BTW, Smart Balance makes Earth Balance. I’ve used both and the difference is indecipherable. One thing to note: the Smart Balance Light in the LARGE tub is DAIRY, while the small tubs are pareve. However, IIRC, ALL Earth Balance tubs are pareve.

I used to use the unsalted Fleischmann’s for baking. It worked really well. However in Seattle it’s completely unavailable. Any other suggestions since I’m not an Earth Balance fan?

Smart balance light in the large tubs is pareve now - check the labels. It used to be dairy.

Eve,

For Pesach use, how about coconut oil and/or Spectrum’s palm oil shortening? Those would do for solid fats for baking. And at meat meals you could dip your bread in olive oil or schmaltz instead of spreading stuff on it. Passover mayo could also be a reasonable spread.

Caveat: while the Spectrum products are certified kosher, I doubt that they have a Passover-specific hecksher, even though they contain no kitnyiot.

Coconut oil, palm oil, and schmaltz are all saturated fats, which are nearly as unhealthy as trans fats (such as hydrogenated vegetable oil). There is some debate over coconut and palm oils because the molecule chains are shorter than those of animal fats, but if I were you, Eve, I’d probably check with my doc before using them.

For cooking and baking, you can almost always substitute liquid oil for solid fats, although the texture of baked goods will be a little bit different. (Of course, on Passover you’re using all kinds of weird flours, so the texture will be different anyway.) The standard ratio is 2/3 cup of oil per cup of butter or margarine called for in a recipe. The most healthful oils widely available for Passover are safflower and olive.

For spreading on matzah, how about cottage cheese or jam instead of margarine?

HI i would like to know, since i can’t use the above margarines and i am interested in making the “Apple Pie with Meringue Topping (Parve)” on about.com. I was wondering if i could substitute the Brown and Brummel Margarine instead of the parve? Brown and Brummel is made with yogurt though. I can’t use fleishmans, nor the smart balance. thanks.

Where can I find Pareve Kosher for Passover stick margarine. I need both salted and unsalted. Mother’s Margarine is no where to be found! Is there something else that will work for baking?

Please rush your answer.

Mother’s margarine (stick) is not going to be available for passover this year

I would be concerned that you’re getting sold old merchandise. I heard directly from a kosher buyer at a major grocery store that Mother’s did not produce stick margarine for Passover this year.

I have heard the same regarding Mother’s KFP stick margarine and am looking in to have some KFP stick margarine shipped from Brooklyn to South Florida. Does anyone know of any distributers in South Florida who carry Haolom margarine which is also KFP?

The place in Brooklyn that I contacted was israelsuper.com. I am just a little concerned because they said they had both Mother’s and Haolom and when I indicated that Mother’s supposedly was not available this year he said he had it. Please post if you check it out and have positive results. Everything I cook and bake needs stick margarine.

I was shopping out in Monsey yesterday - only one brand was available in stick form, Haolam I think, and it was ridiculously priced - $4/pound

I’m going to stick with more sponge cakes and meringues -

Hi, just heard from someone that they found Mother’s stick margarine in a little produce store in Monsey, NY off of Rte. 59. Good luck on everyones search for stick margarine.