Margarine
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Search complete. 14 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Margarine".
Sep 21, 2026
Greg PliskaHOST
It's I can't believe it's not 99% butter.
Roman MarsGUEST
[laughs] Roman Margarine.
Greg PliskaHOST
Roman Margarine will be hosting that show.
Greg PliskaHOST
Yes, very good.
A.J. JacobsHOST
Now, Roman, have you ever done margarine as a 90-
EnnyHOST
It does say margarine on it, but we just look at it like, oh, all of this is butter.
ElsyHOST
No.
ElsyHOST
Who is you eating? That one, I know it's margarino.
ElsyHOST
I can't use that one to eat bread.
EnnyHOST
I'm not going to lie to you.
ElsyHOST
That's what I'm saying.
ElsyHOST
I know
EnnyHOST
it's for cooking and baking, but when I want to talk about it, I will not say margarino.
DaveHOST
People would smuggle margarine across state lines, and at restaurants, if you were caught serving any sort of butter substitute, you could get in huge, huge trouble.
DaveHOST
Is that why they had something called
DarrenHOST
Oleo? That was a wartime thing, I believe.
DarrenHOST
I think that was more about...
DarrenHOST
But I was just wondering if they were...
DarrenHOST
No, I don't think...
DarrenHOST
How different is Oleo than margarine? Or is it the same thing with just a different name?
DaveHOST
No, I feel like Oleo is its own thing, right? Yeah.
Michael HamflettHOST
As Yorkshire Oink.
Michael HamflettHOST
Rage Against the Margarine.
Michael SidgwickHOST
[laughs]
Michael HamflettHOST
From Mr.
Michael SidgwickHOST
Mortarbread, yeah
Michael HamflettHOST
... from Shinsuke of Corby Morris.
Michael SidgwickHOST
You know, of course, why they're Rage Against the Margarine, don't you? Butter in your head.
Michael HamflettHOST
That's it.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Odds are you probably have a stick or a tub of it sitting in your fridge right now.
Simon WhistlerHOST
But do you have any idea how margarine became a staple in most kitchens? It turns out margarine has a long and controversial international history, and can even boast the involvement of Emperor Napoleon III in its invention.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Margarine derives its name from a discovery in a chemist's lab in France in 1813.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Scientist Michel Eugène Chevreul uncovered a new fatty acid that he decided to call acide margarique.
Simon WhistlerHOST
His discovery consisted of shiny pearl-like droplets, so margariques seemed like an apt name, as it is the Greek word for pearly.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Butter don't stand any show.
Simon WhistlerHOST
There ain't any chance for competition." This particular businessman didn't take into account dirty politics.
Simon WhistlerHOST
After buttering up various politicians, the dairy industry convinced them to pass the Margarine Act of 1886, which put a two cent tax, about 50 cents today, on every pound of margarine sold.
SophiePANELIST
I am playing Countess, also she, her.
SophiePANELIST
Yeah, unfortunately, she is still a Countess, you know, all the time still, but she is working on her promotion to Margarine, so hopefully she will get there soon.
JessHOST
I have been immediately filled with so many intrusive Homer Simpson thoughts.
JessHOST
And just shouting out, you know,