CookyIN

Oh yes, I remember. That was a long time ago but seems just like yesterday.

lockesnest

Tessagin, that is the way I feel. Did you know that margarine is one molecule different from plastic? It was originally produce to fatten livestock, but they wouldn't eat it!

ziegamomma

I don't remember the packets of color, but my mother told me about them. Oleo margarine was introduced when she was a little girl and she thought " oleo margarine" was such a pretty sounding pair of words, she named her doll "oleo margarine".

mighty

I do not remember that, have heard my mom speak of it though.

Rose Marie

I am 74 and remember it. Also had an ice box not a refrigerator. The ice man delivered a block of ice for it.

Annie68

Yup, Tartan, I recall doing that, we must be of a similar age.

nativetexan

I'm not 70 yet but remember it.

P-BurgKay

I don't think so, I am 68, and I remember it vividly, from when I was between 3 & 5.

SueSew

I grew up in a butter family - my grandmother was a great baker and pastry cook. But now the doctor says everything is dairy is bad for us, I have two vegans and gluten-free in the younger generation of our family, and I am learning to cook with a tub of vegan butter, egg substitute powder and almond milk instead of butter, eggs, and cream. I am too old for this kind of change...HELP!

pal

Yup, I think that was around 1947. My brother and I stayed with a neighbor after school so that Mom could work. I guess we used the barter system. Mom washed and set and brushed out the neighbor's hair once a week, Skip emptied the ashes from the burner, Dad gave them whatever he could from his Butcher Shop, and Skip & I were in charge of breaking the "button" and magically turning the white stuff into "butter". Our treat was always the same thing, a piece of white bread
with oleo spread on it and lathered with mint jelly!!!!