I know my when my mother was young, the margarine was white and they stirred in the yellow dye themselves.
My mom remembers it came in a bag with a capsule and you'd break the capsule and knead the color into the margarine.
Which is really funny when you consider that she grew up on a farm that raised DAIRY COWS.
Thanks for the restaurant reccs. I just eat out so infrequently, it is as if I'm blind to their existance. Sort of like when msbelle asked me where the nearest Starbucks was in my hood and I had no freaking clue. And there are at least 3, maybe 4 within 2 miles. I just never registered them before.
Did anyone else grow up calling margarine "oleo", or is it jus t me?
My mom called it Oleo. That's a WWII phrase, I think.
sara, heads up - I'll want to know where there's a Dunkin Donuts AND a Baskin Robbins. Good thing you've got the BK all scoped out.
My boss is leaving early. WHEE! And then out the next 3 days.
You know-- being raised by grandparents who were born in the 1910's really makes me sound old! I also said "ashcans" for metal trash cans, "davenport" for sofa, and "dungarees" for jeans.
You know-- being raised by grandparents who were born in the 1910's really makes me sound old! I also said "ashcans" for metal trash cans, "davenport" for sofa, and "dungarees" for jeans.
It makes you sound like Mr. Burns.
Good thing you've got the BK all scoped out.
Actually, I don't know if the one nearest me will be open yet. They tore it down and are putting in a new one.
DD right up the road. And there is one of those DD/BR co-stores not much furhter (I only noticed that because so WEIRD.)
I think Oleo was a brand name that wound up like Xerox or Band Aids or Saltines.
My mom remembers it came in a bag with a capsule and you'd break the capsule and knead the color into the margarine.
This was true in most dairy states. It was illegal to sell yellow margarine, on the grounds that people might get confused and think it was butter. To protect the dairy industry, the yellow and the margarine had to be in separate packages.
tore it down
!!!?!?!?!?!
so WEIRD
you misspelled "awesome and proof that things are sometimes right in the world."
When I hear "oleo" my first reaction is to think of shock absorbers for aircraft.