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Default A survey?

James Silverton wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> I saw a recipe in r.f.recipes that called for oleo or butter. Am I
> correct in saying that oleo means margerine? Perhaps ChattyCathy might
> think it worthy of a survey.


Apparently, oleo is margarine, but as far as I know is a term used only
in the US. I have only heard one person actually use the word, and he
owned a bar in Buffalo and said that he used Franks hot sauce and oleo
for the Buffalo wings served in his bar.