Which One And Why! Questions And Answers

Which one and why!

JoeyJoan 10 years ago
Butter or Margarine
Vegetable, olive, or corn oil
liquid or powder dish soap for the washer
canned tomatoes make you own sauce or jarred sauce?
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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

Butter
Olive & Canola oil
Liquid for the dishwasher
Canned tomatoes or homemade tomato sauce using tomatos we grew during the Summer:)

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Cosmicmother 10 years ago said:

As a cook and baker, European Cultured Butter all the way! But we use Vegan, soy free, Margarine for most things now.
Olive and Canola :)
We use gel or powdered dishwasher tabs
Both! I make my own sauce and freeze it, so I use jarred sauce when we run out.

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chuckieb 10 years ago said:

Margarine for most things because I think it's generally healthier. I buy Becel margarine, which tastes decent and cooks things nicely and isn't watery plus it's spreads well on toast. I do buy butter on occasion for some baking recipes and also to saute asparagus etc. in.

I use olive oil usually for cooking on the stove but use vegetable oil sometimes in baking and I also use peanut oil for cooking some Asian dishes. Rarely use corn but I would have equated it with vegetable. Then you listed Canola oil Marie and out of curiousity I googled that and the link I was on said that Canola is more heart friendly than vegetable oil. Live and learn. The link also mentioned that Canola oil is made from rapeseed which is commonly sprayed with pesticides so warned people to find a brand that is organic and pesticide free. I would have never thought to have looked for organic cooking oil but I guess it makes sense.

I use powder dish soap that is wrapped in little biodegradable plastic pouches as it's less messy than just powder.

I do make a homemade tomato sauce with canned tomatoes but on the whole I just buy jarred tomato sauce.

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frankieanne 10 years ago said:

I use butter. I like the way it melts. I used to use butter, but then it was bad for you so switched to margarine, but now I think butter is good for you again 'cause its natural or something. Who knows why they keep going back and forth on food. But, my dad won't touch margarine so butter it is.
Olive and a canola/vegetable blend are what is in my cupboard. Depends on what I am doing as to which I use.
Dishwasher? No dishwasher at my place. Unless you count me and my two little dishpan hands. :-)
Jarred sauce. Seems I'm always in a hurry when I'm cooking and my time is money (to me) so its "cheaper" to buy the jarred stuff.

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JoeyJoan 10 years ago said:

Butter, never used any thing else my family never believed it was bad for you.
Olive oil, Vegetable when required. I am rethinking my oils, corn is low cholesterol but gmo, Canola the same thing gmo, I am looking at organics as well.
Just started using the packs and love them. I remember those days Frankieanne. When Bill and I got together I was so thrilled he had a dish washer because I never had one. When it broke I went back to hand washing with little thought. I broke my hand and dish washing was out. After a week of hand washing Bill had a new dish washer installed.
I make my own from the garden and freeze and when we run out I used cans to make my own. Well you know that you have read my recipe.

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mommyluvs2cook 10 years ago said:

Olive oil
I use the tablet dishwasher detergent in the little wraps.
I prefer homemade Spaghetti sauce but will use jarred in a pinch (my favorite is Giada's line)

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lovebreezy 10 years ago said:

Butter = 'cause I love the taste.
Usually Canola, learning about Olive Oil use = probably 'cause of the price.
Dish washer used for storage :-) = 'cause I grew up doing them by hand.
In my younger, healthier years--home canned and made. Now, usually jarred.

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Good4U 10 years ago said:

Butter definitely:)
Margarine is in the fridge b/c my HB likes it on his sandwiches b/c it spreads well. That is the only use I have for it in this house.
Light olive oil (never EVOO), safflower oil, canola oil, oil, peanut oil and coconut oil on occasion for some things.
I make my own sauces etc. with canned tomatoes always. I never buy premade spaghetti sauce or jarred tomato things.
I have an Armstrong dishwasher:) I use liquid Dawn only. No room for a dishwasher here.

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frankieanne 10 years ago said:

Armstrong dishwasher. Too funny. I've never heard that one before. I use Dawn, too. :)

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JoeyJoan 10 years ago said:

LOL Armstrong

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

I thought was a brand name for a dishwasher..LOL Armstrong!
What was I thinking? I use a powder for my dishwasher..Shaklee Dishwasher Concentrate:)

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gourmetana 10 years ago said:

Butter - love the flavor and I like to make my own.
Olive oil - again, I love the flavor and also because my grandfather makes his own, so the all family gets several liters every year.
Dish washer soap - the best deal there is in the supermarket
Homemade tomato sauce - my mom grows tomatoes so we make a lot of sauce every Summer.

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browneyegirl 10 years ago said:

Butter is what we use alot.Margarine I tend to use when I bake.
Vegetable Oil that I use.To me that it's cheaper.I like the flavor to it.
Liquid dish soap.
Tomatoes - It all depends.I've been using jar sauce more though.

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MissouriFarmWife 9 years ago said:

We use butter, olive oil, once in a while veggie oil if needed in certain recipes. I never agreed with the 1960's fat-free / low fat diet. Figure my grandparents farmed for years and they died in late 80's after years of butter, lard, beef, etc. in their diets. I retired this spring so can return to canning my own tomatoes and sauce again. I use every dish soap that is on sale, plus Dawn for greasy stuff.

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NPMarie 9 years ago said:

Welcome to Group Recipes MissouriFarmWife! Congrats on your retirement and being able to start canning again:) Nothing better than fresh homegrown tomatoes & sauce:)

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Semigourmet53 8 years ago said:

Butter, because I can use loads less, and my body knows what to do with it, Naturally.

Olive or canola oil. olive for cooking on the stovetop and in the house, canola for certain salad dishes and for the grill.

Liquid soap for the dishwasher.

canned tomatoes to make my own sauce.

Nice post! Good questions!

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Semigourmet53 8 years ago said:

Lovebreezy, or anyone else. If you have a trader joe's anywhere near you they have their own brand of olive oil (really god stuff better than bertolli, which I used for years until I found this.) for 32 ounces it is 6.99 for 16 ounces it's only 2.99 much better deal. same with the soy sauce and balsamic vinegar.

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DonSpain 8 years ago said:

Hi, Butter -- purer and tastier
olive oil ---- flavoursome
What is this substance called soap.????
Canned but sometimes jar --- a decent canned/jar Brand is pretty good
Laziness to make own. cheers

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