Making a white sauce without butter

I've made it with OO before. It wasn't the same, but it do-able.

Can you put milk or olive oil in your mash instead?

noooooooo - mash needs butter to be edible,

Try googling fat free white sauce - there are various options I think.

Margarine is perfectly fine, since we've started our "trying to eat healthier" regime, I've only ever made white sauce with Flora Light and *shock horror* skimmed milk and so far no complaints!

You could use margarine btw

Nooooooo, Hazel, do you want me to me blackballed from the Irish community altogether? Especially on St Patrick's Day ?

I don't use butter anyway...just make it with cornflour mixed into paste with a bit of the milk, then added slowly to just simmering milk and stirred well

Fatless White Sauce - courtesy of Delia

10fl oz/275ml milk - this can be infused but must be cold
¾oz/20g sauce/plain flour
salt and freshly milled black pepper

Place the milk in a small saucepan, then simply add the sauce flour and, over a medium heat, bring everything gradually up to simmering point, whisking vigorously and continuously with a balloon whisk until the sauce has thickened to a smooth, rich creaminess. Then add seasoning and allow it to cook very gently for 5 minutes on the lowest possible heat.

I always make white sauce this way TBH.

Marg'll do fine.

I'd use margarine for the WS.

Brilliant, thank you all! ?

Are you doing a ham or something hole? I'm intrigued by white sauce and mash.

Yip, boiled bacon, cabbage and mash with scallions. Yum yum yummity yum!

Mmm, mum did bacon on saturday with baked beans and mash, twas lovely

That sounds gooood! I'm at football so can either grab a rubbish sandwich from Sainsbury's, a curry from Wasabi (but I can't eat that on the tube, can I?) or a minging burger/hotdog from the ground.

Get a throwaway fork and eat the curry on the tube, if anyone gives you a funny look kick them.

Next time you come down I'll make this for you.

I can't allow myself to eat it on tube. Would likely throw it over fellow passenger if they did the same. I'll go to sainsburys and get a rubbish sandwich and some sweets to share with my old man. ?

I'm free whenever you are .... ?