On 12/15/2014 8:58 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> On Monday, December 15, 2014 1:41:49 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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>>> > On Friday, December 12, 2014 6:38:30 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>> >> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>>> >> > On 12/11/2014 6:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> >> >> On 12/11/2014 6:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> >> >>> I have always used butter in many things, and always in mashed
>>> >> >>> potato
>>> >> >>> I have never believed the stories about it when they were trying
>>> >> >>> to
>>> >> >>> make
>>> >> >>> us buy pretendy butter instead. Nothing beats the real thing
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >> All through my childhood my mother used margarine because it was
>>> >> >> less
>>> >> >> costly.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > My mother totally bought into the healthier thing, but knowing her,
>>> >> > the cheaper thing was a big factor, too. Not knocking her, just
>>> >> > saying.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheapness was a big factor in those days, and sometimes in these too.
>>> >
>>> > Lack of money was a factor too. OTOH, I guess you could say that my
>>> mom
>>> > was cheap. we didn't have no stinkin' butter or fancy foods. My room
>>> > and
>>> > our house was pretty sparse - it was sorta like a monastery. The local
>>> > style here was the wife controls the household money and she was
>>> > socking a
>>> > lot of it away in savings bonds. These days, I wish that I could live
>>> > in a
>>> > household like that once again.
>>>
>>> Butter was a treat when I was growing up too.
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>> I didn't consider it much of a treat. We thought it was unhealthy back in
>> those days. The only time I used butter, as I recall, was when I made
>> chicken kiev.
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> For me it was a treat)
Well, the chicken kiev was certainly a treat but I've never thought of
butter as being festive. I think that dairy products are not real
popular in most Asian cultures - probably because the stuff is not too
compatible with our guts. I do like the tasty and refreshing taste of
Calpico though.
Calpico is a milk based drink that has been treated to give it a
fragrant citrous smell. I even use a fermented milk body wash that has
the same smell. It's milk made pleasant!
http://www.amazon.com/Calpico-Concen.../dp/B005LTIKUW