On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:01:40 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
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> > On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 4:45:49 PM UTC-7, Nancy2 wrote:
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> >> Saving money is what I recall from the days when margarine came in bags
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> >> as a white product with a color
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> >> capsule that you broke by manipulating the product inside the package,
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> >> whole bag full yellow. This was in the 40's. My family was a farm
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> >> family and at that time, I don't
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> >> recall any conversations about butter=bad stuff.
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> >> N.
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> > Yeah, my MIL talked about that. I'm pretty sure it was because butter was
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> > rationed during the war so they had to make do with this Crisco-type
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> > spread and added color to make it more appetizing looking.
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> > Yikes, can you imagine spreading Crisco on your toast?
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> My MIL had a Crisco cookbook. She said they were going door to door giving
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> I have put coconut oil on toast. It's okay.


I collect old cookbooks, the ones that came with the product. I have one from Spry, which was a predecessor to Crisco, or maybe they were both out at the same time, not sure.

It is hysterical, they refer to men in the most demeaning manner, our little boys and stuff like that.
It is also historical, for they bake for the men in the Veterans Home, veterans of World War I.

Coconut oil is great for sautéing chicken.

Nellie