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> 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.
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> 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.

I made whipped butter when I was a kid. Just add milk to it and whip with
your mixer.