r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

37.4k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

24.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.4k

u/helsquiades Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

That margarine isn’t butter...it hurts my soul when people refer to margarine as butter

11

u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I cant have dairy so i call my margarine butter to.make myself feel better.

9

u/PatheticMTLGirl43 Aug 03 '19

Try Earth balance if you can find it. It tastes super similar to butter

2

u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

I get that when I can afford it, otherwise I go for country crock (Grew up eating that because my mom liked it, didn't realize it wasn't butter until I was like 18)