GLC
Head Chef
I grew up in the 50s. There was a lot of weird un-food passing for food. I didn't like (and still don't like) pink ice cream. It was called strawberry, but had nothing to do with strawberries. I enjoy ice cream made with actual strawberries.
Might well have been the ersatz "ice cream" I remember called Mellorine, with various animal and vegetable fats substituting for butterfat. Apparently it's still around. (I see WalWart carries it - surprise, surprise.) Today, it's soy oil, but I would guess that in the 50's lard was probably more like it. In a recent customs law case, it was ruled that Mellorine did not have to be charged dairy product duties because milk wasn't a major component. A far cry from ice cream, but you can fool the kids for a long time if you never give them the real thing.