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Tartan 12-19-2013 10:19 AM

Remember when?
 
As I spread margarine on my cracker to go with my chicken soup today, I had a chuckle. Remember when you had to squeeze the little package of food colouring before adding it to margarine? My Granny used to give me this " special" job. I loved it and felt so important.

QuiltnNan 12-19-2013 10:44 AM

my mother swears that this was my job, but i don't remember it at all. i must've been very young

tessagin 12-19-2013 11:03 AM

I had margarine once in my life and that was enough when it left a coating that tasted of plastic. So gross. Nothing but butter for this family...My mother never purchased margarine either.

Prism99 12-19-2013 11:21 AM

I remember working that package for my mother!!! As an adult I have opted to use only real butter, though.

grannie cheechee 12-19-2013 01:47 PM

I remember the packaged margarine. You had to break the little button first. Gosh, I don't want to think about how many yrs. ago that was. They couldn't color it because the dairy companies didn't want people to think it was butter.

Jingle 12-19-2013 02:11 PM

No, I don't remember that, don't really recall hearing it until now.

Billi 12-19-2013 02:38 PM

While I have no memory of having to stir food coloring into margarine I do remember spreading on crackers to eat with my chicken noodle soup. I didn't know other people did that. Thanks for the sweet memory

quiltin-nannie 12-19-2013 03:43 PM

I'm in my 60's and I don't remember that. Only butter in my house now!

JudyTheSewer 12-19-2013 03:45 PM

I remember packets coming in the margarine packaging but I don't remember us using the coloring. I think we must have just used it white (but my memory often fails me). Did the packet have flavoring too or just the color? (My memory is from our "old" house so this was pre-1967).

nativetexan 12-19-2013 04:04 PM

I seem to remember white margarine. evidently Mother never squeezed anything. Funny, the first time I had real butter, I thought it terrible!!


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