Anybody ever used Butter Buds?

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Please share your experience and what you did with them.

I'm considering trying them cause I'm currently cutting fats a bit and
I'm a real butter lover.

Do they really make a good substitute for 'regular' butter?
 
"ImStillMags" wrote in message
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I've seen them but they contain dairy so no help to me.
 
On 04/03/2011 10:16 AM, ImStillMags wrote:


Having had to give up the little bit of butter I send to use, and not
liking margarine, I can tell you that Becel is not too bad. Unlike
regular margarine, it is edible.
 
On Mar 4, 7:26?am, Dave Smith wrote:

How did you use it? Did you use the shaker bottle or did you use the
mix with hot water type.
It says you cannot the mix with water type for cooking.
 
On 3/4/2011 10:30 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
These things usually rely on butyric acid (think sour milk) for taste
but they are only vaguely reminiscent of real butter, more's the pity :-(

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On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:16:41 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
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Not in my book. Tried them, didn't like them.

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I used to use Butter Buds. The kind you dissovle in water to make a liquid.
I'd drizzle it on baked potatoes. I gave up on Butter Buds... I don't
remember why. Now I use Smart Balance half butter/half olive oil spread and
the sticks. I don't actually use a lot of butter in my cooking. I eat most
vegetables unadulterated, except for potatoes. Potatoes need something! I
haven't used regular margarine in about 20 years. Not sure if this helps.

Jill
 
On 4-Mar-2011, ImStillMags wrote:


Though it has been a while, I have used them sprinkled on vegetables, such
as green beans, and mixed with a bit of water as substitute for melted
butter on items such as baked potato. Mostly, they were a poor substitute
for butter and I quickly stopped using them. The only way I would ever use
again is sprinkled on vegetables; BB does add a little butter taste, but
flavor is not all that butter brings to the party.

Oil popped popcorn isn't bad sprinkled with BB, it does impart a bit of
butter flavor without drenching the popcorn in liquid fat. Air popped, or
even microwave popcorn, does not benefit from BB; it mostly ends up in the
bottom of the bowl, not in your mouth.
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On 04/03/2011 10:30 AM, ImStillMags wrote:


Shaker bottle? Mix with hot water?
Becel is a type of margarine. So far I have only used it only as a
spread on bread, rolls and vegetables. I use it only in small doses
because, having never been a fan of margarine, I just can't get into
using even a more palatable one like Becel. However, I just discovered
that their web site has a bunch of recipes using it in lieu of other fats.
 
On 3/4/2011 9:16 AM, ImStillMags wrote:


Years and years ago. We didn't care much for them. I think they had a
slightly "chemical" taste.

FWIW, I think the chemicals in the substitutes are worse for you than
the real thing. I'd rather eat regular, sweet butter in moderation than
something fabricated in a laboratory. JMHO

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> On 3/4/2011 9:16 AM, ImStillMags wrote:

Live dangerously and spend a couple bucks to find out for yourself.
I think they're fine sprinkled on hot vegetables.


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your way of looking at this is most important... don't think of it as butter
buds subsstituting for real butter... think of butter buds substituting for
NO butter, attitude is everything, they aren't nasty as is some of these
things... i use a couple of sprays parkay and icb for two, if you ever luck
into the garlic spray buy all you can afford and horde it, Lee
"ImStillMags" wrote in message
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jmcquown wrote:

That sounds like Olivio. Note I am speaking of the one that is
more like butter. Apparently there are two types.

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