On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 4:45:49 PM UTC-7, Nancy2 wrote:
> Saving money is what I recall from the days when margarine came in bags as a white product with a color
> capsule that you broke by manipulating the product inside the package, and eventually colored the
> whole bag full yellow. This was in the 40's. My family was a farm family and at that time, I don't
> recall any conversations about butter=bad stuff.

They did that in Wisconsin up till the 60s, while margarine was already
yellow sticks in Illinois.

I think "Shedd's Spread" did a lot to keep margarine popular -- it was
easier to spread on toast than a cold stick of butter.