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Pasquotank Butter

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Pasquotank Butter

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Strain the milk into pans.

  2. When the cream rises and thickens, skim it off.

  3. Put the cream into a well-scalded churn.

  4. Churn slowly until the butter separates.

  5. Pour out the butter, work the buttermilk out of it, and add salt.

  6. Let it stand for a few hours.

  7. Work the butter again, wash it in cold water, and add salt to taste.

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.

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