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Sweetening Rancid Butter

From The farm cook & rule book, 1923

Serves 4

This method helps to restore the flavor of rancid butter.

Presented as published in 1923. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 115. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sweetening Rancid Butter Soak the butter in water to which a small handful of baking soda has been added. After soaking some little time, drain off the water and wash the butter with sweet milk

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