Thread: The generational battle of butter vs. margarine
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Default The generational battle of butter vs. margarine
On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:44:41 -0700 (PDT),
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>They did that in Wisconsin up till the 60s, while margarine was already
>yellow sticks in Illinois.
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I recall that not 'bringing margarine over the border' of
Illinois/Wisconsin was intended to protect the Wisconsin butter
industry. We had a couple of smuggled bags of the stuff once. It
looked like Crisco until you broke the internal orange blister and
smushed it around. At that time the bags of margarine were a lot
cheaper than butter. You c ould buy the stuff at gas stations just
across the state line.
Janet US
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