internet person
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EtchingsOfTheNight@reddit

Arguably, salted is better for baking. The salt content is negligible, I've never had a problem with oversalting using salted butter. But you can keep salted butter at room temp safely and cold butter is often an annoying problem with unsalted.
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TimeMachineNeeded01@reddit

Many recipes specify unsalted
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Maximum_Rat@reddit

Better for cooking. Salted butter foams more. Add salt at the end.
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beeredditor@reddit

It’s easy to add salt to taste. I prefer to control the salt.
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AmalatheaClassic@reddit

I'm from Wisconsin and margarine's kind of criminal here. It's butter nothing.
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carlosmurphynachos@reddit

Butter! Though margarine use in the 80s or before was common in the US.
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carolinaredbird@reddit

Butter is better. Margarine makes me feel bad and gives me a sore throat.
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New-Job1761@reddit

Irish butter.
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Winter-eyed@reddit

Butter for cookies and toast. margarine for most everything else
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proscriptus@reddit

I have not voluntarily consumed margarine in over 40 years.
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choices1569@reddit

Butter - specifically Land O Lakes (LOL). I recently discovered the difference between store brand and LOL. I’ll never switch back.
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SteampunkExplorer@reddit

I prefer butter because it's healthier and it tastes better.
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ScarletDarkstar@reddit

Only real butter. 
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SparklyRoniPony@reddit

Butter. I grew up on margarine and it was fine, but butter is just so much better.
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Frenchitwist@reddit

Butter
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lastpickedforteam@reddit

Butter, it tastes better and contrary to some beliefs actually better for you than margarine .
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RevolutionaryRow1208@reddit

I didn't know that a market for margarine still existed.
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LukeCH2015@reddit

butter because I am civilized
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Bcatfan08@reddit

Butter, if I need it. Otherwise I'll use olive oil for most cooking.
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toastforscience@reddit

Margarine, bc I grew up with it and I'm used to it but also bc a lot of butter gives me heartburn.
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Spare-Anxiety-547@reddit

Butter.
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r2k398@reddit

Butter because I can afford it now. Margarine for all of my life until I graduated from college.
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iceph03nix@reddit

butter is better
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ParrotheadTink@reddit

Butter because it’s real food. Margarine is slow poison developed by the military to grease up machinery.
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active_conspiracy@reddit

both! i use real butter for baking and margarine for cooking
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BlakeMajik@reddit

At home we generally use plant-based substitutes. Not margarine.
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Lean_Lion1298@reddit

Never margarine
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One-Plantain-9454@reddit

Butter.
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HealthyLuck@reddit

I can’t believe everybody uses butter! Sure it tastes better but it is more expensive and I always thought margarine was somehow better for you. I’m 50+ y/o female and generally well-informed with nutrition.
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Fuzzzer777@reddit

Butter. I was raised on margarine because it was supposed to be "healthier". When the news came out that it wasn't i switched to butter and haven't looked back. Many recipes still have margarine listed as an ingredient. I use butter for everything.
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fuzzyizmit@reddit

Butter. It tastes better and is made of 'good' things. Margarine tastes like plastic to me. I have no reason to avoid butter (not vegan, not lactose intolerant etc), so I use butter.
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Secret-Selection7691@reddit

Butter. Margarine was something my parents/grandparents used because they'd lived through food shortages. I'm not sure why they even sell margarine anymore
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loweexclamationpoint@reddit

Butter. It's almost as cheap
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Annjenette@reddit

I like margarine on bread. Butter for everything else.
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PaddyBabes@reddit

This is the way
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Lugbor@reddit

Yeah, the *wrong* way.
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InvestigatorJaded261@reddit

Ewww.
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suck_and_bang@reddit

Margarine is a molecule away from being plastic. I eat butter. 🧈
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BrazenDuck@reddit

I haven’t bought margins since I left my parents home 25 years ago.
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ImCrossingYouInStyle@reddit

Butter is better.
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Zappagrrl02@reddit

Butter for cooking but I grew up putting margarine on rolls and stuff, so it just tastes right to me🤷‍♀️
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thaddeus122@reddit

Both? They have their seperate uses.
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Forward_Tank8310@reddit

Butter
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HidingInTrees2245@reddit

Margarine is so processed. I just use real butter. Nothing can match that flavor. I don’t use it that often anyway.
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patty202@reddit

Butter.
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Syndromia@reddit

Butter. I grew up on margarine because we were told it was healthier. I cannot STAND it now.
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nosidrah@reddit

Butter only. I don’t think I’ve ever bought margarine.
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VegetablePlatform126@reddit

Butter. Margarine is disgusting.
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Wafflebot17@reddit

Butter always, fats aren’t bad for you if you don’t overdo it.
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MadMadamMimsy@reddit

Butter. The things our body evolved with will always be better than the stuff that has been fiddled with. This includes overly hybridized grains and produce (gmo, too). Not long ago a study came out that people who ate dairy fat had *fewer* strokes than the folks avoiding all fats. Sadly this has held true with a relative who had a stroke st 36 and only drank skinny milk and preferred margarine. But one person is only a data point, I know. When I went to only butter in the early 2000s, our cholesterol *dropped* with no other changes. Now I'm dealing with American butter not behaving in baked goods as well as being unsatisfying to eat. Even the high fat stuff (American table butter has lower fat than European butter but Cabot has one with a fat content closer to European butter....but it still is....waxy). So I'm using, specifically, European butter, now (ka-ching!)
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prole6@reddit

Butter. Exclusively.
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Shadesmith01@reddit

I cook with butter, and only use margarine if I can't get the real stuff.
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notthelettuce@reddit

Both. Depends on the application. When I am cooking or baking, butter. If I’m having toast, margarine all the way.
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misterpequeno@reddit

Family used margarine growing up in the 80s/90s, i use butter now.
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ABelleWriter@reddit

Butter
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eyeroll611@reddit

Butter
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PowerfulFunny5@reddit

I’ve converted to unsalted butter in the past 2 years. Before, I mostly used margarine because it was cheaper.
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TheMazoo@reddit

I use butter. My wife uses Blue Bonnet. She thinks they're the same and she opts for the cheapest thing out there. They're not the same.
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Nellrose0505@reddit

Butter, it tastes better. Margarine makes toast soggy.
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Rastus77@reddit

Margarine growing up, switched to butter when I got older.
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El_Culero_Magnifico@reddit

I grew up with margarine and once we could afford butter, we never went back. There is a breakfast place near us that makes wonderful waffles, but they ruin them with a big pile of whipped margarine. And fake creamer. Maybe other customers don’t mind, but we never go there anymore because of those things. Profit margins are slim in restaurants but saving money and losing customers seems like a. bad business plan. I’m team butter all the way!
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rojita369@reddit

Butter, it tastes better. I never use margarine if I can help it, stuff is just tasteless fat.
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Hwy_Witch@reddit

Real butter. I could wat the fake stuff as a kid and not care, but as an adult margarine just tastes bad and has a greasy texture that lingers.
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silliestboots@reddit

Butter, all the way! It tastes better and, while not exactly a health food, at least my body knows what to do with it.
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No-Faithlessness2046@reddit

If I’m going to use that kind of thing, it’s going to be butter.
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165averagebowler@reddit

Butter. I’m from Wisconsin!
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KonaKumo@reddit

Butter Better flavor, and healthier for you.
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03eleventy@reddit

Butter, I usually make my own it takes like 10 minutes.
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Rat_terrorist@reddit

Butter for cooking. Margarine for spreading.
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WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs@reddit

Butter for baking, margarine for toast. That's what I grew up on.
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brilliantpants@reddit

Butter all the way. I don’t even keep margarine in the house.
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sevenwatersiscalling@reddit

Butter, hands down. There are very few things I make that work better with margarine, and only then because of specific water-fat ratios.
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FindYourselfACity@reddit

Butter. Grew up with margarine though.
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NiaStormsong@reddit

Butter
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rawbface@reddit

I cook/bake with butter. If I'm just heating something in the toaster, I use margarine.
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Super_Appearance_212@reddit

I almost always use butter. But I use margarine if I can't afford butter or if I need to fry something since margarine doesn't burn as quickly.
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NYCBallBag@reddit

No margarine in my house ever.
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hobokobo1028@reddit

Butter. Margarine was only recently legalized in my state.
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CAAugirl@reddit

Butter. Margarine is disgusting.
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yourworkmom@reddit

Margarine is mostly vegetable oil, which I try to avoid. It causes inflammation.
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RampantDeacon@reddit

Butter - just because of the flavor, and the fact we use so little. Margarine is better than it used to be since they changed the fat makeup. In soft, or tub form factor, margarine is actually healthier for you, and can help lower your LDL.
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Wadsworth_McStumpy@reddit

Butter. We used margarine when I was a kid, because it was supposed to be healthier than butter, but then it was unhealthy, and then healthy again, and then butter was better for you, and at some point I quit listening to those people and just went with butter because it tastes better.
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imissher4ever@reddit

I can’t believe it’s not butter. 🧈
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_WillCAD_@reddit

I spread margarine on bread and toast and such. I use butter for anything cooking related. I keep both my butter and margarine in the fridge. Butter stays hard when cold, while margarine in a tub is soft enough to spread easily without tearing up the bread.
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Necessary_Echo8740@reddit

Margarine is fine on some things where it doesn’t need to be very flavorful. Using it to toast great for example, or to garnish some pancakes. Otherwise I avoid it
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lisasimpsonfan@reddit

Butter because of taste and health reasons.
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finnbee2@reddit

When I was growing up margarine was considered healthier than butter so that is what was on the table. Butter was used in some recipes that required it. My wife's family used butter and I switched to it 50 years ago. My mom did switch back to butter before she died.
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donner_dinner_party@reddit

I keep both for different things.
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Otherwise-Leek7926@reddit

Butter  It tastes better and it’s easier to measure 
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redflagsmoothie@reddit

Butter. Margarine is disgusting.
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Vachic09@reddit

Butter 
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qu33nof5pad35@reddit

Butter
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OnlyMyNameIsBasic@reddit

Butter.
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Nottacod@reddit

Butter. Margarine is awful. May as well eat shortning, both are hydrogenated.
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Vikingkrautm@reddit

Butter
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Meilingcrusader@reddit

Butter: it tastes better and people seem to be coming around to it actually being healthier anyhow
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december151791@reddit

Butter. It tastes better.
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violahonker@reddit

We used to have some around my house because my mother grew up with margarine and liked the taste (and fake maple syrup, but that’s not what we are talking about here) but my dad refused both the margarine and fake maple syrup so we had both versions of it at most times. I prefer butter and actual maple so that is what I have.
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FantasticDrowse39@reddit

Butter. Always.
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EmJayMN@reddit

Only butter.
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shiningstarinny@reddit

I use both. Margarine on bread and rolls, butter is used in recipes.
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MercyMoo14@reddit

Butter. Margarine can piss off
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pineapplemansrevenge@reddit

Butter
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Traditional-Ad-8737@reddit

Both. May recipes require butter and it tastes better, but margarine spreads easier and is more healthy
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Prestigious-Web4824@reddit

Both. I find that Smart Balance spread ( with 64% vegetable oils - ConAgra caught hell from consumers two years ago, when they tried to cut the vegetable oil percentage down, and the product suffered) is indistinguishable from butter when spread on bread or put on hot vegetables. I use butter for cooking and baking, though.
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Usual-Ad6290@reddit

Butter
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Goodfortinous1978@reddit

I’m 70, never used margarine. Butter does not taste as good to me anymore 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Traditional-Goose-60@reddit

Butter. No oleo.
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Square_Band9870@reddit

Butter. Always.
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No-Assistance476@reddit

Depends
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InvestigatorJaded261@reddit

That’s a very different product.
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Solcat91342@reddit

Butter tastes better and probably is no worse for you than margarine
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magic592@reddit

Butter. Better for cooking, better taste, better for you.
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Invania21@reddit

Butter for the win - it tastes better and it’s healthier than margarine. I used to use margarine in my 20s for baking, but once I could afford real butter, I never looked back.
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HVAC_instructor@reddit

Butter. I don't like eating plastic.
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strawbeebop@reddit

I use butter now because it tastes better, but I used alternatives for the longest time.
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FoggyGoodwin@reddit

Butter has too much saturated fat, so I use "plant butter", low sodium at that, most of the time. For brownies and muffins, I use avocado, nut butter, or banana as butter/oil substitute.
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Imaginary_Ladder_917@reddit

Butter
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Bluemonogi@reddit

Butter I grew up in a magarine house. I hated how it made toast soggy. It just wasn’t as good asthe real butter we were allowed to have at Christmas or Thanksgiving.
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helikophis@reddit

I use both. I prefer butter but use margarine in the cold part of the year because it remains spreadable when butter does not.
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n00bdragon@reddit

I don't even consider these two things comparable. One is a critical kitchen ingredient, the other is a seldom seen sandwich spread. It's like asking whether you use flour or corn starch.
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Duque_de_Osuna@reddit

Not much of either, but if I am going to use something, butter. Margarine is gross.
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willtag70@reddit

Butter. Much better taste, and healthier.
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chaamdouthere@reddit

Butter.
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dirtygutshot@reddit

Butter
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CraftFamiliar5243@reddit

Butter. I would rather eat something tasty that came from a cow than something artificial that came from a lab.
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Candid-Math5098@reddit

Margarine, spreads better
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whitMartin@reddit

Butter
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Curmudgy@reddit

I grew up with margarine because the nondairy forms are just more convenient in a kosher household. This doesn’t mean we never used butter, but it wasn’t used as often. Nowadays I mostly use a blend of butter and either olive oil or avocado oil, depending on which one is available.
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ComprehensiveCoat627@reddit

Both, depending on context. I'll use a "light buttery spread" that's half the calories and dairy free if I want a taste of butter with fewer calories (on steamed vegetables, for instance) or for my son who's allergic to milk. I'll use butter for baking or if I want that rich taste, on bread for example
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Jewish-Mom-123@reddit

Butter. I don’t even keep margerine in the house. I wa raised on it as my daddy was part of early cholesterol studies. But we now know better, and I love baking, so margerine is worthless to me.
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balthisar@reddit

Butter only. Margarine, I learned recently, doesn't appear to exist any more, or has been rebranded to something called "plant butter" or some other thing – I needed some margarine for a holiday family recipe that demands margarine only (chemistry reasons, really!), and couldn't freaking find any. I guess things are always dumbed down for the dumber generations. After all, when's the last time you've seen "ice milk"? You probably see lots of "low fat ice cream," though.
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TimeMachineNeeded01@reddit

Butter exclusively. Usually European butter for the higher fat content. MIL is lactose intolerant so that sux and I have to use margarine when she’s around 🤮
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Ill_Pressure3893@reddit

Do they even make margarine anymore?
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Savings_Pipe_8029@reddit

Butter
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MaleficentMousse7473@reddit

Butter and/ or vegetable oils. Margarine was such a scam! Tastes a lot less good and ended up being a health disaster.
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gotellmeagain@reddit

Butter
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Perseverance2571@reddit

Butter. I don’t use enough of it to be a health concern. We use a lot of avocado oil and olive oil in our cooking, and butter for flavor. I MUST use butter when frying eggs, though. The flavor makes a difference to me.
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Adventurous-Time5287@reddit

Only time I've ever used margarine is on accident.
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Tx2PNW2Tx@reddit

Butter.
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LordLaz1985@reddit

Neither, unless I’m baking or frying.
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Calm-Refrigerator463@reddit

Butter
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On_my_last_spoon@reddit

Depends I’m lactose intolerant, so I usually use ghee for cooking. If I’m baking it might be real butter if I’m making for others but plant based sticks for myself (essentially rebranded margarine). My husband prefers margarines for spreading (I can’t believe it’s not butter) so we usually get the Vegan version of that so I can use it too.
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malinagurek@reddit

The two have different uses.
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Sensitive_Sea_5586@reddit

Butter. Probably have not bought margarine in the last 15-20 years.
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Hawk13424@reddit

Butter for most things. I have a few backing recipes that explicitly call for margarine.
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MrLongWalk@reddit

I prefer butter, but I use margarine for certain things
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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

No.
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cdb03b@reddit

Butter. Margarine does not taste good. I have issues when eating too much soy and most margarine is primarily soy. And the supposed dietary benefits of choosing it over butter are basically non-existent unless you have dairy allergies.
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Knox_the_Boxer@reddit

Butter
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No_Entertainment1931@reddit

Olive oil
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Aaarrrgghh1@reddit

Butter
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Ok_Moose_7436@reddit

Butter tf
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Guinnessron@reddit

Bitter and Kerrygold at that
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revdon@reddit

Butter when I can, or butter blend. Margarine only for recipes that strictly call for it, usually baked goods.
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insomniacakess@reddit

both depending on what is being made/consume
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T_Kt@reddit

Margarine sucks! It really really sucks!
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KayBear2@reddit

Margarine it’s way cheaper.
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Severe-Pomelo-2416@reddit

Unsalted butter for baking and cooking. Salted butter for bread or toast.
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FanSerious7672@reddit

Fake butter since gf is lactose intolerant :(
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smurfe@reddit

Butter. I don't like the taste of margarine
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Mountain_Air1544@reddit

Depends on what im making
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Apprehensive-Pop-201@reddit

Both.
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Valuable-Shirt-4129@reddit

Non-dairy butter because I recommend it.
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LastOfTheAsparagus@reddit

Butter because what is margarine exactly. 😂😂
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prplpassions@reddit

I use them both but for different things.
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teriKatty@reddit

Butter
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river-running@reddit

Butter. I'm 36 and have never used margarine. It's always seemed very old fashioned and pointless. If I want to use vegetable oils instead, I'll just use them, instead of whatever Frankenstein product margarine is.
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AllAreStarStuff@reddit

The only time I use margarine is for one of my grandmother’s cookie recipes because the texture is off with all-butter vs the mix that the recipe calls for. For literally everything else during the year we use butter.
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wieldymouse@reddit

Margarine if butter's not available.
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melissa3670@reddit

Team butter. Margarine is just bleh.
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la-anah@reddit

Margarine was popular in the 1980s, but really only vegans and people with dairy allergies use it these days.
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HoyAIAG@reddit

Both
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MGaCici@reddit

Butter
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Prize_Consequence568@reddit

Because 
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MarissaLaTroienne@reddit

Butter. Margarine isn’t healthier than butter so I use it because it’s tastier and works best in so many recipes. Olive oil is good butter substitute in some cases. Margarine never.
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tacosgunsandjeeps@reddit

Butter. If my arteries are getting clogged, its going to be the old fashioned way, and butter tastes better
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InterestingTry9379@reddit

Butter…. Back in 90s people seemed to think it was healthier? I grew up on margarine and switched to butter as soon as I realized that “health food” was not at all healthy. They gave us a lot of bad guidance on healthy food in the 90s.
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mechele99@reddit

Butter
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Comfortable_Wing_299@reddit

Butter Margarine I comsider junk food that is unhealthy with worse taste and texture
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MsPennyP@reddit

Both. Depending on what I'm eating/cooking.
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cameronpark89@reddit

considering i can’t tell the difference, both.
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caption-oblivious@reddit

Butter. Salted on the counter (in a covered dish) for spreading, and unsalted in the fridge for recipes
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Jcamp9000@reddit

I grew up on margarine. When I moved out and discovered butter, well, that was a holy day in the life of my food.
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EvenInRed@reddit

butter. Margarine gives my eggs this really gross flavor. terrible stuff honestly. Also, never used margarine for baking, never tried it so i couldn't say, but i'd still go with butter.
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EatLard@reddit

I still have an old recipe from the 80s that calls for margarine and vegetable oil. I subbed butter and olive oil for those and my mom commented that there was so much more flavor.
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Character-End77@reddit

Butter. ONLY BUTTER
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EatLard@reddit

Always butter. Irish butter if I can find it.
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SilverB33@reddit

When I do it's mostly butter
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Hopeful_Pizza_2762@reddit

Butter.
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Jojowiththeyoyo@reddit

Salted butter
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Murderhornet212@reddit

Butter. Margarine isn’t actually better for you and it tastes gross.
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therealdrewder@reddit

Butter. It's better tasting and healthier.
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Sidetracker@reddit

Butter. Ever since I learned what margarine is and how bad it is for the body.
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Quirky_Commission_56@reddit

Butter
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snuggly_cobra@reddit

Butter
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seatownquilt-N-plant@reddit

I prefer real butter, but when I'm cooking vegan margarine works fine.
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Maleficent-Hawk-318@reddit

I rarely use it, but when I do, I use margarine because I try not to purchase animal products. Mostly I just don't use either, though.
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UpNorth_8@reddit

I don’t even keep margarine in the house and don’t know anyone that does.
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Low_Insurance5329@reddit

i use both tbh, we keep land o lakes butter sticks for specfic recipes/baking and margarine for plain butter bread and greasing the pan
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taniamorse85@reddit

Margarine. I grew up with it, so I'm used to the taste. Also, I developed lactose intolerance last year, and while I like butter, I'm not going to waste lactase on it.
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rythmicjea@reddit

Butter. I used to be on the margarine train because it was really cheap. And then one day I think butter was on a super sale and I was like fuck it. I'm never going back.
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YogurtclosetFair5742@reddit

Butter
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Electronic-Day5907@reddit

Butter.
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VixKnacks@reddit

I keep margarine strictly because my husband uses it for toast. Butter for literally everything else. 
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phred_666@reddit

Yes. ( I use both… just depends on what I’m in the mood for)
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DBDG_C57D@reddit

Growing up my family used a lot of margarine since my grandmother liked to use it but when I started buying my own groceries I only use butter.
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LavaPoppyJax@reddit

Butter only
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Elixabef@reddit

Butter. Margarine is something I associate with my grandparents, as they always had some in their fridge.
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Sans_Seriphim@reddit

When I left home, I suddenly realised I never had to eat margarine again. So I haven't.
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harleypiper@reddit

Butter
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gmanose@reddit

Butter
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Queasy_Day4695@reddit

Butter
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bucketbrigade000@reddit

Butter. Margarine is disgusting to me- just... water and oil. Soggy bread. 🤢
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Obtuse-Angel@reddit

I have beer in my adult life bought margarine 
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_gooder@reddit

Butter
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Sorry-Government920@reddit

butter just has better flavor
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JumpinJackTrash79@reddit

Butter. Margarine is just petroleum byproducts, chemical emulsifiers, and salt.
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Dknpaso@reddit

Only Butter, margarine et al are vile.
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derberner90@reddit

I use butter when cooking and baking, but will sometimes use margarine for toast because it spreads easier (and I'm lactose intolerant).
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CJK5Hookers@reddit

Butter but I should really be using margarine instead. Butter is just too good though
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Obvious_Field_2716@reddit

Margarine. Love the taste of butter. High in calories
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Trees_are_cool_@reddit

Butter, because it's taste and texture are nice. Margarine tastes like what it is: an inferior imitation.
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LoudCrickets72@reddit

Personally, I used butter and olive oil or just olive oil. If the recipe calls for 8 tablespoons of butter, I’ll do half butter half olive oil instead.
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PaepsiNW@reddit

Butter.
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EBweB76@reddit

I grew up that Dad got to have butter, and we had margarine. We indulge in butter full-time/whole-house now.
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Prestigious_Ebb_9987@reddit

Butter. Unsalted. Why not margarine? I don't want extra chemicals in my food, and margarine doesn't taste like butter regardless of how many claims the manufacturers make. Why unsalted butter? It's best for baking, plus I don't want someone else's idea of "how much salt" I should have in my food. I can taste the salt in salted butter, and I don't like it. I'm very capable of adding the amount of salt I want to something -- which is usually no salt at all, because I prefer to taste the other ingredients. Oversalting is why I almost never eat food from restaurants. I know they oversalt to sell more drinks (because the profit margin for drinks is way higher), but I'm not going to a restaurant because "they have good drinks." If a restaurant "can't" prepare food without using more salt than necessary, they're not getting my business. I buy unsalted butter when it's on sale, and I usually buy 3 pounds (3 containers) at a time. Butter freezes well, so that's where the "butter to be used" goes. (There are 2 pounds in my freezer right now.) "But what about being able to spread it easily?" For most months of the year, my "everyday" butter is stored in a small Pyrex loaf "pan" that has a glass lid. That container lives in the toaster oven that I never use (because I don't like toast, but the toaster oven belonged to my late aunt and it's useful as a "bread box.") The butter is at room temperature, so it spreads just fine. During summer, the butter goes into the fridge. I don't eat butter every day, and if I'm going to eat butter during summer it's probably going on corn on the cob, and a cold stick of butter is preferred for "rolling the corn." As far as I'm concerned, margarine can go away. Nobody will miss it.
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BaseballImpossible76@reddit

Butter, but there is one fudge recipe I know that uses margarine and it just doesn’t come out right with regular butter.
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Mental-Paramedic9790@reddit

Butter
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lbdmt@reddit

Butter of course. It's one luxury I can afford.
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FoolhardyBastard@reddit

The only people I know that use margarine are like super old folks. Everyone I know uses butter.
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JurisUrsus@reddit

Butter, because I prefer the taste.
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BrMaCa@reddit

Butter We used margarine when I was little, but changed to butter when I was a little older and will never go back
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sneezhousing@reddit

Butter Taste better
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_Roxxs_@reddit

Definitely butter, I can’t stand the stuff but my husband and daughter have to have it.
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CornucopiaDM1@reddit

Both/either, depending upon the recipe.
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DBL_NDRSCR@reddit

butter, no reason not to
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Razoras@reddit

I grew up with margarine in the Midwestern region but haven't willingly touched the stuff since moving out in the 2000s.
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Ace_of_Sevens@reddit

No
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Scrapper-Mom@reddit

Butter
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Stringcheese_uwu@reddit

Lactose intolerant so I use plant but margarine if I gotta
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MeanderFlanders@reddit

Butter since I’ve been on my own. I grew up in a margarine house and my 75 yo mom still uses margarine.
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thrivacious9@reddit

Butter
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Jolly_Green23@reddit

Butter
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AdamOnFirst@reddit

Who the fuck uses margarine 
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gasplugsetting3@reddit

Butter
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alphaturducken@reddit

Butter as an ingredient, margarine as a condiment. For example I use butter to make the bread but put margarine and jam on top
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2pnt0@reddit

Butter or animal fats, then vegetable or olive oils. Never margarine.
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WeirdJawn@reddit

Butter, like butter baby Not no Parkay, not no margarine, Strictly butter baby, strictly butter
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Careless-Impress-952@reddit

I sent an ex once to the store to buy butter. He came back with Parkay. He had to go back to the store (just one of the many reasons he is an ex)
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ImperfectTapestry@reddit

My spouse mixed glitter with butter for my birthday so we exclusively use glutter now.
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Cold-Call-8374@reddit

Mostly butter unless I need to make something vegan/dairy free.
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shammy_dammy@reddit

Butter. Only butter.
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Kali-of-Amino@reddit

My older family members remember being brainwashed that "oleo" was healthier, so I grew up eating it. As soon as I moved out I switched to butter.
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Careless-Impress-952@reddit

Always butter. It just tastes better
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Banana_Boys_Beanie@reddit

Margarine still exists? I don’t recall having seen it lately.
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HooksNHaunts@reddit

Butter usually
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General_Ad_6617@reddit

Butter. I don't use it that much. So I am not worried so much as to use margarine.
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Appreciate1A@reddit

Butter- always as it is healthier and more flavorful.
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livelongprospurr@reddit

Olive oil
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SabresBills69@reddit

butter….
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butt_honcho@reddit

If I'm baking and the recipe calls for shortening, I generally use margarine. Otherwise almost always butter.
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Arcaeca2@reddit

Salted butter but I don't care about the difference that much Also Kansas' butter stick shape is superior to Utah's butter stick shape
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AshDenver@reddit

Butter. It’s real.
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GinX-@reddit

Butter. I try to avoid food made in a laboratory.
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workntohard@reddit

Butter, no margarine in house for years now.
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thecultcanburn@reddit

I’ve never tasted margarine in my life.
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myohmymiketyson@reddit

Butter. I've never knowingly eaten margarine. I'm sure it was in food served to me at restaurants or as a kid.
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WittyFeature6179@reddit

Butter. I remember my mom getting margarine in the 70's because doctors were saying it was healthier even though she was raised on a farm. Live and learn that is life.
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Astronaut6735@reddit

Always butter. I grew up eating margarine, and butter tastes so much better.
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JimBones31@reddit

Butter. It's what I'm trying to use. I don't think they are usually a good substitute for each other in my needs. My wife likes to bake and margarine is not butter.
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IPreferDiamonds@reddit

Parkay! Just joking. If you are old enough, you'll get it.
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DesertWanderlust@reddit

Butter. I actively despise margarine.
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blipsman@reddit

Buttter
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mmbg78@reddit

Kerrygold specifically
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Ill-Butterscotch1337@reddit

For what? They both have their specific uses.
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Responsible_Side8131@reddit

Butter. Margarine is gross
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Shot_Construction455@reddit

Butter. Margarine is gross. That's all we had growing up and I hated it so much.
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BananaMapleIceCream@reddit

If flies aren’t interested in margarine, I don’t think I should be either.
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fried_clams@reddit

I remember people using margarine in the 70s and 80s. Everyone I know uses butter now.
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saladmunch2@reddit

Its like how miracle whip used to be.
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CathyAnnWingsFan@reddit

Butter - unsalted for cooking, salted for the table
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Blue387@reddit

Butter, only when I can get it on sale
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shelwood46@reddit

Butter. If I am on the road and all the restaurant or plane has is Country Crock, I will live, but I prefer real butter, salted.
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EmploymentEmpty5871@reddit

Butter. Used it a long time ago, then switched to margarine and then back to butter.
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cmhoughton@reddit

Butter. It works better in cooking and tastes better too.
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Tha_Kush_Munsta@reddit

I’ve just used whatever they give out at the church and the food pantry/clothes donation. It’s usually Costco salted sweet cream butter and what that crown margarine brand is.
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thatsad_guy@reddit

butter. it tastes better
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mtcwby@reddit

Always butter and the higher fat, European version. It just tastes better and is more satisfying. Margarine is nasty stuff.
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foozballhead@reddit

Either.
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BB-56_Washington@reddit

Butter. I don't think I've ever bought margarine.
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tsukiii@reddit

Butter for the most part. I do have a few boomer generation family recipes that use margarine, but that’s about it.
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Quirky_Chicken_1840@reddit

Butter always!
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Individualchaotin@reddit

Butter or pig fat.
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clamandcat@reddit

Butter. I vaguely remember my grandparents using margarine.
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pickledplumber@reddit

Margarine I like the taste of but it scares me so I haven't had it in a long time. I think that's what they give you in diners so it tastes so good. At home I just buy normal butter.
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itsmejpt@reddit

Another butter
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Effective_Coach7334@reddit

Margarine contributes to an increase in colon cancer.
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Quirky-Bad857@reddit

I only ever use margarine if I am baking for my vegan nephew. Otherwise, it is all butter, all the time.
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kamochosou@reddit

I see that I am in the minority here but for toast specifically I really do prefer margarine 😭 for anything else though like baking butter is the way to go
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anneofgraygardens@reddit

butter. why not. margarine tastes weird. 
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Maronita2025@reddit

I use whichever is the cheapest. I don't notice any difference in taste.
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PsychologicalBat1425@reddit

Butter.
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DarkGamer@reddit

I can't believe it's not shoe polish
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MostAsk855@reddit

In the late 80s and 90s I was brainwashed into using country crock because it was “healthier” than butter.  I will say it’s easy to spread and tasted good but I’ve only used butter since about 2001 because it’s not ultra processed crap.
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madcatzplayer5@reddit

Butter, but sometimes, I’ll buy a tub of margarine and go crazy.
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RatonhnhaketonK@reddit

Neither
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Superb_Yak7074@reddit

Butter.
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Emerald_and_Bronze@reddit

KerryGold Butter 😎
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WashuOtaku@reddit

I learned to love big butter.
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explosive-diorama@reddit

Always butter. I like the grass fed stuff the most, but I also have a jar of ghee for frying.
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preparingtodie@reddit

Growing up, all we ever had was margarine. But now I use butter, because I can and that's what recipes call for.
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FairBaker315@reddit

Butter Except for when I make rice krispie treats. For some reason they turn out better for me if I use margarine, not butter.
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vaginawithteeth1@reddit

I never use margarine. I use olive oil probably 80% of the time. Butter for baking and on toast and what not.
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kitchengardengal@reddit

Butter only, but I grew up on margarine in the 50s and 60s and never even tried butter till I got married in the mid 70s.
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jessek@reddit

Butter. Usually Kerrygold.
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tlollz52@reddit

I don't know anyone who uses margarine. I bet some restaurants do but that's about it
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Living_Molasses4719@reddit

Butter
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Suppafly@reddit

Both on different occasions.
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DataQueen336@reddit

Butter. I’ve always hated the taste of margarine.  Picture a toddler saying, “Real butter?” over and over because adults can’t be trusted. That’s me. 
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BoysenberryUnhappy29@reddit

Butter. I never buy margarine, but can tolerate it in baked goods. If I'm served margarine, I don't use it. One of my biggest pet peeves in the world is when someone says they "have butter" and then puts out margarine.
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Loud_Ad_4515@reddit

Butter. Margarine is weird fake stuff. Olive oil is my other choice. For pancakes and baking, coconut oil.
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theycallmethevault@reddit

Butter, always
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gogozrx@reddit

Yes
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epicgrilledchees@reddit

BUTTER.
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fromwayuphigh@reddit

Butter and about six other sorts of fats, but literally never margarine.
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ididreadittoo@reddit

Butter
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kordua@reddit

Butter, it tastes better.
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dopefiendeddie@reddit

Butter. I just like it.
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DOMSdeluise@reddit

butter, self explanatory really. unsalted, because i can add my own salt.
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justmyusername2820@reddit

Butter
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MerryWannaRedux@reddit

Butter. Definitely butter!! Margarine is highly processed.
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No_Piccolo6337@reddit

Butter, always. Less processed and tastes better.
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GeckoCowboy@reddit

Butter. It tastes better, melts nicer, better in cooking/baking, and so on. Granted, I haven’t used margarine in like… 20 years? Maybe it’s better now in some of those aspects. I just remember whatever my wife was buying back then was a pain for cooking.
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its_the_tribe@reddit

Butter, only butter!
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RoseRedd@reddit

Unsalted butter for baking, olive oil spread for savory dishes.
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Unique_Statement7811@reddit

Butter
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ZombieLizLemon@reddit

Butter. I don't like margarine.
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Cannoli-cake-525@reddit

Butter
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bananarama032@reddit

Butter
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tacopizzapal@reddit

butter, margarine is NASTY
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