Walla Walla Statesman

Brine to Preserve Butter a Year.

Making butter in a manner that will preserve the fresh, rosy flavor of the new, with all its sweetness, is the following from the Duchess Farmer, which is said to be entirely successful: To three gallons of brine, strong enough to bear an egg, add a quarter of a pound of nice white sugar and one tablespoonful of saltpetre. Boil the brine, and when it is cold strain carefully. Make your butter into rolls, and wrap each separately in a clean, white muslin cloth, tying it up with a string. Pack a large jar full, weigh the butter down, and pour over it the brine until all is submerged. This will keep really good butter perfectly sweet and fresh for a whole year. Be careful not to put upon ice butter that you wish to keep for any length of time.