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@lonewolf - I only buy LOL butter when it's on sale, but I buy Kroger butter regularly and haven't had a problem with it. I do notice a slightly fresher "creamery" flavor with LOL butter though.

Also, I read/heard somewhere (Alton Brown?) that salted butters vary widely in the amount of salt added, so you'd probably notice less difference in unsalted, and perhaps more in salted butter.

I had no idea there were so many variations on that crappy "I can't believe it's not" product name. Maybe some of these should just be called, "I can't believe we couldn't come up with an original name so we're copying that other fake butter's name but in a way that won't get us sued."

It's pretty telling too that your web search turned up so few of the fake, fake butters.

Or skip the sketchy marketing and make your own thanks to Hillbilly Housewife.

Blender Margarine

* 2/3 cup instant nonfat dry milk powder
* 2 packets butter buds, dry butter flavoring (optional, for flavor)
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2/3 cup fresh water
* 4 drops yellow food coloring (optional)
* 1-1/2 cups vegetable oil

This is one of those cool recipes that makes you feel like an alchemist in the kitchen. You do need a blender to make this recipe. Non-electric blenders can be found at Lehmans.com.

Begin by measuring the dry milk powder, butter buds, salt and fresh water in the blender. Add the food coloring if you are using it and process the mixture for a few seconds. Remove the center of the blender lid. With the blender running, dribble in the oil in a thin stream. This is important. If you dump the oil all in at once, the recipe won't turn out. So add the oil slowly. The mixture will thicken and become very creamy. When all of the oil has been added the mixture will be very thick. Turn the blender off. Scrape the margarine into a resealable container. You should have about 2 cups of margarine or the equivalent of a pound.

The flavor of the oil is very important to this recipe. Only use fresh, high quality oil. Corn oil tastes good, as does safflower oil. Canola oil will work also, but I do not recommend soy bean oil. I made it with soybean oil the first time because I had a big gallon of it I was trying to use up. The recipe turned out fine, but didn't have the delicacy of flavor that it did when made with corn oil. I would not use olive oil in this recipe.

If you do not have butter buds, then increase the salt to 1/2-teaspoon. The butter buds give the margarine a light, buttery flavor that I enjoy, but not everyone does. Use this margarine as a spread and for seasoning vegetables. Do not use it for frying or baking. The water content makes it spatter when frying, and makes cakes fall when baking.

I do lots of recipes and diy stuff at http://red-icculus.com

I want one that's named Antibutter :D

It would be this awesome maple sweet potato puree pecans that I make every year...yummy!!

Crab season usually opens a short time before the holiday, so we usually enjoy a crab feed the night prior to Thanksgiving. IF there is any left, we have a crab salad on Thanksgiving Day.

This year will be different due to the SF Bay oil spill.....

That is so hard! I am not a huge stuffing fan, so...probably mashed potatoes and gravy. But if I can't have both the mashed potatoes AND the gravy, I'd say my mom's dinner rolls. She only makes them once a year and they're unbelievably buttery and light!

Great. Now I have The Move Over Butter commercial stuck in my head. Quick, someone start whistling the theme for Andy Griffith! It's the only antidote! At least the commercial doesn't have Fabio in it, though.

My grandfather used to refer to "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" as "The Hell It Ain't Butter".

I love the breads my aunt makes--cranberry bread, blueberry muffins...

Stuffing

Gotta have stuffing!

I'm a Tony fan, I have Kitchen Confidential and His, Les Halles cookbook. Tony is a ass, he knows he's one, you and I know he's one--so why so surprised he mentioned R.R? I cook from scratch too, always have even as a single mom.

Personally I think pre-chopped onions or diced garlic taste odd, ...and odd is not good flavor. They put preservatives on those things and they alter the flavor.

Tony is a classically trained chef so he expects his peers or people who impersonate his peers to cut up the onion all by themselves. Simple as that. He's not going to rag the home cook, with kids underfoot. Okay he might...but he's going for the jugular on some of these tvcooks.

Pony, try cooking somethings on the weekend like a chicken or roasting some vegtables for a dish you'll use later on, so that you can cook more easily on the weekdays. I'm sorry but I'm having a hard time getting past that your husband "INSIST" at a 7 p.m. meal. I say tell him to help, and it would be easier on you.