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Making low fat spread more cheaply.

This is not my tip - infact it comes from a well know cheapskate book but I just noticed it and thought it may be useful for someone wanting to reduce their food bill further.

Buy ordinary margerine and to a 1lb amount beat in approx 1/3 cup of skim milk (it says use an electric mixer) and you double your quantity, it remains spreadable and still tastes the same. She says to add the milk slowly.

Less calories and double for your money - can't be bad!

If this needs to be moved to a tip thread, please go ahead.
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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    Do you think that would work with butter ?- can't abide marge but like the idea of hm spread.
  • larmy16
    larmy16 Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    Thrift lady, I suppose you could always try it with the supermarket own cheapest economy brand - I dont see why not, as with Anchor lite and other products I am sure this is all they do.

    You could use it for cooking just to use it up?
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  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    thriftlady, I have a vague recollection of a similar wartime recipe my Granny had written in the back of an old cookbook. it was intended to make the butter ration go further, so it might well be worth a try :)
  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    thriftlady wrote:
    Do you think that would work with butter ?- can't abide marge but like the idea of hm spread.

    Yes, you can make your own "spreadable butter" (I have an aversion to certain margs because they are very unhealthy!)

    We had a thread on this back at the beginning of the year (Original Thread: Spreadable Butter just in case you wish to read the other ideas there too. )
    Queenie wrote:
    .... the ratio is

    8oz butter:4 Tbsps hot water (or boiling milk).
    2oz butter: 1 Tbsp liquid (might be easier to remember it that way)

    Beat the butter first, then gradually beat in the liquid (milk, or water, or a mix of both).
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  • bektoria
    bektoria Posts: 120 Forumite
    larmy16 wrote:
    This is not my tip - infact it comes from a well know cheapskate book but I just noticed it and thought it may be useful for someone wanting to reduce their food bill further.

    Hi

    I was interested in the title of the book ?

    Thanks,
    Bek]
  • larmy16
    larmy16 Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    bektoria wrote:
    larmy16 wrote:
    This is not my tip - infact it comes from a well know cheapskate book but I just noticed it and thought it may be useful for someone wanting to reduce their food bill further.

    Hi

    I was interested in the title of the book ?

    Thanks,
    Bek]

    Hi Bek

    It is from the Tightwad Gazette - the money saving bible!:)
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  • bektoria
    bektoria Posts: 120 Forumite
    Thanks Larmy16 for letting me know. I have just got The Complete Tightwad Gazette from Amazon, but I have not got to this tip yet !!! :D

    Thanks,
    Bek
  • tawnyowls
    tawnyowls Posts: 1,784 Forumite
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    TBH, I'd just rather use butter, but less of it - the stuff marg is made out of is just not nice; the trans fats that are created are much more dangerous than the mono-unsaturated fat in butter. If anyone does want spreadable butter that is just whipped butter with nothing else added, Kerrygold do it - need to make sure it's not left out to melt, though, otherwise it stops being spreadable.
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