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Default Paul Prudhomme uses and specifies margarine at times...

On Nov 19, 11:04*am, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:17:59 -0800 (PST), --Bryan wrote:
> > On Nov 19, 9:06*am, "pavane" > wrote:
> >> Paul Prudhomme specified margarine fairly often when he wanted a higher
> >> oil content for heat control than he could get with butter. *He said that:

>
> >> "I usually prefer the taste of margarine to olive oil or vegetable oil for
> >> frying when butter is also being used, and margarine does have enough
> >> oil in it to do what I want."
> >> --Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen, p. 24

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> > 1. 25 years ago, a lot of folks had no clue about the dangers of trans
> > fats from partially hydrogenated oils.
> > 2. I try not to make a habit of getting my diet advice from the
> > grossly obese.

>
> i wouldn't call it 'diet advice.' *prudhomme isn't in the health food
> business.


Perhaps a bad word/phrasing choice, as I was using "diet" in a more
old fashioned sense.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Diet
>
> your pal,
> blake


--Bryan