Do you avoid eating butter?

@mermaidivy (15394)
United States
February 9, 2011 8:21am CST
Do you not put any butter on bread because butter is fat? I think butter just goes so good with bread, it feels like missing something if eating bread without butter. I know it is not good for us if eating too much butter but... can't help it What do you think? Do you cook with butter? I eat bread with butter, I don't cook with butter though, I mostly use vegetable oil or olive oil to cook, just enough to not let the food stick to the pan. Which brand of the butter taste best?
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• Slovenia
10 Feb 11
oh you totally got me there. I hardly eat any butter on my bread anymore. I'll just put some sausage on it sometimes and cheese, but I do use butter sometimes for cooking too. It's too healthy to eat it often, but even if I do I'm fortunate enough I have more high metabolism, so I don't have to worry about fat as much.
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@agrim94 (3805)
• India
9 Feb 11
Hi mermaidivy, I am from North India and we have so much friend food that anyone would say wow how come your artiers are not clogged by the time you are 25. Most of our food is cooked in Ghee which is 100% fat and i like home made butter a lot. I like to eat butter not only on toast but also on various other indian foods like various kind of paranthas, with pav bhaji, or to put on makki ki roti. I like the taste of butter a lot.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
I didn't know about ghee. never tried homemade butter either, wonder how to make it.
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@agrim94 (3805)
• India
9 Feb 11
making home made butter is not very difficult..only thing is you should first boil full fat milk and let it cool down. When it cools you would see thick layer of fat on top of milk. Take that out and churn it and you have butter. So more fat is in milk better it is. Buffalo milk is best for this. It is usually white in colour
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Interesting, I didn't know it is how the butter is made
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@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
10 Feb 11
I must agree on that - no butter on bread seems incomplete, hahaha!~I always love butter on bread. We hardly use butter to cook unless it's some particular dish like stir frying broccoli, carrots, cauliflower with a slice of cheese *mouth watering*
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@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
11 Feb 11
So we're on the same boat it seems, haha!~
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
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• Hong Kong
11 Feb 11
i love butter a lot too!! it is perfect with bread. Its fat but.. who cares:P
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
11 Feb 11
I don't care either, fat jau fat la
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• Hong Kong
19 Feb 11
But I feel bad to be fat:( Sometimes I feel guilty with butter and cheese lol which are so fat.
• Hong Kong
19 Feb 11
haha!! Its funny you said its guilty for you to have butter and cheese lol
@keisey (181)
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
Just use real butter, that is good for you. Not all fat is bad, you actually need fat to burn fat but you just need to consume only the "good fats" and real butter is one of them.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Really??
@keisey (181)
• Philippines
10 Feb 11
yups.
• India
7 Mar 11
Eating more fat is not good. Intake of fat must be reduced as much as possible.
@raj7shot (838)
• India
9 Feb 11
Here in south india many peoples will eat butter.Even i will used most often while i am taking bread and jam. Even it is fat and not good for health most of us are eating it for increase shining nature of their body.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
for increase shining nature of their body?? what do you mean?
@raj7shot (838)
• India
10 Feb 11
Shining means shine or polish.. For getting smooth skins..
@jhartana (1084)
• Australia
10 Feb 11
I like to eat bread with butter however I am using low fat, low sugar olive butter. Without butter I cannot eat bread. In my opinion, eating bread with butter is much better than eating bread with ham or bacon.
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• Bulgaria
10 Feb 11
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• India
10 Feb 11
no not at all because by eating butter the get content like milk. the butter for our body is necessary to eat butter it make the bone strong and the taste of the butter is really great then avoid the butter just eat it and make yourself strong if you are thinking about fat on your stomach then do regular exercise for 30 minutes daily and yourself health.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
I wish I could do exercises...
• China
10 Feb 11
I like butter especially in winter.When I was in college,i always made the bread with butter as my breakfast for which offers me the energy that i need to resist the lower temperature. But i don't cook with butter.In China ,we usually use canola oil when we cook dinner.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
I really like fresh baked bread + butter!
• United States
9 Feb 11
Although I am not, my family is huge on bread and butter, so yes we use butter. I can't imagine NOT using butter. I know it is not good for you, but that is about how far it has gone, just a thought. It has not stopped me from using butter. Until my husband, I had never seen anyone put butter on hot muffins, but now it is the first thing I do when I get the muffins out of the oven. Butter is a must in my house !
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
Muffin + butter = &
• United States
9 Feb 11
I do not use real butter at all. I use I can't believe it's not butter and taste way better to me then butter. I have tried real butter and find it too greasy and tastes kind of weird to I simply use the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter brand, basically in place where most use butter. Really and not so much because it is much more healthy but I really do not like the taste and texture of real butter at all.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Oh ok... I keep repeating read your response - I can't believe... I can't believe, I was like I can't believe what???? then I realize it is the butter brand name Is I can't believe butter = magarine?
• United States
9 Feb 11
It is actually 53% vegetable spread very similar to margarine.
10 Feb 11
I love butter so much but it is so fattening that I only use it on the odd occasion, I use a low fat olive spread instead, it tastes almost the same as butter but not quite as good but is just over half the fat. I too use olive oil or sunflower oil to cook with. I live in Scotland so not sure if you have these brands of butter but they are my favorite, Lurpack and Kerrygold. I think Lurpack is a Danish butter and Kerrygold is Irish, both really nice.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
I like Ancho butter
@hlgmdt (300)
• Philippines
10 Feb 11
I like butter so it's hard for me to avoid having butter on my bread of pancakes. What I do is control the amount of butter that I use. Sometimes, there is also available butter which is low-fat so I buy that. My favorite brand of butter is Anchor. I use olive or vegetable oil, too, or those with so-called omega 3, which is said to be good for the heart.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
You can not not have butter on the pancake as well!!
• Bulgaria
10 Feb 11
I like butter, I eat a lot of it, and bread without butter jusr doesn`t has any taste, and if you add one boil egg and some black peper and solt mmmm just super. I`m do not worry about the fat, I don`t belive in this I just eat what I like ( lot of butter, mayones, fried food and - and) and I don`t have any problem ( I`m 47kg, and 167sm tall + I diliver 5 children in 6 years), but of course with everyone is different). My sister DO NOT eat ANY butter, oil, mayones, chicken, meat, she eat only fruits and vegetables and she have problem with her wight ( she doesn`t have any children). And for me best brand butter is LURPAK (if you have it in yout country. I cook with vegetable oil and butter ( for every food is different), olive oil only for salad ( for my husband ) my salad is with vegetable oil.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
10 Feb 11
I'm with you
@jtr115 (722)
• United States
9 Feb 11
I do enjoy butter on my bread from time to time. I've had to cut back a bit because I'm on a diet. Occasionally, I will put honey on my bread instead of butter since it has fewer calories and no fat. Sometimes using both honey and butter is a great treat.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
I like to put honey on a grilled toast + some butter
• United States
9 Feb 11
I dont use butter to cook but will put in on bread when eating pasta or something italian. I will only use butter when making eggs because i wont put vegetable or olive oil in the pan im using to make eggs as i dont think that would taste to good. I only use butter on certain food and most of the time on starches like potatoes, rice and corn. I try not to use alot of it since it does have salt in it and i try alot to stay way from salt as much as possible. I do like the taste of butter but i have to be careful on things.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
My husband says it tastes better when cooking eggs wil butter but I don't like the tastes os buttered egg.
• United States
9 Feb 11
I like butter on things like mashed potatoes, garlic bread, toast, and when I make green beans I like to add butter, a tiny bit of sugar, and salt and pepper, it is really good! I don't eat a lot of butter though. Have a good day!!
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
I don't eat veggies with butter, my husband does though, I thought it tastes weird together.
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@sender621 (14893)
• United States
9 Feb 11
I know that eating a lot of butter is not healthy for our diets. Some foods just don't have the flavor without butter. i try to cut back, but i do enjoy butter on my favorite foods.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Especially bread, you have to eat bread with butter
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
I actually like eating bread with butter. But, I don't eat too much butter. Yes, it tastes good and enhances the flavor of the bread, but eating too much of it can be dangerous. We don't usually cook with butter also. When it comes to frying, we just use vegetable oil. We only use butter in cooking special recipes during special occasions.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Same, I only cook with butter in some special recipes.
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
Hello, I dont and i wont avoid eating butter! I use butter in cooking when it required in the recipe. I love it most in one whole corn than in bread. I love peanut butter in bread and i wont stop until i see the bottom of the container! hehe. I love it also putting peanut butter in chicken curry recipe. You starve this time. hehe.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
9 Feb 11
Peanut butter in curry chicken sounds like a good match, why I never thought of it!