In article >, says...
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> Back to Butter.
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> After a few years of using Benecol (fake butter spread), I finally switched
> gears and went back to real unsalted butter!
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> I decided the flavor, the handful of extra sat. fat. grams and the purity of
> real is healthier than the over-processed fake stuff. That combined with how
> little I actually used the Benecol (tub is probably 6 months old and about
> 1/3 full), helped me decide to switch.
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> Re-hi Land O' Lakes old friend!
>
> Andy

I pretty much use unsalted butter for everything. I found that zapping a
stick in a microwave oven for five second increments softens it for
spreading too. Usually two to three five second cycles is enough.