[SOC] Butter vs Margarine

[Todd Butler]

Nick quoted and wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian C. Purdie" <ianpurdie@integritynet.com.au>
>
>>Margarine is but one molecule from being PLASTIC...
>>
>>Back a few decades ago in Minnesota, one could not buy colored
>>margarine (oleomargarine, or just 'oleo') in any form except
>>one-pound blocks. A dairy state, with lots of butter to sell,
>>Minnesota allowed those white one-pound blocks to be sold with a dye
>>packet, so if you wanted something yellow to spread on your bread,
>>you had to mix the dye into that block of oleo. It usually came out
>>streaky, with dark orange splotches throughout the white mess. The
>>corn state of Iowa had all the colored margarine you could want,  in
>>1/4-pound sticks even! It cost about 10 cents a pound in the late
>>50's, when butter was about 60 cents a pound. I remember my mom
>>bringing some of this yellow oleo back to Minnesota after visiting
>>relatives in Iowa. She was always worried the butter police would
>>stop her at the border and confiscate her oleo.
>>
Well, can any of you (older) "butter farts" recall why oleomargerine was 
created, and what it was initially utilized for in the world?

Todd     N0NCL    SOC  # 533
Urbandale, Iowa


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