This recipe is one I have from my mother. She had the habit on jotting recipes on yellow legal paper. I will forever associate those pads with my mom and cooking! Many of her recipes call for oleo. I always have to smile when I see this term. Several years back, a group of us were looking through some recipes and came across one calling for oleo. Not being "from around here," one of the friends asked with a quizzical look, "What in the world is oleo?!" Of course, it gave the rest of us a good laugh. I don't know of a person who was raised in the South during the 50's, 60's and 70's who doesn't know that oleo is margarine! I grew up on Parkay and Blue Bonnet! What is the difference in butter and oleo? Butter is made from dairy cream. United States law requires that butter contain at least 80 percent butterfat, which is derived from milk products. Margarine is a nondairy product containing at least 80 percent fat, which is generally deri...
Recipes and Ramblings from a Southern Cook