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?
>
> Best regards,
> Bob
>
> *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.

Most soft-serve frozen custard products (Carvel, Dairy Queen, etc.)
used to be made of mellorine... perhaps still.

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Sheldon