The Big Butter vs Margarine Debate!
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Yes! Magarine sucks and butter tastes so much better.Originally posted by Rhonda:For those of you who are butter lovers, after reading this thread, do you still think you'd choose butter over margarine?
Bear, av, I remember you guys proclaiming that butter's better... do you still take that stand?
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the bigger locusts are a bit tough, the smaller ones are nice and crunchy ...Originally posted by skeujin:i wana order the locusts and the fire ants.
but my favourite is the mealworms .... deepfried, they taste just like twisties ...
oh ... if you're lucky enough to chance upon sago palm maggots, eat them live .... they are tastier that way ... the skin turns to leather when cooked ... -
Erhmmm so this is the Butter vs Margarine vs How to eat Insects thread?
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I like margarine put on toast bread. actually i feel margarine has more kou gan, and it's colder.
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you really should try them some time ....Originally posted by elindra:Erhmmm so this is the Butter vs Margarine vs How to eat Insects thread?
I especially recommend the sago palm maggots .... they are very good ... like eating shrimp that wriggles strongly in your mouth ... -
Eh... what's 'kou gan'??Originally posted by The man who was death:I like margarine put on toast bread. actually i feel margarine has more kou gan, and it's colder.
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He's talking about the mouth feelOriginally posted by Rhonda:Eh... what's 'kou gan'?? -
Margarine is colder because you don't need to thaw it to spread properly, unless you buy the spreadable butter.Originally posted by The man who was death:I like margarine put on toast bread. actually i feel margarine has more kou gan, and it's colder.
Margarine has a very greasy mouth feel. Don't like it. Despite the saturated fats, butter does not feel as greasy -
Margarine spread liao not nice, must put properly one piece there then got kou ganOriginally posted by elindra:Margarine is colder because you don't need to thaw it to spread properly, unless you buy the spreadable butter.
Margarine has a very greasy mouth feel. Don't like it. Despite the saturated fats, butter does not feel as greasy -
OMG that is super disgustingOriginally posted by The man who was death:Margarine spread liao not nice, must put properly one piece there then got kou gan
Like that I might as well slice the butter thinly and place on the bread
More shiok -
Actually corn tastes best uncooked! Sweeeet and juicyyyyOriginally posted by elindra:I think the corn taste better grilled
Wasn't thinking of the health aspect -
Got that 'greeny taste' leh I don't likeOriginally posted by ShrodingersCat:Actually corn tastes best uncooked! Sweeeet and juicyyyy -
no leh... woo i love it when the corn kernel BUSTS in my mouth. Yumzyumzzzzz
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Kerrygold for me please
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I think it's an acquired tasteOriginally posted by ShrodingersCat:no leh... woo i love it when the corn kernel BUSTS in my mouth. Yumzyumzzzzz -
Maybe next time you go cameron highlands, they have a special breed called GOLDEN corn or something that is like 4 times the size of our regular corn. For some reason, I never see them in Singapore markets leh.Originally posted by elindra:I think it's an acquired taste
That was the first time I ate corn uncooked and it doesn't have any 'raw' taste at all! Try it out yeah!
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wrong wrong!!
you slice the butter THICKLY and then place some bread on the butter...
like that, lagi shiok!
Originally posted by elindra:OMG that is super disgusting
Like that I might as well slice the butter thinly and place on the bread
More shiok -
the best soln is to avoid both.
most of the nutritional studies fall generally into 2 categories:
1) population-based. they recruit randomised volunteer and monitor their physiology over time while recording their food intake patterns.
2) in animal models like mice or using cells culture in the lab to test the effect of a compound.
both methods have pros and cons. method 1 can identify major trends in a population over time but it cannot tell us why this food is good or bad for us. method 2 might be able to tell us why but the problem is the dosage of the food is hard to extrapolate from mice to humans. furthermore, if cells are used instead, normal the scientists will over-dosage the food which makes interpretation of the data doubtful. this explains why there are often conflicting benefits/harm over the same kind of food.
in short, there are many genes that are responsible for the metabolizing and production of cholestrol in our body. 0.1% of our DNA are different from each other (which causes us to look different) and this small difference is by no means small. this difference can have a big difference in each individual in digesting and absorbing fats from food which explains why some ppl have normal cardio measurements even with bad eating habits and vice versa. right now, it is technically possible to screen everyone on earth for his/her genes but the cost and time is unbelievably high, so we will never know are we the lucky ones having "better" genes or not. furthermore, we also do not understand completely all the genes involved in digestion and metabolism too. while this day is not here yet, the best advice is reduce saturated fat and trans fat intake.
on the other hand, i acknowledge the fact that fat containing food tastes better becos our tongue and brain is evolved to prefer such foods. it is becos for the sake of survival, our body will tend to prefer food that contain high calories to store energy in case we can't hunt for food regularly. however, the development of agriculture has made food production efficient and the industrial evolution has reduced brawny work but our body does not evolve fast enough to the change in our environment. so we are going against nature by rejecting fatty food , what an irony!!! -
Wow! Sherling22, that's a very interesting take on this issue!
It's true that each individual exhibits different abilities to metabolise cholesterol. There was an article in the Life section of our local paper a few years ago that discussed this very issue. They highlighted that each person's liver has varying capabilities of fat metabolisation so you can have two individuals tucking into high-cholesterol food daily, but whilst one may suffer from high cholesterol levels, the other may not suffer from any effects whatsoever. -
My bro was real skinny when young and my mum, in an attempt to fattened him up, fed him CUBES of butter coated with sugar. :O :O :O :OOriginally posted by the Bear:wrong wrong!!
you slice the butter THICKLY and then place some bread on the butter...
like that, lagi shiok!
Didn't work. He still skinny. -
* raises arm *
MARGARINE for me please................. -
Ok!Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:Maybe next time you go cameron highlands, they have a special breed called GOLDEN corn or something that is like 4 times the size of our regular corn. For some reason, I never see them in Singapore markets leh.
That was the first time I ate corn uncooked and it doesn't have any 'raw' taste at all! Try it out yeah! -
Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:My bro was real skinny when young and my mum, in an attempt to fattened him up, fed him CUBES of butter coated with sugar. :O :O :O :O
Didn't work. He still skinny.
His body is too efficient in metabolising 'fuel'!
Grandma used to toast bread for my bro and me over the charcoal stove. Then, whilst still hot, she'd spread butter and sprinkle sugar over the toast for us. It was yummy!!!
Back then, I was too young to know anything about eating healthily and what-not. But anyways, the best foods are always the most sinful stuff!
(For instance, have you ever seen anyone drinking alfalfa juice or what not green-weeds juice thang with a smile on their face?! ) -
Yah. he used to be an athlete. Kept telling me his body have like less than 6% fat. (But when we went to US together, he was freeezing his butt off)Originally posted by Rhonda:
His body is too efficient in metabolising 'fuel'!
Grandma used to toast bread for my bro and me over the charcoal stove. Then, whilst still hot, she'd spread butter and sprinkle sugar over the toast for us. It was yummy!!!
Back then, I was too young to know anything about eating healthily and what-not. But anyways, the best foods are always the most sinful stuff!
(For instance, have you ever seen anyone drinking alfalfa juice or what not green-weeds juice thang with a smile on their face?! )
I'm very in touch with my sins when it comes to food. Hedonism is the way to go - die, I mean. Afterall, we're all going to die one day, and there's a huge myriad of probabilities what we are going to die of. My friends and I say, let's just all suffer from food-related illnesses, and eventually we can all be warded together and chit chat till we drop off dead.
Then again, I do have some masochistic friends who will gulp down that alfafa or watever smiling happily and declaring their love affair with HEALTHFOODS only. -
Originally posted by sherling22:
Haha this reminds me when I was talking to my Canadian friend some time back and he was saying his grandma still cooks with lard and all and is healthier than all of them young 'uns put together.
the best soln is to avoid both.
most of the nutritional studies fall generally into 2 categories:
1) population-based. they recruit randomised volunteer and monitor their physiology over time while recording their food intake patterns.
2) in animal models like mice or using cells culture in the lab to test the effect of a compound.
both methods have pros and cons. method 1 can identify major trends in a population over time but it cannot tell us why this food is good or bad for us. method 2 [b]might be able to tell us why but the problem is the dosage of the food is hard to extrapolate from mice to humans. furthermore, if cells are used instead, normal the scientists will over-dosage the food which makes interpretation of the data doubtful. this explains why there are often conflicting benefits/harm over the same kind of food.
in short, there are many genes that are responsible for the metabolizing and production of cholestrol in our body. 0.1% of our DNA are different from each other (which causes us to look different) and this small difference is by no means small. this difference can have a big difference in each individual in digesting and absorbing fats from food which explains why some ppl have normal cardio measurements even with bad eating habits and vice versa. right now, it is technically possible to screen everyone on earth for his/her genes but the cost and time is unbelievably high, so we will never know are we the lucky ones having "better" genes or not. furthermore, we also do not understand completely all the genes involved in digestion and metabolism too. while this day is not here yet, the best advice is reduce saturated fat and trans fat intake.
on the other hand, i acknowledge the fact that fat containing food tastes better becos our tongue and brain is evolved to prefer such foods. it is becos for the sake of survival, our body will tend to prefer food that contain high calories to store energy in case we can't hunt for food regularly. however, the development of agriculture has made food production efficient and the industrial evolution has reduced brawny work but our body does not evolve fast enough to the change in our environment. so we are going against nature by rejecting fatty food , what an irony!!![/b]