Ed Vance wrote to All <=-
I cut a slice of Margarine off the other day and noticed it wasn't
all colored Yellow.
Only the outside of the bar was Yellow, inside it was white.
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it look more like the color of Butter.
There is another Brand of Margarine in the freezer and I'm wondering if all of the Margarine Brands color only the outside of the Sticks in the Margarine package?
I'll find out when I start using that other Brand if it also is colored
on the outside of the Margarine Bars.
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's
pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it
look more like the color of Butter.
That was a work-around as the dairy industry, running scared, managed to lobby enough politicians to deny the selling of coloured margarine. But nothing prohibited the selling of a dye packet simultaneously. That was better than having it dyed pink - as was required in some jurisdictions.
In New Zealand Margarine could not be sold to the public from 1908 until 1974. To get it before 1974, you needed a doctor's prescription (!!!!).
When the ban was ended, the dairy industry asked for another concession
-- that Margarine manufacturers be forced to colour it blue.
In Quebec you couldn't even get coloured margarine until 2008. The
province's cabinet agreed in late June 2008 that the time was right to
change a 21-year-old law that forced margarine producers to colour their product white if they wanted to sell their wares in Quebec.
There is another Brand of Margarine in the freezer and I'm wondering if
all of the Margarine Brands color only the outside of the Sticks in the
Margarine package?
I'll find out when I start using that other Brand if it also is colored
on the outside of the Margarine Bars.
Why not buy butter. It's natural (not Frankenfood) and probably more
healthy. The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
On 11-20-18 13:24, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Ed Vance about Margarine <=-
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it look more like the color of Butter.
Janis Kracht wrote to Dave Drum <=-
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's
pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it
look more like the color of Butter.
That was a work-around as the dairy industry, running scared, managed to lobby enough politicians to deny the selling of coloured margarine. But nothing prohibited the selling of a dye packet simultaneously. That was better than having it dyed pink - as was required in some jurisdictions.
I can't remember when I used margerine last, but pink would have made
me ill I'm sure :)
In New Zealand Margarine could not be sold to the public from 1908
until 1974. To get it before 1974, you needed a doctor's prescription (!!!!).
That is kind of insane, but I guess they were just plain serious about protecting their dairy farmers.
When the ban was ended, the dairy industry asked for another concession
-- that Margarine manufacturers be forced to colour it blue.
In Quebec you couldn't even get coloured margarine until 2008. The province's cabinet agreed in late June 2008 that the time was right to change a 21-year-old law that forced margarine producers to colour their product white if they wanted to sell their wares in Quebec.
I had no idea about this, it's incredible.
There is another Brand of Margarine in the freezer and I'm wondering if
all of the Margarine Brands color only the outside of the Sticks in the
Margarine package?
I'll find out when I start using that other Brand if it also is colored
on the outside of the Margarine Bars.
Why not buy butter. It's natural (not Frankenfood) and probably more healthy. The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
Yes, have to agree... though the only thing I do not always use butter
for is greasing cake pans... for that, I grab a small amount of Crisco
I keep in the cuboard, or say for bread, I use extra-virgin olive oil.
I made an angel food cake tonight, it's Ron's birthday... he was happy
:)
I can't remember when I used margerine last, but pink would have made
me ill I'm sure :)
I eat out a lot - and I know that the "buttery spread" ain't really
butter.
In New Zealand Margarine could not be sold to the public from 1908
until 1974. To get it before 1974, you needed a doctor's prescription
(!!!!).
That is kind of insane, but I guess they were just plain serious about
protecting their dairy farmers.
The dairy lobby is huge and well-funded (a lot of it from gummint sources like subsidies).
Why not buy butter. It's natural (not Frankenfood) and probably more
healthy. The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
Yes, have to agree... though the only thing I do not always use butter
for is greasing cake pans... for that, I grab a small amount of Crisco
I keep in the cuboard, or say for bread, I use extra-virgin olive oil.
I keep butter-flavour Crisco for my popcorn popper. For greasing pans I'm more likely to use lard.
my Bro's for the annual Turkey Day pig-out. Drunken
Janis Kracht wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I can't remember when I used margerine last, but pink would have made
me ill I'm sure :)
I eat out a lot - and I know that the "buttery spread" ain't really
butter.
Yeah I forgot about that "buttery spread" you see at places like KFC,
et. al. :) Usually when Ron and I have to go to Binghamton to our GP
(OMG it's like 45min. away ... I guess were old and would rather stay
put haha). We'll grab something for dinner since there are only
certain hours we can do such things, end of the day, etc. and dealing
with the whole dr. visit thing, getting ready, getting out the door, coming back ... and it's dinnertime is big drag :) So we'll pick up
some KFC. And they throw in those rolls. And that "buttery spread" stuff... so inadverntantly I guess I _do_ buy margerine ...but I don't remember the last time I ate one of those rolls, nevermind that uh
stuff on it. :)
In New Zealand Margarine could not be sold to the public from 1908
until 1974. To get it before 1974, you needed a doctor's prescription
(!!!!).
That is kind of insane, but I guess they were just plain serious about
protecting their dairy farmers.
The dairy lobby is huge and well-funded (a lot of it from gummint sources like subsidies).
Oh yeah...
Why not buy butter. It's natural (not Frankenfood) and probably more
healthy. The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and
there is meat involved.
Yes, have to agree... though the only thing I do not always use butter
for is greasing cake pans... for that, I grab a small amount of Crisco
I keep in the cuboard, or say for bread, I use extra-virgin olive oil.
I keep butter-flavour Crisco for my popcorn popper. For greasing pans I'm more likely to use lard.
I've never tried butter-flavor Criso.. To make popcorn, we have this
red plastic thing for the microwave.. you fill the little cup inside
with kernals, then it's just 2 minutes in the microwave:
https://tinyurl.com/y8pg653s
my Bro's for the annual Turkey Day pig-out. Drunken
My daughter and her 3 sons and boyfriend came today.. and they brought their new, 10month old puppy, Isabella (Izzy for short). She is so
lovey and cute :) She's white with some sparse black markings,
definitely pit bull ears, but more of a short (very) lab body.. just
like Sophie, one of my dogs.. a true mutt, just like my two haha...
It was a trip. My girl here Sophie met Izzy nose to nose at one point, checked her butt and then wasn't worried a bit after that.. Indie, the male, remained "on guard" but friendly thoughout dinner <g>
I definitely cooked too much. We started with homemade Ravioli and Marinara sauce (about 4-5 each) and spinach/beet green salad (beet
greens from my aerogarden). Then we ate turkey, gravy, stuffing, sweetpotatoes with marshmellows (I can't resist LOL), spaghetti squash with butter and salt, mashed white potatoes and greenbean casserole.
For dessert we had too many cakes and pies Lol..
Was a great Thanksgiving dinner.. :)
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Ed Vance wrote to All <=-
I cut a slice of Margarine off the other day and noticed it wasn't
all colored Yellow.
Only the outside of the bar was Yellow, inside it was white.
Some margarines (especially the (ahem) *budget* brands) will get a
deeper yellow on the outside for the quarter-pound bar and be a very
pale, almost white in the centre. Flavour remains the same as the
colour is provided by carotene or annato dyes.
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the-Snip-
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it look more like the color of Butter.
That was a work-around as the dairy industry, running scared, managed
to lobby enough politicians to deny the selling of coloured margarine.
But nothing prohibited the selling of a dye packet simultaneously. That was better than having it dyed pink - as was required in some jurisdictions.
There is another Brand of Margarine in the freezer and I'm wondering if all of the Margarine Brands color only the outside of the Sticks in the Margarine package?
I'll find out when I start using that other Brand if it also is colored
on the outside of the Margarine Bars.
Why not buy butter. It's natural (not Frankenfood) and probably more healthy. The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
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On 11-20-18 13:24, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Ed Vance about Margarine <=-
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it look more like the color of Butter.
I remember that in the early 1950's as well. Even though my
grandmother in Georgia has a cow and churned her own butter, there was
at least occasional margaring in the house.
Between 1963 and 1967 we lived in Madison Wisconsin. At that time it
was illegal to sell colored margarine in the stores. Consequently as
you drove south to the Wisconsin / Illinois border, as soon as you
crossed over the line you saw a *LOT* of stands selling brand names of colored margarine. Imperial, Blue Bonnet, etc.
Ed Vance wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I cut a slice of Margarine off the other day and noticed it wasn't
all colored Yellow.
Only the outside of the bar was Yellow, inside it was white.
Some margarines (especially the (ahem) *budget* brands) will get a
deeper yellow on the outside for the quarter-pound bar and be a very
pale, almost white in the centre. Flavour remains the same as the
colour is provided by carotene or annato dyes.
I'm sure the flavor would be the same all through the bar, it just surprised Me that the Maker didn't color all of the contents.
As Gomer Pyle would say: "SURPRISE!, SURPRISE!".
That reminded me of seeing my Dad in the late 1940's or early 1950's pulling a plastic bag out of the Margarine package and squeezing the
bag until the Orange spot in it, colored all of the contents to make it look more like the color of Butter.
That was a work-around as the dairy industry, running scared, managed
to lobby enough politicians to deny the selling of coloured margarine.
But nothing prohibited the selling of a dye packet simultaneously. That was better than having it dyed pink - as was required in some jurisdictions.
-Snip-
In reading Your post it makes me want to look up Margarine on
Wikipedia, to see what other interesting things I can find out about Margarine. Thanks.
There is another Brand of Margarine in the freezer and I'm wondering if all of the Margarine Brands color only the outside of the Sticks in the Margarine package?
I'll find out when I start using that other Brand if it also is colored
on the outside of the Margarine Bars.
Why not buy butter. It's natural (not Frankenfood) and probably more healthy. The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
Somewhere in the back of My mind is the thought that Margarine is
better to use than Butter.
Maybe I'm confusing Butter with some references about Lard not being
good for the body???
A friend where I worked told Me Chicken isn't any good unless it is
cooked in Lard.
Quoting Janis Kracht to Dave Drum <=-
that "buttery spread" you see at places like KFC, et. al. :)
The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
that "buttery spread" you see at places like KFC, et. al. :)
They don't do that in Canada. Our laws require eating places which
serve margarine must display in large letters, "We use margarine
here." Similarly coffee cream must be real cream not Coffee-Mate unless boldly labelled otherwise.
The only time I use oleo is when I am cooking Kosher and there
is meat involved.
Many brands of margarine have a little bit of skim milk powder in
their formula.
The first of a small batch of camping recipes from local
restaurateurs:
MMMMM-----Meal-Master - formatted by MMCONV 2.10
Title: Campfire Australian Sweet Damper
Categories: Australian, Quickbreads
Servings: 8
4 c self raising flour [400g]
1 TB ground cinnamon
1 TB brown sugar
1 ts salt
75 g dried cherries
75 g raisins
2 TB butter
200 ml Milk
1 egg
Add all the dry ingredients together in a bowl and mix. In a
Quoting Ed Vance to Dave Drum <=-
Somewhere in the back of My mind is the thought that Margarine is
better to use than Butter.
Maybe I'm confusing Butter with some references about Lard not being
good for the body???
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