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To Preserve Butter

A method for preserving butter using a napkin and string.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Butter

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place a large roll of butter on a pewter plate.

  2. Cover the butter with a white napkin and tie it securely with string.

  3. Ensure the string is secure to prevent the butter from sinking.

Cool and store

  1. Lower the plate into a deep well to cool.

  2. Retrieve the butter when needed.

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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What each ingredient does

Butter
Is the fat being preserved; cooling in the well keeps it firm and fresh until it is needed.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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