I grew up with Log Cabin, too, and like Steph the real stuff always tastes weird to me at first. I actually buy the butter-lite stuff for myself now.
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Amy - Nov 07, 2009 5:31:48 pm PST #17815 of 30001
Because books.
Kat - Nov 07, 2009 5:32:37 pm PST #17816 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But but but but....sputter!
She didn't even buy Log Cabin or Mrs. Butterworth (I loved MB when I was a kid, yet not over real maple).... She bought TROPICAL!
I love real maple. I grew up in a place where every winter the sugar shack would be open and we could buy maple sugar stirs which are heaven.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:33:00 pm PST #17817 of 30001
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I always liked the fake stuff better as a kid.
I also like margarine better than butter, because (again) it's what we ate when I was growing up, so it tastes "normal" to me. I invariably refer to it as "butter," which can cause people to point and mock.
sarameg - Nov 07, 2009 5:34:12 pm PST #17818 of 30001
Maple kinda gives me a headache. I can handle it in savory stuff (like an apple cider-maple-fivespice marinade for pork) but straight up maple? Newp.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:34:12 pm PST #17819 of 30001
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I love real maple. I grew up in a place where every winter the sugar shack would be open and we could buy maple sugar stirs which are heaven.
When we were in Vermont this year, we had maple soft-serve ice cream. Oh. My. God. I honestly don't think I've ever had better ice cream in my LIFE.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2009 5:35:02 pm PST #17820 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love maple syrup. When I was broke I went to Mrs. Butterworth instead and it was teh nast. Then I tried Ralph's brand, and it's lots better. When I get financially regularised, it's back to maple. Canada since I was little.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 07, 2009 5:36:03 pm PST #17821 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I like margarine better because 90% of my use for it is making toast or grilled-cheese sandwiches, and it doesn't tear up the bread like real butter does.
Kathy A - Nov 07, 2009 5:36:34 pm PST #17822 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I grew up on margarine, but can't stand the stuff now.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 07, 2009 5:36:38 pm PST #17823 of 30001
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I grew up thinking margarine was butter and calling it ""oleo", so I am not sure that is what it means. I discovered as a grownup that real maple syrup and butter made my taste buds sing. Also, I am now fat.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:37:03 pm PST #17824 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
it doesn't tear up the bread like real butter does.
Exactly!