Working Butter 223 



danger of removing some of the more delicate flavor- 

 ing oils of the butter by the use of too large an 

 amount of very cold water. These flavoring oils are 



Fig. 36. " Eureka " hand butter- worker. 



slightly soluble, and* more soluble at a low tempera- 

 ture, so that the drenching with large amounts of 

 very cold water has a tendency toward the produc- 

 tion of a flavorless or tallowy butter. 



Working. Working butter is an integral part of 

 the process of manufacture, only in so far as it re- 

 lates to the incorporation of the salt and bringing 

 the butter into the compact form necessary for con- 

 sumption, so that all working beyond that which 

 is necessary to bring about these two things is super- 



