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Where can I find 100% Butterfat Butter?

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meda...@gmail.com

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Sep 24, 2016, 5:07:04 PM9/24/16
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I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?

Any ideas?

Taxed and Spent

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Sep 24, 2016, 5:12:24 PM9/24/16
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On 9/24/2016 2:07 PM, meda...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?
>
> Any ideas?
>


it is called clarified butter.

meda...@gmail.com

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Sep 24, 2016, 5:15:17 PM9/24/16
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So,two things:

1) Can I buy clarified butter at a grocery store?
2) Is it not true that All Butter is 100% Butterfat?

Thanks in advance!

Ed Pawlowski

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Sep 24, 2016, 5:22:44 PM9/24/16
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Look for Ghee. It is essentially clarified butter. It is in jars on
the shelf, not refrigerated where I get it.

sf

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Sep 24, 2016, 5:26:26 PM9/24/16
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"Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter

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> Thanks in advance!

Do you ever see something called ghee? If you have a Trader Joe's,
you can buy it there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/08/how-to-clarify-butter.html


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meda...@gmail.com

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Sep 24, 2016, 5:34:50 PM9/24/16
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Thank you very much! I was being led to believe all butter was 100% Butterfat. It's lucky there are some knowledgeable people here who can help us.

The New Other Guy

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Sep 24, 2016, 6:05:41 PM9/24/16
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:07:01 -0700 (PDT), meda...@gmail.com wrote:

>I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?
>
>Any ideas?

http://www.sfgate.com/recipes/article/When-Put-to-the-Test-Here-s-How-Butter-Brands-3236719.php




Taxed and Spent

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Sep 25, 2016, 5:00:39 AM9/25/16
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On 9/24/2016 2:07 PM, meda...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?
>
> Any ideas?
>


And does this nurse/scientist have a reason for you to fear water and
milk solids?

Cindy Hamilton

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Sep 25, 2016, 7:12:58 AM9/25/16
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On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 5:15:17 PM UTC-4, meda...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 5:12:24 PM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> > On 9/24/2016 2:07 PM, meda...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> >
> >
> > it is called clarified butter.
>
> So,two things:
>
> 1) Can I buy clarified butter at a grocery store?

Possibly. It depends on your grocery store.

> 2) Is it not true that All Butter is 100% Butterfat?

It is not true. In the U.S., butter is minimum 80% fat
by USDA regulation. The other 20% are water, milk solids,
and possibly added salt and coloring.

For additional information:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter>

Cindy Hamilton

Gary

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Sep 25, 2016, 9:38:07 AM9/25/16
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Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> In the U.S., butter is minimum 80% fat
> by USDA regulation. The other 20% are water, milk solids,
> and possibly added salt and coloring.

I suspect the higher fat butter manufacturers are just withholding water
to their cows. The cows are constantly kept dehydrated which would
product less water content in their milk. This will make higher
butterfat in the butter. Contacting PETA to investigate this heinous
process. ;-D

Cindy Hamilton

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Sep 25, 2016, 12:38:58 PM9/25/16
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Heh.

Cindy Hamilton

dsi1

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Sep 25, 2016, 2:53:53 PM9/25/16
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On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 11:07:04 AM UTC-10, meda...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?
>
> Any ideas?

Whatever you do don't buy that German butter. It had only 86% butterfat. What's in the rest of that butter - sauerkraut? The way I see it, they owe me a 14% discount! I never trusted those Germans after they bombed Pearl Harbor!

Brooklyn1

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Sep 25, 2016, 8:41:28 PM9/25/16
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:53:49 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 11:07:04 AM UTC-10, meda...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I was assured by my nurse, who is also a scientist that this should be as easy as going to any store and simply buying butter?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>Whatever you do don't buy that German butter.
>It had only 86% butterfat. What's in the rest
>of that butter - sauerkraut?

Likely schmaltz rendered in those ovens.

Leonard Blaisdell

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Sep 26, 2016, 10:21:31 PM9/26/16
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In article <57E7D397...@att.net>, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

> I suspect the higher fat butter manufacturers are just withholding water
> to their cows. The cows are constantly kept dehydrated which would
> product less water content in their milk. This will make higher
> butterfat in the butter. Contacting PETA to investigate this heinous
> process. ;-D

Touché!

leo
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