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Felice Friese
 
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Default The Oleo Wars


"MOM PEAGRAM" > wrote in message
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> " rosie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > oh wow.....................what a stroll down memory lane that post
> > was!
> > i was born and raised in milwaukee, and was raised on OLEO that was
> > "smuggled" across state lines from illinois!
> > ( i remember taking my turn, squeezing the yellow dye center and
> > mixing it up with the WHITE oleo in the sealed bag)
> >

>
> I remember those bags with the little dark orange button you had to break
> first!


And I remember my kid brother in the wartime years, substituting blue food
coloring for the orange dye button. We ended up with blue margarine and no
one could cook with it, let alone spread it on bread. Food should not be
blue!

Felice