"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> LOL, no. We aren't making it up. It's a simple thing that at least in
> southern USA is pretty common on the shelves. If it helps, the term
> 'butter' in the title has more to do with how it spreads. Think
> Vegemite and Nutella as the properties being close to how it spreads.

I remember an episode of The Waltons. They sat down to breakfast and the
kids were sad because there was no butter. There was no butter because they
had to sell the cow. Then one of the adults (forget which one) announced
that they still had grandma's apple butter! I think in the old days they
came up with ways to preserve all that they could so as not to waste the
food.

Chow chow used to be a common thing too. And watermelon pickles. You can
still get these things or even make them but they're not common like they
used to be.

My dad said his grandma always had pickles on the table. Why? They always
had tons of them. Might not always be cucumbers but there was always a jar
of pickled something or other. If the meal didn't contain enough food to
fill you up, you then ate some pickles.