"Pete C." > wrote in
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>
> graham wrote:
>>
>> On 24/06/2014 3:31 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>> >
>> > Dave Smith wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 2014-06-24 1:12 PM, sf wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> My mom bought margarine too and I suspect it was for the same
>> >>> reason your mother bought it. It was the cheaper spread.
>> >>>
>> >>> I buy butter for no particular reason other than my husband likes
>> >>> it.
>> >>
>> >> My wife loves butter. I am sometimes amazed at how much butter she
>> >> spreads on things. A baked potatoe will get at least a tablesoon
>> >> of butter, and more likely 2-3. Where I might put at most 1/2 tsp
>> >> of butter on a serving of asparagus or peas, she would use 1-2
>> >> Tblsp.
>> >>
>> >
>> > The buffet at a casino in the area has had rather good King Crab
>> > legs lately... Instead of the little cup I grab one of the soup
>> > bowls for the melted butter... The last time I went I had what must
>> > have been 3# of crab (after shelling) and 1/3 cup of butter... I
>> > couldn't even manage dessert after that. I got my $24 worth at
>> > least.
>> >
>> Which is why so many USians need a supermarket trolley with which to
>> wheel around their enormous guts!
>> Graham
>
> Except that I am not obese.
>
If one stayed sufficiently low carb, (s)he could pig out on crab and butter
on a regular basis w/o getting fat.


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--Bryan
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You're admitting that there must be something wrong.
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