Parallels: alt-meat is margarine

I’m a butter girl. I’d rather eat a slice of crusty bread dry than with a schmear of margarine.

But despite my personal distaste for the stuff, if I’m being honest, margarine gets a bad rap — it has been misunderstood and mistreated for decades.

In fact, margarine was the first plant-based food to take on Big Dairy in the United States.

Companies began producing and commercializing margarine in the United…