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Pickle for Butter

Ingredients

• 3 gallons of water
• 4 1/2 pounds of good brown sugar
• 1 1/2 ounces of saltpetre
• 1 ounce of salaeratus

Instructions

Put them into an iron pot, and let them come to a boil; take off the scum; when cold it is ready for use; the butter should be salted in the usual way, and well worked; then made into rolls of two or three pounds each; have little bags of coarse muslin, tie each roll in a bag and put them in a large stone jar or clean firkin; when the pickle is entirely cold, pour it over, and put a plate on the top, with a weight on it to keep the butter under; tie it up close and keep it in a cold place; when a roll is wanted, take it out of the bag, and slice it off for table use. It should be put on little plates, and each covered with a saucer, to exclude the air. If the butter is good when put up in the fall, it will keep till you can get grass butter, in the spring. The jars for this purpose should not have been previously used for pickles.

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Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers.