TO IMPROVE RANCID BUTTER.
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Wash the butter well in good fresh milk and then with cold clear water. Butyric acid which causes the rancidity is freely soluble in fresh milk.
To Improve Rancid Butter. No. 2.
Butter 2 lbs.
Chloride of Lime 30 drops.
Water to suit.
Beat the butter thoroughly with the water after adding the lime to it; let it stand for a couple of hours in the water. Pour it all off, then wash thoroughly in cold clear water. This is a harmless and good way to sweeten the butter.
To Purify Rancid Butter.
Melt the butter; pour off from it any deposit, then boil it a short time with limewater; allow to settle, then suddenly cool the butter, which can be done by pouring it into clear fresh water containing broken ice, after which it can be taken from the water and worked same as if just fresh churned.