Winter Butter Preserved for Use

Ingredients

• some good butter
• a quarter of a pound of powdered saltpetre
• an equal quantity of powdered white sugar
• half a pound of common salt
• an ounce of this mixture

Method

1. 1

   Work the butter with cold water until free from milk.

2. 2

   Mix saltpetre, sugar, and common salt, then work an ounce of this mixture into each pound of butter.

3. 3

   Pack closely in stone jars and fasten down.

4. 4

   If not exposed to air, it will keep good for a long time.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2321. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Winter, Butter Preserved for use in. — Work some good butter, which is neithci- strong nor rank, with cold water till it is perfectly free from milk. Mix thoroughly a quarter of a pound of powdered saltpetre with an equal quantity of powdered white sugar and half a pound of common salt. Work an oimce of this mixture

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