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Cultured vs. Store Butter & The History of Molds as a Form of Branding
Discover how 18th-century butter molds acted as an early form of branding, and find out if fancy cultured butter actually beats standard store butter in our ultimate blind taste test.
Fancy butter, family enterprise, and accused witches: what's the real story behind your favorite butter spread? In this episode of Family Tree Food Stories, hosts Nancy May and Sylvia France investigate what makes butter taste different, how vintage butter molds helped historic women build independent kitchen businesses, and why a failed batch once put the neighbors under suspicion of witchcraft.
Cultured Butter…
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