Butter

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Instructions (4)
  1. The greatest care is necessary in buying this article to avoid being deceived.
  2. You must not trust to the taste the sellers give you, as they will frequently give you a taste of one lump, and sell you another.
  3. On choosing salt butter, trust rather to your smell than taste, by putting a knife into it, and applying it to your nose.
  4. If the butter is in a cask, have it unhooped, and thrust in your knife, between the staves, into the middle of it; for by the artful mode of package, and the ingenuity of those who send it from the country, the butter on the top of the cask is often much better than the middle.
Original Text
Butter. THE greatest care is necessary in buying this article to avoid being deceived. You must not trust to the taste the sellers give you, as they will frequently give you a taste of one lump, and sell you another. On choosing salt butter, trust rather to your smell than taste, by putting a knife into it, and applying it to your nose. If the butter is in a cask, have it unhooped, and thrust in your knife, between the staves, into the middle of it; for by the artful mode of package, and the ingenuity of those who send it from the country, the butter on the top of the cask is often much better than the middle.
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