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Article: You can't lick butter for taste; Forget margarine, butter will never be bettered.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 25, 2004
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Byline: TOM PARKER BOWLES
Butter is one of my favourite words, with its soft, pliant vowels and rich, fertile associations.Words like 'sweet', 'fresh' and 'creamy' just beg to be paired with this delectable noun.
In stark contrast is 'margarine', a word that tries hard to be exotic - it comes from the Greek margaron, meaning 'pearl' - but fails miserably. It's a drab and mundane excuse for a word, not unlike the product itself. When it comes to spreadable fats, butter will never be bettered.
No one is entirely certain how butter was 'invented', but many believe that nomadic travellers might have carried whole milk in animal skins on long and ...