It was always the job for the KID to squeeze those blessed bags to break the color button and then try to get it all mixed into the margarine uniformly..... Thank Heaven, when they finally legalized coloring the stuff!!! -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Craig Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:31 PM To: kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com; can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. At our house, we used the bacon grease for cooking and I think my dad made lye soap out of it also. I also remember the first oleo I saw. It was white in color and came in a plastic bag. There was a little button of food coloring in the middle and me and my brother fought over who would mix the stuff. That was fun, but it was the most awful stuff I had ever eaten. It felt as if there was sand in it. That oleo made me vow to never buy anything but butter once I grew up. and I never did. I was born during the second world war (1943) and we lived on a farm, so I do not remember rationing, but my parents were frugal, as they had also come through the depression with the 3 kids older than me. Marilyn Craig On Jul 11, 2009, at 1:39 AM, D.C. wrote: > My dad used to tell us about a sign in the window of a store. The > sign > said, "Ladies, Bring your fat cans in here." He laughed every time. > > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of Judy Bingham > I remember the grease in the coffee cans. > > From: Elsie Pykonen <elpyk@ncats.net> > Also remember we saved and strained all grease from frying, etc, > stored in > cans and sold to the butcher shop for 5 cents/pound. I think the > old grease > was used for munitions. > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, > I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to > include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please > make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I remember my siblings and I used to fight over who got to squeeze the bag, so my mother used to make us take turns. They would get really upset when it was my turn, because I wouldn't eat it. It was so awful tasting. I still won't eat it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. > It was always the job for the KID to squeeze those blessed bags to break > the > color button and then try to get it all mixed into the margarine > uniformly..... Thank Heaven, when they finally legalized coloring the > stuff!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Craig > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:31 PM > To: kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com; can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. > > At our house, we used the bacon grease for cooking and I think my dad > made lye soap out of it also. > > I also remember the first oleo I saw. It was white in color and came > in a plastic bag. There was a little button of food coloring in the > middle and me and my brother fought over who would mix the stuff. That > was fun, but it was the most awful stuff I had ever eaten. It felt as > if there was sand in it. That oleo made me vow to never buy anything > but butter once I grew up. and I never did. > > I was born during the second world war (1943) and we lived on a farm, > so I do not remember rationing, but my parents were frugal, as they > had also come through the depression with the 3 kids older than me. > > Marilyn Craig > > > On Jul 11, 2009, at 1:39 AM, D.C. wrote: > >> My dad used to tell us about a sign in the window of a store. The >> sign >> said, "Ladies, Bring your fat cans in here." He laughed every time. >> >> Donna >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: On Behalf Of Judy Bingham >> I remember the grease in the coffee cans. >> >> From: Elsie Pykonen <elpyk@ncats.net> >> Also remember we saved and strained all grease from frying, etc, >> stored in >> cans and sold to the butcher shop for 5 cents/pound. I think the >> old grease >> was used for munitions. >> >> >> >> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, >> I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to >> include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please >> make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >> >> To search the archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >> The information page is: >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a > SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message