Canning butter

I was wondering if there is a difference between canning regular butter and light butter? I’d like to can some light butter.

Angela Baker
Fraser, Michigan

Wow, I MUST live in the toolies as I’ve never heard of light butter — light margarine but not butter. I believe I’d stick to canning regular butter as I’ve never had any experience canning light butter. Any readers have any other opinions? Remember that canning butter is classified as “experimental” canning, (not USDA approved) as they haven’t done any testing for home canners. However, canned butter IS available commercially.– Jackie

Freezing beef fat for later use

I have a source to get some beef fat from a recently butchered beef. I would like to make some laundry soap. Can I freeze the fat and make the soap at a later date or would it affect the finished product?

Marcia Clupper
South Whitley, Indiana
 
Yes, you can certainly freeze your beef fat to use later on for soap. I’ve got about 30 pounds of pork fat in my son’s freezer to make lard with when I have more time. Freezing doesn’t affect fat. — Jackie

3 COMMENTS

  1. Jackie, I have seen “light” butter in some of our local grocers. It is usually combined with a large amount of additional water so that the amount of actual butterfat is greatly reduced while the volume of butter is the same.

    Basically, light butter is half added water. It makes soggy toast too. I tried it and it did poorly on toast, in baking, and frying. Too much water, not enough butter.

    I’m sticking with real food now.

  2. Regarding the light butter……… Butter in general is melted prior to canning to be able to get residual whey and water out of it. I believe that in melting the “light” butter you would be AMAZED to find that at least 50% of the product is probably either whey or water. Many years ago, working at Sambo’s Resturaunt (wow, did I give away my age?) we would “whip” butter…….. Take cold butter and start whipping it and add WATER to it to be serving.

  3. Hope you are staying warm as well as all your animals. We are missing the severe cold here in Utah, but up the road in Wyoming it is frigid.
    Enjoy your blog and all your information.

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