Recipes

[chihuahuamom]

Are oleo and margarine the same thing? Maybe I am thinking of Crisco.......

[BirkiLady]

Maybe. I use butter!

ETA: Crisco is that white grease in a can. 

[phoenixbrd]

They are the same thing as far as nutrition is concerned....not food.

[chihuahuamom]

I have some old cookie recipes that call for it.  So I just use regular margarine?

[deepwaterdotter]

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@chihuahuamom wrote:

I have some old cookie recipes that call for it.  So I just use regular margarine?

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That's what I'd do.

[Sooner]

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@chihuahuamom wrote:

I have some old cookie recipes that call for it.  So I just use regular margarine?

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@chihuahuamom  Use regular margarine, not the light kind.  You might use half and half butter and margarine too.  It should work in most recipes. 

[Mothertrucker]

Yes, it is the same thing- in fact, margarine used to be called "oleomargarine" ...Oleo meaning "oil" - it is "butter" if you will, made, instead of from cream, from oil...

It was very popular during WWII when dairy products were rationed, it was then that the use of margarine became very common as a butter substitute...

[Venezia]

Yes, oleo is the very old name for margarine.  I never use margarine; I'm a butter person all the way.

[BirkiLady]

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@phoenixbrd wrote:

They are the same thing as far as nutrition is concerned....not food.

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@phoenixbrd  I read that margarine has so many chemicals in it that it is close to plastic in its composition. You are absolutely correct. "NOT food."

[Kachina624]

Dating myself but does anyone else remember when margerine came in a big plastic bag with a dot of dye and you had to squish it it around to mix the dye in to make it yellow?  I remember because it was my job to do the squishing.