'It’s a British problem!' James Martin furiously defends love of butter over health fears
express.co.ukJames Martin loves butter so much that he's even dedicated a recipe book to it. Despite claiming that "everywhere [else] in the world" outside of Britain is able to eat it in "moderation", he admits to being unable to resist his cravings for the tempting topping."It’s a British problem.
In the UK we have this natural obsession with stuff and I don’t know why. Everywhere in the world manages to eat butter in moderation."It’s a natural product and I’d rather eat that than whatever vegetable spread is.
Do you know what margarine is made from?"How do you make a product with so much stabiliser in it and other stuff that shouldn’t be in it?
I think I’d rather eat butter all day long, thank you very much."If we just learned to enjoy food in all forms that we produce right on our doorstep, then the UK and the world would be a much happier place," the James Martin's Saturday Morning star insisted.In fact, he is so renowned for his love of the extra-creamy sweet treat that fans have even thrown packs of butter at him teasingly during live demos.The good-natured TV star has said he "can cope" and dismissed it as being "all in good fun".The ex-Saturday Kitchen star has fond childhood memories of eating his grandmother's home cooking as a child and enjoying the taste sensations of food doused in butter."The bread for a bacon sandwich that my nan made was buttered so much, it used to go through the other side of it," he confided.A post shared by James Martin (@jamesmartinchef)"There’s nothing better than that first bite of a nice bread with a bit of butter.
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