Extra light margarine

[Snacks]

So I usually get light margarine in one of the mainstream brands... Just force of habit, there's nothing particular I like about it. But last shopping trip another mainstream brand was on special, so I bought that one in 'exta light'. Well. Not happy (grrrrr)!!!
Firstly, DH made a good point, "Isn't margarine or butter just fat anyway? If it's got no fat, what on earth is in it?" Hmmm...
Secondly, it looks *wrong*. It's like... whipped or something... Sort of looks frothy.
AND I think I know what the secret ingredient is after all... TEFLON! It doesn't stick to the knife! GRRRRRRR, I was just making lunch and felt like a total unco because the butter kept falling off the frickin knife!
I shan't be buying that again... Back to my regular brand!

[Trillian]

Oooh, I found that too - absolute rubbish it is. And I made the mistake of freezing it too and that makes it worse (I brought two - used one and froze the other one).

[Snacks]

Aha! No good! I think it says on the packet not to freeze, Sherie LOL, what happened to it? Did it self-destruct? Turn into a homicidal axe-wielding maniac?

[Trillian]

Yeah, I saw that bit after I froze it LOL. Unfortunately it didn't do any of thsoe things, just separated in spectacular fashion - way too much water in it.

[Taia's Mum]

Hi guys! I've actually switched to the Dairyfree Spread - strange I know! But it's 99% Transfat free (transfats are the bad ones) and it actually tastes really normal! And to boot it's 750gms for under $3!

[Snacks]

Does it have the teflon effect? (ie does it slip off the knife?)

[paradise lost]

The thing that scared me onto butter for life was trying to cook with the extra lite margarine. THere is so much emulsifier in it (as noted above - there's no fat, so what else would hold it together but emulsifier?) that even after several minutes in a very hot pan IT WOULDN'T MELT! I watched the insipid yellowy-white blob going round and round in my smoking pan and thought "if that sort of heat doesn't melt it WTF does my body do with it?!" the answer - NOTHING.

I use a little bit of butter and i feel better in the knowledge that it is definitely FOOD i am ingesting and not some weird kind of paint-related plastic!

Bec

[Snacks]

Ooer, Bec, how thoroughly scary.

[Bathsheba]

Bec's right:

Something I found about Margarine