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I tried to buy margarine and came across a f***ed up EU directive. You can't sell it as margarine unless it's x% fat. FFS what else do you call it?

That is quite simply untrue.

I was laughed at when I managed to order a loaf of champagne in France.

Indeed. I assume that butter is an emulsion in any case.

I've discovered that the solution is to measure the sugar and marge into a largish Pyrex bowl and put it in the oven set low (70 C is about right) while I'm doing something else. After about 15 minutes the fat should be softened and almost liquid. I then take it out of the oven which I reset to the baking temperature (180 C).

I cream the sugar and fat together with a wooden spoon, then beat the egg gently in a small basin and gradually mix it in. Then I sieve the dry ingredients in and mix thoroughly. It is then in the right consistency to spoon into the paper cake cases without any need to add milk.

They never call margarine margarine. It's always just "spread". Searching supermarket websites for "margarine" finds it though.

They used to sell a low fat spread that was mostly water. OK on bread, but it disintegrated on toast or a jacket potato.

I buy "Anchor Spreadable" now. They're not allowed to call it butter, though it's half butter (the other half vegetable oil). Rather expensive, and, if you have a blender, I'm told you can make it yourself. It "spreads straight from the fridge" though, and it tastes good.

Should boost sales of boot black. And what about mulattos? Will they have to give the money to themselves?

We'll take it as read that Commander Kinsey is not an expert on anything.

Butter is an emulsion. Butter, however, often contains less water than margarine does.

Depending on what kind of cake you're baking, melting the fat can alter the results. Still, if you're satisfied with the outcome, keep doing what you're doing.

I suspect even Democrat Elizabeth Pocahontas Warren will be claiming she be part black.

Probably not. Both Democrat and Republican politicians have been known to lie, but Elizabeth Warren isn't famous for it - while Donald Trump is.

George Santos is even worse

Elizabeth Warren's claim to have some American Indian ancestry has been fact-checked, and her DNA does support her claim.

Trump did lie about it.

Bullshit. Its what I normally use and I have never had a bad result.

Yep, that what the butter churn does, produce that emulsion

I use a mixmaster.

It's available at restaurant supplies. I imagine some of the stuff labeled "ghee" in the U.S. is actually clarified butter.

But it tastes like the cheap oil it is made from.

No it doesnt.

I did try using olive oil and you can certainly taste that.

Agree, it's not good for baking.

I can walk into a bakery and smell what sort of shortening they use. Butter smells and tastes very different from cheap grease.

A bakery that we used to like, up on Diamond Heights, sold to new Chinese owners when the baker retired. They immediately switched from butter to some cheap oil, and it's repulsive now.

I make great biscuits that start with grating a stick of cold butter into a bowl of White Lily flour. That can go plain, sweet, or savory.

It mainly tastes like artificial butter flavoring. As best as I can remember. It's been a while since I've eaten margarine.

Life's too short to eat crappy baked goods.

The jar I have currently is labeled both ways.

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It probably is closer to clarified butter than real ghee. It's years past its sell date but smells okay.

Absolutely. And in the last decade or two, baked stuff in the USA has gotten much better. Even Safeway has good bagels and donuts now, and some of their bread is even edible.

Tastes vary of course.