TIN

Description: RECTANGULAR TIN WITH CIRCULAR LID AND WHITE PAPER LABEL. BROAD SIDES OF LABEL ARE IDENTICAL WITH RED MIDDLE AREA. AT TOP IS "PACIFIC REG'D BRAND" WITH OVAL PICTURE OF HOLSTEIN COWS, FARM AND MOUNTAIN BACKGROUND. ON RED SECTION IN WHITE LETTERING IS "BUTTERMILK POWDER" WITH "NET WT. 1 LB." IN YELLOW BELOW IT. ON BOTTOM FRONT OF CAN ARE TWO PICTURES - ONE IS OF A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE AND THE OTHER IS OF A PANCAKE WITH BUTTER AND SYRUP. JUST ABOVE PANCAKE IS "FOR BAKING & COOKING". ONE END OF CAN HAS DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING BUTTERMILK AND A RECIPE FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE. ON OTHER END IS RECIPE FOR "CARIBOO PANCAKES" AND "BUTTERMILK BISCUITS". BENEATH RECIPES IS "PACIFIC MILK DIVISION, FRASER VALLEY MILK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION, VANCOUVER, CANADA.". STAMPED IN BLACK INK ON BOTTOM OF CAN IS "873230". SILVER PAINT FINISH ON TOP IS SCRATCHED AND WORN AND HAS SLIGHT AMOUNT OF CORROSION.

History: ARTIFACT WAS PURCHASED BY DONOR AND USED IN THE HOME. SEE OTHER DONATIONS FOR FURTHER DONOR HISTORY. *** INFORMATION BELOW PROVIDED BY DONOR AT THE REQUEST OF THE GALT IN 2010. “I FELT THIS WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE FRENCH ON THE TIN. MOST PRODUCTS IN CANADA INCLUDE SOME FRENCH INSTRUCTIONS. JAKE AND I WERE MARRIED IN 1950 AND RECIPES OFTEN CALLED FOR BUTTERMILK, WHICH WE DID NOT PURCHASE OR MAKE. BUTTERMILK POWDER WAS A HANDY WAY TO KEEP THE INGREDIENT ON HAND. THIS WAS PROBABLY A VERY EARLY PURCHASE.” ***