Ghee, oil, oleo, shortening are the other words which could replace the word butter or margarine.
Butter
Margarine is shortening and can be used in place of butter or other shortenings in baking, though the flavour won't be the same. In many recipes some feel the best results in texture and flavour are obtained by using butter or half-and-half butter and lard.
Nordic Creamery sells butter. It is located in Westby, Wisconsin. Butter is made in Wisconsin but far more milk is sold as milk and cheese. Wisconsin has laws about butter made from countries other than America.Wisconsin had laws that only butter could be served in restaurants and that it was a crime to dye margarine yellow. The margarine ban was not removed until 1967.http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/13/the-butter-wars-when-margarine-was-pink/http://www.wisconsinlife.org/story/state-ban-oleo-margarine-led-smuggling
Margarine is made of hydrogenated oils, butter is made of milk, the melting point of them are different. Butter has a high cholesterol level while light margarine has a low level. Margarine has a yellowish color, while butter has a deep yellow color. Margarine is much more recent than butter.
Butter.A further response:Since margarine was developed as an inexpensive substitute for butter, butter is also a good substitute for margarine. Depending on exactly what recipe you are making, other possible substitutes might be lard or chicken fat (schmaltz), or a neutral tasting vegetable oil such as canola oil. Each type of fat will produce a slightly different baked product.
Vegetable oil and butter are two types of shortening. All fats and oils are shortening, and can be substituted for each other, but this will affect the flavour and texture of the food, as some shortenings have stronger and different flavours, and also have different melting points.
I can't believe it's not butter is good, or any other of those kinds of brands. Country crock, or any brand of margarine.
No, there is no flour in butter. Butter is made by churning or beating heavy cream until it solidifies. Margarine will have other ingredients in it, but none of those ingredients are flour, either.
Pastries are typically made with butter because it makes them quite flaky and they brown well. ALso, since the other ingredients in most types of pastry are just flour and salt (and maybe yeast), butter has a lot to do with the flavour. Margarine based pastry will taste different and may not be quite as flaky. Good quality bakeries probably only use butter, while a lot of commercial products are made with margarine or other fats/oils. Read the lable to find out.
Butter has a richer flavor and milk solids, it is also much harder at room temperature than margarine. Though you can find hard margarine almost as firm in texture as butter, it will contain unhealthy hydrogenated oils. While soft margarine is usually the healthiest option, it is much softer and lacks the flavor of butter. The taste of butter is distinct and necessary to some specialty bakes goods such as shortbread, brioche and croissants, and pastries that use 'Pate Brisee' as a base. The substitution of margarine in these be noticeable and the result unsatisfactory. For your average batch of cupcakes, bread, cookies, muffins substituting margarine will not be a noticeable, as many other flavors are present. Note that a soft margarine replacing butter can thin cookies, icing, cake much more than butter, this will effect the appearance of your baking.
Macaroni,Meatballs, Mayonnaise, Margarine(butter), Molasses,Many other foods
Substitutes are goods or services that can replace each other, meaning that an increase in the price of one can lead to an increase in demand for the other. For example, butter and margarine are substitutes; if the price of butter rises, people may buy more margarine instead. Complements, on the other hand, are goods that are often used together, so an increase in the price of one can decrease the demand for the other. An example of complements is coffee and sugar; if the price of coffee rises significantly, the demand for sugar may drop as fewer people buy coffee.