[Sca-cooks] freezing butter

[marilyn traber 011221]

> 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
> 

Washing butter is a standard part of the butter making process, or should be, 
as is letting it dry once you've washed it. In modern terminology, it would 
be a rinse- trust me, you don't use soap ;-)

Phlip