Posted on 02/28/2014 11:39:15 AM PST by djf
Local grocery store has large (#10 I think) cans of "powdered butter".
How in the heck do they "powder" the fats?
I assume you add water to it to use it, but maybe you add corn oil or peanut oil.
Help! I'm confused!
Rookie that I am, I never heard of canned butter.
Probably meant as a lower-fat alternative, such as Butter Buds.
Typically, if a food already has considerable fat content, you wouldn’t want to add more fat to give it a buttery flavor. Or it may have a flavor-bearing alternative, such as yogurt. Butter powder, then, contains the dry flavors that make butter butter, and not just fat. These include whey and other milk proteins, malto-dextrin and salt.
Where is it? Next to the Instant Beer?
No, you do NOT “rehydrate” butter!
The main liquid in butter is oil, not water!
“I know a guy who invented powdered water — But he doesn’t know what to add”
Bourbon DUH!
Not unlike using buttermilk solids (powdered). It does require some water to reconstitute. When you have no refrig and you are eating out of your survivalist food supply it would come in handy
I use buttermilk powder often while baking..
We were so poor growing up my mother had powdered milk in her brestisis
Looks good. Thank you.
Preppers’ PING!!
bleah < |:P~
Powdered eggs suck so bad they should be outlawed.
5.56mm
Yep, got a can in stock:
Biscuits, Pancakes, Waffles, etc.
and it don’t go bad like a carton will.
I’m gonna get some of this butter to put in the stash since Mama won’t let Me get a cow or goat because She thinks I’ll eat them. (and She’s right if they don’t produce or times get tough) same for the pet pig I want.
How does this stack up against Clarified Butter?
I’ve never tried any but have read some people don’t like powdered butter. I’ve also seen that buying a “Butter Buds” type product in bulk (myspicer.com) is cheaper than store bought. Adding coconut oil (ratio unknown) to the powdered buds makes a tasty spreadable product.
I must say I am repulsed by the thought of powdered butter...just sucking the moisture, vitamins, and other relevant substances out of something, and then ‘adding water’ later leaves me thinking, how tasteless.
I understand dried fruit and other preserving methods, for long term storage. The taste is somehow never the same though.
Actually, I can’t help you, just ranting about man made foods that have no real taste. I would miss the real stuff during a crisis. I believe in emergency supplies too.
Hope you figure out how to make it butter again.
Didn’t know you could do that.
Maybe its a butter substitute of some sort?
It’s basically butter flavored powdered milk.
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