Hi folks, I don't know how long this discussion of 40s foods has been going on, but the one particular food that I remember is the old margerine that had to be mixed with the coloring to make it look like butter. I remember in particular, that the coloring packet was a red dye that stained your hands for days before it finally started to lighten up. As a small child, we had two iceboxes which were actually cooled by placing a chunk of ice into the top of the box and it was one of my chores each morning to empty the water from the pan in the bottom. These were kept in the pantry and one was used for meats and the other was a general purpose box. It was a wonderful day when my dad brought home a regular refridgerator. Lord but that thing was ugly and we had to remember to unplug it during an electrical storm. War-time rationing was a very hard thing to endure. It wasn't until after the war that we were treated in our area of Vermont to access to a business that was always called "The Freezer Locker" . This was located on the Beebe Road in Derby Line . The technology came to us from the Canucks. Yay for our side ! Dave **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223105306x1201716871/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D9)

Yeah, Dave.....I remember the dripping ice boxes, too.... and the job of breaking that dye bubble in the margarine bag and squeezing it until it was all mixed evenly usually was MINE. I thot I'd died and gone to Heaven when they came out with COLORED oleo already in the package!!! -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Piercedav@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:22 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods in the 40s Hi folks, I don't know how long this discussion of 40s foods has been going on, but the one particular food that I remember is the old margerine that had to be mixed with the coloring to make it look like butter. I remember in particular, that the coloring packet was a red dye that stained your hands for days before it finally started to lighten up. As a small child, we had two iceboxes which were actually cooled by placing a chunk of ice into the top of the box and it was one of my chores each morning to empty the water from the pan in the bottom. These were kept in the pantry and one was used for meats and the other was a general purpose box. It was a wonderful day when my dad brought home a regular refridgerator. Lord but that thing was ugly and we had to remember to unplug it during an electrical storm. War-time rationing was a very hard thing to endure. It wasn't until after the war that we were treated in our area of Vermont to access to a business that was always called "The Freezer Locker" . This was located on the Beebe Road in Derby Line . The technology came to us from the Canucks. Yay for our side ! Dave **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223105306x1201716871/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D9) 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