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Brine to Preserve Butter

From The national course in home economics, 1917

Serves 10

Plain salt and water brine can be used as an alternative.

Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 356. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BRINE TO BRESERVE BUTTER. Make a brine of sail strong enough to bear up an egg; add a little white sugar and a speck of saltpetre

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