Lena B Katz wrote:

>
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, JimLane wrote:
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>>>>make it last longer.
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>>
>>>Not always the reason. Many people prefer the taste of salted butter.
>>
>>However, the original reason salt was added was as a preservative. You
>>have no position there. That people became used to it and then salted
>>became the standard is another matter.
>
>
> ... butter was designed as a way to preserve milk. salt preserves butter
> better. Hence salted butter is a superior product, that exceeds the
> design specs for the original.
>
> Lena

Tell that to the cake you just mentioned above.


jim
;-)