Oleomargarine

July 15, 1869: It's a hallowed day for butter substitutes, as French chemist Hippolyte Mege-Mouries patents a shiny spread he calls oleomargarine, after the Greek word for "pearl." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Plaxico Burress was playing as if he'd coated his hands in oleomargarine before sprinting onto the field. ❋ Grrm (2007)

Before I leave oleomargarine and go on to some of our substitutions, may I remark that even the fact we are to enjoy oleomargarine is due to the actions of a substitute for Parliament. ❋ Unknown (1948)

I have found that in the method now generally adopted by manufacturers of oleomargarine, which is produced in immense quantities, the use of water, for washing the fat before melting it, is not only omitted but specially avoided. ❋ Various (N/A)

-- The best substitute for butter and the one most largely used is called oleomargarine, which in the United States alone constitutes about two and 1/2 per cent. of all the fat used as butter. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Searching on the web, I found this: "Until 1952, U.S. law required that margarine producers use the name" oleomargarine "to describe their product." ❋ Homesick Texan (2008)

Footnote 1104 -- changed comma to semi-colon before "oleomargarine" ❋ Edward Samuel Corwin (1920)

Goose grease and other greasy fats, such as oleomargarine, sperfett (a mixture of stearic fats with oil), beef marrow 10.00 32. ❋ Benjamin Harrison (1867)

In retail sales of oleo - margarine not in the original package the seller shall attach to each package so sold, and shall deliver therewith to the purchaser, a label or wrapper bearing in a conspicuous place upon the outside of the package the words "imitation butter", or the word "oleomargarine" or "butterine". ❋ Unknown (1663)

Maybe because oleomargarine was for many years an illicit substance, but started to gain wide popular acceptance during and after World War I. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the 1933 edition of The Story of Crisco, butterine is only mentioned once along with oleomargarine and lard components as suitable butter substitutes. ❋ ~~louise~~ (2008)

The name, oleomargarine, was inspired by the oil drops oil of pearls that remained and the Margaric acid which was used. ❋ ~~louise~~ (2008)

Farmers and dairymen conducted a vendetta against “butterine” or oleomargarine, both on the state and national levels. ❋ Lawrence M. Friedman (1985)

In the 1880s, too, the federal government slapped a tax on the sale of oleomargarine. ❋ Lawrence M. Friedman (1985)

They were suspicious of labor legislation, but they tended to allow legislatures to outlaw oleomargarine, in the interests of sturdy farmers, and they generally supported campaigns against prostitution, lottery tickets, alcohol, and vice. ❋ Lawrence M. Friedman (1985)