Tag: manufacturing
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Ice treats
There’s been a bit of a hiatus at Rhubarb Sago, while we moved house. We’re now in a Geelong suburb settled in the first few decades of the twentieth century. Out walking, I came across this sign on the wall of an old shop front. It’s hard to be sure, but I reckon it could date back to…
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A bit about butterine
It seems Australians have been getting steamed up about butter substitutes for more than 100 years. Margarine (sometimes called oleomargarine or oleo) was invented in France around 1870. I always assumed it didn’t take hold in Australia until the 1940s, when butter became scarce under wartime rationing. In fact Melbourne was home to a ‘butterine’ factory in Yarraville in 1885, pretty much under where…
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