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Don't forget tires. In fact, here in the US, we had plenty of gasoline. The shortage was rubber. That gas rationing was intended to reduce driving to save the tires that were getting so hard to replace.

The Japanese had occupied many of the islands that produced much of the natural rubber and there was a significant shortage of all things rubber... rubber soled shoes, rain gear... and what rubber was available was going to the war effort.

This is part of the reason that we have such better quality tires now. It motivated scientist and entrepreneurs to develop synthetic rubber. The pre-war tires were comparatively delicate.
 
getting closer. have the prototype made, and just stuck it on the windshield. turned out fantastic. I didn't go cheep made it out of the best quality stuff available. all good UV resistant stuff the original and the prototype




 
Yeah Bill, But barely! It wasn't rationed by the time my memory started working, but I recall when the butter was white and you had to add the coloring. Dad would take a mixing bowl add a pound of white butter, then open a little packet of orange colored powder and then stir it with a big spoon for, what seemed like a long time. I asked him why he was doing that and was told it had something to do with the war. It wasn't too long after the war it stopped.
Terry



BILL WILLIAMSON said:
Anyone remember OTHER things that were RATIONED???
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>>but I recall when the butter was white and you had to add the coloring.

So when did you start making orange cheese?
 
Terry said:
Yeah Bill, But barely! It wasn't rationed by the time my memory started working, but I recall when the butter was white and you had to add the coloring. Dad would take a mixing bowl add a pound of white butter, then open a little packet of orange colored powder and then stir it with a big spoon for, what seemed like a long time. I asked him why he was doing that and was told it had something to do with the war. It wasn't too long after the war it stopped.
Terry
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Butter was/is naturally yellow. Margarine is naturally white and was quite a bit cheaper than butter so many people bought margarine but didn't want their friends/neighbors to think they were cheap. They wanted yellow margarine. The dairy industry wanted to keep selling butter at the higher price so they got laws passed that outlawed selling yellow margarine. Thus the dye packet in every pound of margarine. Some states had this law into the '60's, I think. I remember, growing up in southern Minnesota in the '50's/early '60's, that some would drive 15 miles into Iowa to buy colored margarine which was legal there but not in Minnesota. So for 50-60 cents in gas it was worth it to them buy a few pounds of pre-colored margarine and not have to mix it.
 
" I remember, growing up in southern Minnesota in the '50's/early '60's, that some would drive 15 miles into Iowa to buy colored margarine which was legal there but not in Minnesota. So for 50-60 cents in gas it was worth it to them buy a few pounds of pre-colored margarine and not have to mix it. "

As a famous radio host says "Minnesota, the state where nothing is allowed".

I also remember my folks mixing the dye into the margarine in the early 60's.
 
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