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Originally Posted by Jenn218   you are soooo MEAN!!!! 
My grandmother uses that term all the time, so I didn't think a thing about it when I read it!
I wonder how many people do NOT know what that is!!!  |
Actually, the question was serious.
My family is from Mississippi, and a lot of them refer to margarine as oleo. I've even been told stories of how you had to add the annatto color yourself if you wanted it yellow. But I have always wondered if it is still around in some parts. I always thought no, but I did see it on the ordering list from the milkman once. I never knew if the term was being used generically--as a synonmym for margarine, or if the Oleo brand was still available.