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