And on that farm he had a cow. A dairy cow. E-I-E-I-oowwwwwwwwwww! Ow? Yes ow. That cow has an inflammed stomache and udder and other wonderful things. It's true! I read it on the internet!
Ok, so how the heck can it all possibly be true if milk is allowed to be sold in grocery stores everywhere!? Well, look.. I don't know what's true and what's not. Conspiracy theorists all over claim it's Big Brother with a controlling interest in the Milk Industry that are looking the other way. Perhaps it's the Soda Giants (Pepsi, Coke) trying to tell you milk isn't healthy. Who knows. All I know for sure is that scientifically (based on my 89% passing grade in high school advanced chemistry and 92% in biology) that the argument to NOT consume cow dairy makes sense.
For example, I don't reaaaaally know that diving over 100 ft into the water will feel like concrete. I just know that based on past personal experience that jumping off of a 6 ft diving platform and doing a belly flop is a sure indicator that over 100 ft will POSSIBLY do a lot more than just hurt.
And then there are sites like THIS that provide enough "facts" that add up in my brain to the equation "Cow Milk = Bad".
That and I've developed my lactose intolerance as I've gotten older. So for me, giving up dairy products is like giving up polluted air to breath fresh mountain air. I just gotta get up the mountain.
One of the first ways I've been able to eliminate dairy products is by going with Earth Balance spreads. Now, for the anti-soy reasons (ie. everything in moderation, and given that soy is in almost everything now), I actually went with the Soy-Free Buttery Spread that, in truth, is almost a 100% swap out for butter, and most definitely a guaranteed detection-free-swap-out from margarine.
Let's face it. Some of us are better sommeliers than others, and I'm sure the most highly attuned tasted buds will notice; for me, melted on my veggies with a little black pepper, or even dragged across a great piece of toast, I was never able to notice ... in fact, I prefer this to butter. And at over four dollars a pound in Canada for butter, this product was in the same price range at just under five dollars for approximately a 1-lb tub.
Health wise, I leave it to you to compare to your preferred brands, but in comparison, this product is less fattening, salty and preferred to my typical dairy product used prior.
But ok. Yes, I'm still stumped as to how I am going to make my next buttercream iced wedding cake. Stay Tuned!
FatGuy
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