Clarified Butter for Lobsters

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (1)
Instructions (6)
  1. Put your butter into a clean saucepan.
  2. Set the saucepan over a slow fire.
  3. When the butter is melted, scum it and take it off the fire.
  4. Let it stand a little.
  5. Pour the clarified butter over your lobsters.
  6. Take care not to pour in the milk which settles to the bottom of the saucepan.
Original Text
To clarify butter, put your boat into a clean saucepan, set it over a slow fire, when it is melted, scum it, and take it off the fire, let it stand a little, then pour it over your lobsters; take care you do not pour in the milk, which settles to the bottom of the saucepan.
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