Plain melted Butter

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (4)
  1. Keep either a plated or tin saucepan for the sole purpose of melting butter.
  2. Put into it a little water and a dust of flour, and shake them together.
  3. Cut the butter in slices; as it melts, shake it one way; let it boil up, and it will be smooth and thick.
Another
  1. Mix a little flour and water out of the dredger, that it may not be lumpy; then put in a piece of butter, set it over a quick fire; have it on and off every instant to shake it, and it will not oil, but will become thick and smooth.
Original Text
Plain melted Butter—very simple, but rarely well done. Keep either a plated or tin saucepan for the sole purpose of melting butter. Put into it a little water and a dust of flour, and shake them together. Cut the butter in slices; as it melts, shake it one way; let it boil up, and it will be smooth and thick. Another. Mix a little flour and water out of the dredger, that it may not be lumpy; then put in a piece of butter, set it over a quick fire; have it on and off every instant to shake it, and it will not oil, but will become thick and smooth.
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