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Margarine Is Invented

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PATENT
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès filed his patent on July 15, 1869, in France — the official birthday of margarine.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
EMULSION
Margarine is an emulsion, a careful blend of fats and water coaxed into a smooth, stable spread — the same basic idea behind mayonnaise and hollandaise.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CHEMIST
Mège-Mouriès was a trained French chemist and pharmacist, and his kitchen science earned him Napoleon III's prize for a viable butter substitute.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TOAST
The humble test of any spread: does it melt softly into warm toast? Margarine passed that test in 1869 and has been on breakfast tables ever since.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Margarine word search — free and large-print — honoring July 15, 1869, when a French chemist patented a soft, creamy spread for everyday tables.

About Margarine Is Invented

On July 15, 1869, French chemist Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès received a patent for margarine, a smooth, pale yellow spread he developed in response to a contest sponsored by Emperor Napoleon III, who wanted an affordable butter substitute for ordinary households and the navy. The new spread was an emulsion — soft, spreadable, and mild — that could be sliced cold or melted warm over toast just as butter had always been. It quietly changed the kitchen, putting something creamy and golden within reach of tables that real dairy butter could not always fill.

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