Name: For Packing Butter
Ingredients: one gallon of water boil two quarts of salt until dissolved; one ounce of sugar; two quarts of salt until dissolved; one ounce of saltpetre; salt

For Packing Butter

Ingredients

one gallon of water boil two quarts of salt until dissolved
one ounce of sugar
two quarts of salt until dissolved
one ounce of saltpetre
salt

Directions

In one gallon of water boil two quarts of salt until dissolved, then add one ounce of sugar and one ounce of saltpetre.

By Vehling, Joseph Dommers, 1879-1950. fmo. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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For Packing Butter