mr. ed
Madison, SD (currently traveling the US)
Senior Member
Joined: 02/06/2002
View Profile
 Offline
|
Here's a quick question, friends: I recently purchased more butter than I can use in a reasonable time and was curious to know if it can be safely frozen without diminishing its qualities. The butter is unsalted. Thanks for your replies...
Mr. Ed (fulltiming since 1987)
2007 Hitchhiker II LS Model 29.5 LKTG
2007 Dodge Ram 3500/6.7 CTD/QC/4X4/SB/SRW/6-speed man/Big Horn edition
|
fordsooperdooty
Orange Kounty Kalifornia
Senior Member
Joined: 08/13/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
Sticks or blocks of butter are easiest to freeze. Simply wrap aluminum foil around the foil or wax wrapper already in place. Then freeze.
Unsalted butter will freeze safely for a year while salted butter will keep for six months.
You might want to put it into a tupper ware container to prevent "freezer taste and smell".
A Jayco is not just an RV, it's a life choice! 
|
Flyfisherman128
Broadalbin, NY
Senior Member
Joined: 08/09/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
I freeze mine all the time. Doesn't require anything special. Just pop it in the freezer. Didn't know you were supposed to do anything else.
|
mr. ed
Madison, SD (currently traveling the US)
Senior Member
Joined: 02/06/2002
View Profile
Offline
|
Thanks, friends. I guess one reason I wasn't sure is that I haven't purchased butter in a long time. Being health conscious I've been using Smart Balance for years. Thought I'd treat myself to the real taste of butter for once. There goes my cholesterol level  .
|
summerhouse
Big Rapids, Michigan
Senior Member
Joined: 10/27/2008
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club
Offline
|
I freeze butter fairly often when it goes on sale for a good price, eg before holiday baking, etc. I haven't ever kept it for more than 2-3 mos. but it did fine for that length of time. I wrapped it twice in foil.
09 Fleetwood Jamboree 31M - 'Summerhouse'
Ford 6.8 L Triton V10 5spd
“Light hearted I take to the open road… Healthy, free, the world before me… The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose.” - Walt Whitman
|
|
|
Mn Hkr
Hardwick,Mn / Mission,Tx
Full Member
Joined: 01/29/2009
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club
|
Why wrap? We always freeze the butter when we buy it and it is the same when we take it out and use it as it is if we use it right away, have never wrapped butter before putting it in the freezer - just toss it in.
|
robsouth
Near Atlanta, GA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/20/2004
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club
Offline
|
Mn Hkr wrote:Why wrap? We always freeze the butter when we buy it and it is the same when we take it out and use it as it is if we use it right away, have never wrapped butter before putting it in the freezer - just toss it in.
Ditto!!
Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel Dually
Terry 22U
Regal 1900LSR
"Great minds like a think"
|
PRT
NY~FL
Senior Member
Joined: 05/25/2001
View Profile
|
I always freeze it right in the box. I have five pounds in there right now ($1.48/lb. last week!)
Pat
May the road rise with you, the wind be always at your back.
|
plaz
PA
New Member
Joined: 03/04/2007
View Profile
|
I also freeze butter all the time without any special wrapping. I never noticed a difference in taste.
|
strudle
Granbury TX
Senior Member
Joined: 01/09/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
You may find that real butter will not affect cholesterol levels at all. Obviously use in moderation as in all things.
Spent some time with a Professor and Dean of Nutrition at a famous University who showed me a chart of heart attacks in USA from 1900 to 1990+ compared with use of maragine in the USA. Chart for maragine started after WW One when maragine was introduced as measure to save fats for the war effort. Heart attacks in the population which had been flat line prior to 1920 marched up and basically matched the maragine useage line step by step. My wife is a Ph.D in Nutrition and Dietitian and we use butter in our home.
Strudle
86 Sportscoach lll
Bilsteins
Safe T Plus
Bridgestones
|
|
|
