Month: July 2016

• A bit about butterine

  

  It seems Australians have been getting steamed up about butter substitutes for more than 100 years. Margarine (sometimes called oleomargarine or oleo) was invented in France around 1870. I always assumed it didn’t take hold in Australia until the 1940s, when butter became scarce under wartime rationing. In fact Melbourne was home to a ‘butterine’ factory in Yarraville in 1885, pretty much under where […]

  LindyC

  July 19, 2016

  Products

  fats, food products, manufacturing

• The sincerest form of flattery

  

  Are ‘mock’ foods poor imitations or making the best of what you have? We’re pretty familiar with the idea of replicating a favourite food using other ingredients. Catering for common dietary restrictions and food intolerances have introduced us to vegan hotdogs, fakon, soy milk, and egg substitutes. Just because we can’t eat a food doesn’t mean we don’t […]

  LindyC

  July 12, 2016

  Would you eat it?

  eggs, meat, mock food