On Sat, 8 Sep 2012 13:05:38 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> wrote:

>On Sep 8, 5:40*am, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> Remove the froth and then pour out the clear liquid. I don't think you
>> need to wait for the butter to settle. I'm not sure what you can do with
>> the surplus milk solids - my guess is that you could dump it on some
>> popcorn and it would be fine.
>
>
> I'd just throw it away. I read somewhere that in clarifying
>butter approximately 1/4 of what one starts with is lost. Big deal, I
>can live with that. I still don't quite get it though, the stuff on
>the bottom I mean. I've never seen it. I've melted butter before,
>never a whole pound, but a few tablespoons, maybe as much as 4 of
>them, and I saw the froth on top, but I never noticed anything forming
>on the bottom. So it's hard for me to visualize it. A pound of
>unsalted butter from the local market is only about $3, so maybe I'll
>just wing it and see what happens. So what I'm imagining is that when
>I pour the usable butter into a jar or whatever there is some small
>amount of something that clings to the pot or container I'm using, so
>the butter should be poured off gently so as not to include the bottom
>stuff, whatever the hell that is. At least the experiment will give
>me something to do.

You can use the dregs for a lubricant, for when you have nothing to
do. hehe