HaftaCamp
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strudle wrote:You may find that real butter will not affect cholesterol levels at all. Obviously use in moderation as in all things.
Spent some time with a Professor and Dean of Nutrition at a famous University who showed me a chart of heart attacks in USA from 1900 to 1990+ compared with use of maragine in the USA. Chart for maragine started after WW One when maragine was introduced as measure to save fats for the war effort. Heart attacks in the population which had been flat line prior to 1920 marched up and basically matched the maragine useage line step by step. My wife is a Ph.D in Nutrition and Dietitian and we use butter in our home.
Agreed. We haven't used margarine in over 15 years. Only butter, and both of us (around 50) have perfect cholesterol. ; ) We also eat a lot of eggs.
I never freeze butter however, but we are soon to be empty nesters and will probably start doing it if you all think it doesn't suffer any ill effects.
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juliev
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I freeze it all the time. When I find a sale I'll buy 2-3 lbs and just toss it in the deep freeze. No extra packaging.
As far as the cholesterol issue, like others have said, butter is OK in moderation and probably better for you than margarine. My grandma ate real butter, cream and whole milk all her life and lived to 96. I think it's all the artifical c..p that makes people sick.
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Dozer
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strudle wrote:You may find that real butter will not affect cholesterol levels at all. Obviously use in moderation as in all things.
Spent some time with a Professor and Dean of Nutrition at a famous University who showed me a chart of heart attacks in USA from 1900 to 1990+ compared with use of maragine in the USA. Chart for maragine started after WW One when maragine was introduced as measure to save fats for the war effort. Heart attacks in the population which had been flat line prior to 1920 marched up and basically matched the maragine useage line step by step. My wife is a Ph.D in Nutrition and Dietitian and we use butter in our home.
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Admiral
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DW buys milk on sale and freezes it. Shake it up when it thaws.
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arboscamper
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I freeze butter (as is - no wrapping) all the time. I also freeze my tubs of margarine (as is - no wrapping). I try to buy on sale and stock up. Ususally it is used in 2-3 months, so not sure of the long term effects, but haven't noticed any funny tastes or anything different.
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jim isham
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We also freeze butter when it's on sale and we've been doing this for years with a mixture of butter and canola oil to reduce cholesterol.
Better Butter
1 lb. butter, softened
2 cups canola oil
Blend 2 sticks of butter and 1 cup of oil at a time in blender.
I've also seen the recipe using olive oil. It spreads easier than butter straight from the fridge.
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mr. ed
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Interesting responses. I like to read publications relating to health and must say it's quite confusing sometimes. For example, one authority may claim that a certain food or herb is definitely bad for you, another may state that there is insufficient evidence and yet another may give an opposite view. (One good example is that of coffee). I've also read, as some of you have stated, that butter is not really all that bad (better than margarine for sure).
Now, Smart Balance spread is not really margarine but a non-hydrogenated blend of soy, palm fruit, canola & olive oils. It tastes pretty good, too, but admittedly nothing can replace the taste of real butter. Perhaps I'll continue using Smart Balance most of the time and real butter as an occasional treat. I guess the jury's still out concerning which one is really better for you 
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mockturtle
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Yes, you can freeze butter. I do it all the time, when butter is on sale. I like Tillamook the best (here in the west, anyway).
Your body manufactures cholesterol and many people are dismayed to find their blood cholesterol level stays the same or even increases after going on a low-cholesterol diet. IMHO, the more natural the food, the better for the body.
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Shelbel
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I freeze butter all the time without doing anything special to it--no taste difference to us! I actually always put it into the freezer when I get home from the grocery store. When I use the last stick of butter in my frige, I will then put another pkg from the freezer into the frige, always going by the dates of course --okay maybe not, but it's not usually in there more than a couple of months so it's never been a problem .
I'm also with those here that believe the more natural the better. I used to use canola oil when I cooked, but started noticing stains on my kids' shirts from spilling that would not come out no matter what I did to treat them. It made me wonder how that stuff was 'staining' my insides...so I switched back to the natural stuff. Haven't look back. Moderation is the key!
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smile2camp
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I don't use much butter. I buy it when it's on sale, freeze it, and then take out as much as I need at a time.
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