OLEO!!!

I am dedicating this post to all of us who are butter eaters and NOT oleo margarine eaters.

Although many of us raised in Minnesota knew oleo to be a off white blob in a sealed bag with a red M&M like button somewhere, oleo in 1918, was being sold.

It is said, according to Minnesota Historical Society, Helen Richardson papers, that her father found out that more oleo was being sold than butter AND it was being used in the dining rooms at the University of Minnesota where his daughter, Helen, was attending.

When her father stormed into the deans office with blood in his eye, the dean told him he knew nothing of it and if the teachers and dining room where using it to cut cost and keep down the price of board, so be it.

Mr. McGuire insisted the students be allowed to vote to have which ever they wanted. (Underlined, Underlined). The vote was taken, 40 voted for butter and 180 voted for oleo. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Shirley and I will stick to the butter, Thank you very much! We will say, "Well, butter my biscuits NOT oleo my biscuits.

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