Dog3 wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in
> :
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>>"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
>
>
> I've never heard of it either. Now I'm curious about it. Of course this
> person did not know what oleo was until someone in this group patiently
> explained what it was.
>
> Michael
>


Oleo[margarine] it to butter as mellorine is to ice cream. It is a very
apt comparison. I have no idea why I started thinking about it this
morning, but now I'm gonna have to look for the stuff just to see if it
is still sold.

Bob