To preserve Butter from a disagreeable Flavour

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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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (2)
  1. When the milk is set abroad in the leads, put one gallon of boiling water to six gallons of milk.
  2. It may also be prevented by dissolving nitre in spring water, and putting about a quarter of a pint to ten or twelve gallons of milk, when warm from the cow.
Original Text
To preserve Butter from a disagreeable Flavour, from Cows being depastured, on Cabbages, Turnips, &c. &c. Taken from Mr. BILLINGSLEY's SURVEY of SOMERSET. WHEN the milk is set abroad in the leads, put one gallon of boiling water to fix gallons of milk. It may also be prevented by dissolving nitre in spring water, and putting about a quarter of a pint to ten or twelve gallons of milk, when warm from the cow.
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