SC - Butter - yet again

[Bonne of Traquair]

I discovered that our local Wholefoods Grocery is now carrying a locally 
produced cultured butter from Maple Valley Farms in Hillsborough, NC.  
$3.47 per pound.  My husband tasted it and made a happy happy face and 
started searching for stuff to put it on.  "Aren't you going to bake 
bread today?"  he whimpered.  He'd never said much about american butter 
tasting bland, evidently it bothered him more than he let on.  

I thought the butter was intersting, but if it continues to sour as it 
waits in the fridge, I can see it reaching a point at which I wouldn't 
like it.  But I'm sure he will, rotten cheese eater that he is, if he 
doesn't finish it all before that happens.  I may buy him another pound 
of it for Christmas.    (Genevia, I could bring some to an event we are 
both at if you are curious to try it.  Or I'll give you directions to 
the Wellsprings so you can try to stop at one going or coming from an 
event. The stores in Raleigh and Chapel Hill are minutes off Interstate 
40, the one in Durham is not far from I-85/I-70.)

Bonne, she with the happy husband.  

>Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:40:57 -0700
>To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>From: Roy Wessel <rwessel at xpert.net>
>Subject: SC - Butter - yet again
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>
>Some time back Lord Ras and Lady Helen wrote about cultured butter as 
being
>closer to what was used in Period than modern sweet cream butter.  The
>distinction, if I recall correctly, was that the cultured butter is 
made
>from cream that is allowed to ferment for a few hours before churning.
>Also, it contains less water.  
>
>Following their advice, I purchased some Organic Valley Unsalted 
Cultured
>Sweet Cream (sic) Butter.  It is indeed delicious, although rather
>expensive.  It is also hard to get because of the current shortage of 
cream.
>Give it a try, though, if you can find it in your local health food 
store or
>specialty shop.
>
>Robin Vinehall
>
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