levelwave wrote:

Herself wrote:

I come from a family where margarine never set foot in the house.
Unfortunately, DS is allergic to all dairy, so butter is now out of the
house. So I'm stuck, really.

Make a trip to your local Health Food Store... In the Freezer/Fridge
section look for a product made by "Spectrum Naturals" simply called
"Spread"... It's Dairy Free - Non-Hydrogenated - Trans Fat Free... It's
not made for cooking (pan frying) but as a spread tastes just as good if
not better than Margarine... You can probably find something similiar if
they don't carry that particular brand...

I'm limited really to only one brand, Pure. No big health food stores
here (I'd kill for a Whole Foods or Wild Oats right about now).


But is shortening and margarine the same thing? I thought not...

No... but they are both Hydrogenated... do a google search for
Hydrogenation... by pumping Hydrogen into liquid fats you can make them
solid at room temperature... This is what leads to trans-fats which
ultimately leads to that triple by-pass... The Gov't has finally stepped
in and started forcing food manufacturers to label the amount of
trans-fats in their foods... It'll start appearing on labels soon...

It won't start on the labels here, but okay. :-)
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'Tis Herself

Herself ) wrote:
: Dan Germain wrote:
:
: I do understand your concern in using "shortening" to season your pan. I do
: not cook or bake with shortening either.
:
: Can I ask why? Due to dietary restrictions, we can't use butter, so for
: baking we have to use non-dairy margarine or shortening.

What kind of restrictions? In many cases, butter is
healthier than margarine.

Eric Johnson

levelwave ) wrote:
: Herself wrote:
:
: Can I ask why? Due to dietary restrictions, we can't use butter, so for
: baking we have to use non-dairy margarine or shortening.
:
: Because shortening will kill you much faster than butter will...
:
: Hydrogenated = trans-fats = death
:
: It's one of the greatest pranks of all time... convincing the public
: that Margarine is a healthy alternative to butter...
:
: If you have health concerns I seriously suggest tossing that Ghetto
: Butter in the trash...

I've seen one medical study in a peer reviewed medical journal
that concluded that kids raised on margarine have a significantly
higher likelihood of suffering from allergies than kids raised
on butter.

Eric Johnson

wej3715 wrote:

I've seen one medical study in a peer reviewed medical journal
that concluded that kids raised on margarine have a significantly
higher likelihood of suffering from allergies than kids raised
on butter.

Well, we're already suffering from allergies, there's only a few more he
doesn't have :-). I can't stand the stuff, but we gotta do what we
gotta do...
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'Tis Herself