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One day more than 60 years ago I came home from the store with a pound of margarine that simply amazed my mother. To understand why, you need to know that in those days dairymen had enough political clout to get a law passed that prohibited margarine manufacturers from giving their naturally white product the artificial yellow color that made it look like butter. Since most people back then didn't care to spread what appeared to be lard on their bread, the margarine makers included in each package a separate packet of yellow vegetable dye that the consumer could stir into the white margarine. But the margarine I brought home that memorable day had a pellet of coloring inside the plastic bag of margarine. The slightest squeeze broke the pellet. Then a few seconds of massaging the package turned the margarine into a lovely, uniform yellow. No more dumping the margarine and the dye into a bowl and tediously mashing it to obtain the acceptable butter color. My wife doesn't remember...
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