[Sca-cooks] freezing butter

[Volker Bach]

Am Donnerstag, 22. Dezember 2005 06:21 schrieb 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?

I know of 'washing' butter in earlier times, when it basically means agitating 
the butter in/under cold water. The point was to get the salt out that was 
added to preserve it. I don't know if that was still an issue in Sweden in 
'39, but salted butter is still popular in Scandinavia and if they are sweet 
baked goods, that makes sense. 

Giano


	
		
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