CARTON

Description: WHITE CARDBOARD BOX LABELED IN LARGE RED LETTERS "JUNKET BRAND", AND IN BLUE "12 RENNET TABLETS PASTILLES DE PRESURE" ON FRONT. EACH SIDE HAS INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS. LID OF BOX IS OPENED ON THREE SIDES, AND CONTAINED INSIDE IS A FOLDED ALUMINUM FOIL PACKAGE COMPLETE WITH 12 TABLETS SEALED IN SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS. BOX IS DISCOLORED, BUT TABLETS HAVE NEVER BEEN OPENED.

History: ITEM HAS BEEN IN DONOR'S POSSESSION FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, SINCE SHE LIVED IN SASKATOON, WHERE SHE MAY HAVE PURCHASED IT. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS DONATED BY CECILE MCCLEARY. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DONOR, CECILE MCCLEARY AND HER HUSBAND CHARLES MCCLEARY. CECILE HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY: “YOU MIXED IT WITH – IT HAD A GELATIN IN IT, I THINK – AND YOU MIXED IT WITH MILK AND IT SET, LIKE A JELLY. BUT IT WAS MILK-BASED, AND IT WAS VERY HEALTHY. IT WAS CHEAP. AND I CAN REMEMBER GROWING UP WITH IT DURING THE DEPRESSION … IT WAS A DESSERT. I CAN’T REMEMBER IF YOU ADDED SUGAR, BUT IT WAS A MILK-BASED GELATIN DESSERT. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE NUTRITIOUS.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.