"zxcvbob" > wrote
> When I was a kid, mellorine* was always in square (actually rectangular)
> cartons, and I think ice cream came in round cartons. I don't remember
> the ice cream all that much because we couldn't afford it very often so we
> usually had mellorine instead.
>
> I haven't noticed anything labeled "mellorine" in at least 30 years. Ice
> cream in square cartons is still usually much cheaper than ice cream sold
> in round cartons; I wonder if that's a holdover from the mellorine days?

> *Mellorine is a frozen dessert that resembles ice cream, but contains
> vegetable oil or animal fat instead of much of the butterfat. Imagine
> "ice milk" fortified with shortening.

I have never heard of such a thing, but you suddenly reminded me of
my elderly Irish aunt, she would buy these squarish boxes of
Napolitan? ice cream ... chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. Thanks
for the memory.

nancy