[Sca-cooks] freezing butter

[Mark Hendershott]

Somewhat related question.  I acquired a reprint cookbook originally 
published in 1939.  Some of the recipes for baked goods say to wash 
and dry the butter.  Is this significant?  Maybe 1939 butter (Swedish 
butter as it happens) needed cleaning?

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir

At 08:54 PM 12/21/2005, Bear wrote:
>Butter freezes well and I've used some as old as two years from a 
>deep freeze.  I prefer deep freeze to self defrosting freezers for 
>storing such things.
>
>I haven't tried it with margarine, but I suspect it may not be as 
>satisfactory because of the blending of different types of fat.
>
>Bear
>
>>So, do butter and margarine freeze okay? For how long?
>>
>>
>>Stefan
>
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