FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - So...why use margarine instead of butter?

Christine Dabney

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:35:30 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:08:42 -0800 (PST), wrote:
>
>>I saw the same thing in a Gordon Ramsay cookbook published recently
>>and I was wondering about it myself. It was the only recipe in the
>>book that called for margarine which suggests to me it has some unique
>>application.
>
>I sincerely doubt it. Some proof checker missed the reference before
>publishing (or wasn't told to look for it), that's all. It's nothing
>that requires any intense thinking or knowledge about kitchen science.

I disagree. Paul Prudhomme has several recipes in which he specifies
margarine, and I think I have seen other authors that specify
margarine. And yes, they give their reasons..and it was a valid
reason for the specific dish. For some reason, it seemed that
margarine gave some quality to the dish, that butter didn't.

Christine