Thats another thing I have noticed about American recipes you tend to use oil rather than butter or margarine
American recipes you tend to use oil rather than butter or margarine
That change was introduced by our big agribusinesses, in the 1950's and later, if I recall correctly. Prior to then, butter ruled. But plant based oils are cheaper, and once hydrogenated, have a longer shelf life (the damn oils have already been killed, in my view, so can't die any further on the shelf ;).