On 6/17/2014 7:45 PM, 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.
>
> N.
>

We always used margarine when I was a kid, except on the holidays. Mom
and Dad both grew up on farms in Iowa during the depression, and they
bought margarine to save money. I recall that they called it "oley",
short for "oleomargarine"; I think my dad still does on occasion. Of
course, he still refers to the refrigerator as "the icebox", but that's
another issue...