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To: Vendome

at one time margarine (oleo) was banned in wisc.


6 posted on 03/12/2017 1:11:10 PM PDT by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: stylin19a

Margarine ought to be banned - everywhere


20 posted on 03/12/2017 1:21:18 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (cHRISTIAN IS AS CHRISTIAN DOES)
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To: stylin19a
at one time margarine (oleo) was banned in wisc.

My recollection was that colored margarine was banned. You could still buy pale margarine that didn't look like butter, and you could even get packs of coloring that you'd have to mix it in yourself. Nobody in Wisconsin wanted that hassle, so we'd just smuggle in normal colored margarine from Illinois if we wanted some. Of course real butter did taste better than margarine; it was just much more expensive as a result of the protection from competition that the state government gave to dairy farmers.

22 posted on 03/12/2017 1:23:03 PM PDT by dpwiener
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To: stylin19a

My father tells tales where he, as a kid, had to fold color packets into margarine. At the time, it was illegal (Michigan) for margarine to be colored like butter.

Then I was a manager in a margarine factory. Seeing machines bind up because of “polymerized” margarine was enough for me. Never touched the stuff again.


53 posted on 03/12/2017 2:22:51 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: stylin19a

As it should be. Stuff is really bad for you.


81 posted on 03/12/2017 3:18:45 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Watching Obama tap dance.)
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To: stylin19a
at one time margarine (oleo) was banned in wisc.

There are still restrictions. The KFC in Wisconsin serve butter instead of "Better Spread" because of them.
105 posted on 03/12/2017 5:13:23 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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