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cream should be churned immediately upon 

 its being skimmed." That, however, is a 

 mistake : for although, if thus made, it will 

 certainly be delicate and creamy, or what 

 may be properly called "nice butter," it will 

 not be so rich as that made from cream that 

 has been kept a few days — even until it 

 becomes slightly acid ; but it should not be 

 allowed to become quite sour, nor should 

 sweet cream be poured into the same steen 

 over that which has become acid. 



The more proper plan, if the weather be 

 cool, is, therefore, to leave the milk unskim- 

 med, while it remains sweet, and to let the 

 cream stand in the steen until it becomes 

 slightly acid : and we repeat, that although 

 the butter made immediately will be " deli- 

 cate and creamy," yet that made in the latter 

 \nanner will have a flavour of superior rich- 

 ness ; for, in fact, it is not until the cream has 

 stood long enough to attain a slight degree of 

 acidity, that it acquires that quahty which is 

 necessary to the formation of really good 

 butter. This acidity should, however, never 

 be carried so far as to occasion any degree 

 of taint or unpleasant taste of any kind, as it 



