# In the dustbin of our cultural history

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**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703 "2020-12-10T00:57:52Z")\
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> [@Mark\_Finn](#):
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> Until the law was changed in 2008, it was illegal to sell yellow-colored margarine in Quebec (the butter cartel had a hand in this). Often margarine came with a little pack of yellow dye, so you could color your (white) margarine yellow.

It was similar in Wisconsin, again due to the strength of the dairy industry, though the margarine law changed much earlier here (in the late '60s or early '70s). There were, back then, stores just over the state line (particularly in Illinois) which specialized in selling “Oleo” to Wisconsinites. 😃

[![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPgeKco7NVo/UKu5cNWsPWI/AAAAAAAAAY4/S0XvknNR9RI/s1600/Oleo%2Bmargarine%2Bsales%2BUS%2B41_Dooper%2Bstore_Jan%2B1966_private%2Bcollection_sm.jpg) ](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPgeKco7NVo/UKu5cNWsPWI/AAAAAAAAAY4/S0XvknNR9RI/s1600/Oleo%2Bmargarine%2Bsales%2BUS%2B41_Dooper%2Bstore_Jan%2B1966_private%2Bcollection_sm.jpg)

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