General Chat

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Hubby bought me, for my birthday.... a bag of tiny new potatoes and a packet of real proper butter..... that is what I had a couple of candles on instead of a cake, lol!!

Well, I have just eaten the last of the butter on crumpets...... soooooooo yummy!!

He knows how to keep me happy does that fella!!

Love

Daff xxx

aw isnt he sweet
i luv real butter specially on cold toast yummy

xxx

mmmmmm!...could just do with that right now

will have to make do with stale bread and scrapings til Oh comes home ( all sympathy appreciated :-))))

Susan
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awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww poor susan lol

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Ok now stray....don't over do it lol


don't you just hate these peeps who are eating something yummy, who then come on here just to make the rest of us drool sigh!......hunger pangs and too lazy to make myself something to eat :-)))

yep and now i have to go slave over the kids tea

but not have anything till dog gets home

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

DAFF , when was /is your birthday?

Hope you don't mind me adding this to the thread,but just had this e-mail from a friend.....It makes you think!!!
I love Lurpak or continental butter,but use it sparingly!

Pass The Butter. please.

This is interesting . . . . .

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW.. the difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few
only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine..

Very high in trans fatty acids ..

Triple risk of coronary heart disease .
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC..

This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.. Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to 'butter them up')!

It does go mouldy....................we did an experiment at school and it grew lovely blue/green mould:)

It was Flora by the way.

I'm sure that the scientists will have perfected the best "spreads" by now,but maybe when you used to buy a cheap margarine it was a bit dodgy.Having said that I still like Stork for baking,but not to spread.I could always tell Stork from butter.

lol Brenda, me too.... I normally use an olive oil based spread... or houmos, lol!

Susan.... aw bless........ it was really really scrummy!! Yum yum!

Rosalyn, it was my birthday a couple of weeks ago.. Ann of GG put a thread up cos she knew, but I hadn't mentioned it to anyone else, lol!!

Stray.... you be kind to Susan now ;¬)) Just like I am (more ;¬)))

Kitty.... I did one of those as homework with one of my sons, lol... the one who went on to work in the Stilton cheese industry, intoducing the mould to the cheeses, lol!!

Love

Daff..... who might have to wait until Christmas for the next bit of butter, lol! xxxx

euuuuuu YUK!!!! Brenda.......thank goodness my tastebuds have only liked butter.....knew there must have been a reason......you sure this is not an Urban Myth?.....if not...will be letting my daughter know...she only likes margarine

Oh dear Susan.... so, no marge, no fish or pork cos of the worms........ you'll not be left with a lot to scoff soon, wmsl!!


Must go and get ready to do the *prospective employer* bit!!

Do you reckon twinset and pearls is a bit OTT?

Love

Daff xxx

Ah! well I succumbed to butter today too...been out to a Regimental Lunch (another story) and had salmon and they brought round a lovely lemon and butter sauce. Yum then the meal ended with cheese and biccys another of my failings so when I get weighed tomorrow will have put on but what the heck it was LOVELY!!!!

Linda x

Daff
Why did you do this to me?
One thing I really miss is English New Potatoes
Especially the Jersey variety
We just don't get Potatoes like that here.
And of course that yummy Danish Butter was the best.

Will go to bed now craving for them
Hope you enjoyed them anyway.
RegardsJackie

Ohhhhhh Linda... I used to love those Reggy lunches!! The food was soooooo good... I am drooling at the thought!!

Love

Daff xxx

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

Re the one molecule away from plastic and other stuff in that story....amusing but not true! Another internet sponsored urban myth.

Butter is good - so is full cream milk, suet puddings and red meat :-)

I did Jackie..... I use Welsh butter though... it is similar to NZ butter, too!

I promise to think of you next time I have them, lol!!

Nite nite... how is hubby, by the way?

Love

Daff xxx

lol Eldrick... I have venison, lamb and beef in the freezer....... I am not keen on cream!! Except on Cornflakes... but rarely have them.

I love suet dumplings in the winter with a thick beef stew........ but don't have them a lot, so I don't restrict my consumption.

I don't eat butter cos I switched to the olive oil stuff after my stroke 20 years ago... and butter is a real failing of mine!! I love it!! By the bucketful! My son once pointed out that I had a little bit of bread with my butter.... I am greedy with it, no half measures.. so it is easier to not have it!! Except as a very very special treat.

Love

Daff xxxx