Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-07-11

Several weeks since the Gazette gave its
opinion upon several samples of butter, one
made from sweet and the other from sour
cream. kindly sent us 10y Director Myers of
the West Virginia station These comments
have stirred up our brethren of the daily
papers To lively discussion, and the battle
between sweet and sour cream butter is
fairly ON To our confreres of the daily
press bet us define our position in the matter
"a little more definitely than the limits of the
first attcie permitted, for it seems tina: IN
"a measure Wt have been misunderstood
Change, whether We deem it progress or
not Is the order OF the day, and in no place
J., II more marked than in the demands of
the butter market. Less than a generation
ago most of the winter butter of the conn
try wa. what is known as packed butter
that Is hutter produced III the early sum
mer or in the fall and kept in cold storage
or cellars until brought ont for consumption
Although such butter of necessity has fla
Vor OF its own which experts now pronounce
strong" or old 81 and although such is
now very unsatisfactory except to IA limited
number of consumers who still cling to It,
there Is no evidence that at the time its use
was common people detected or commented
untavorahly upon those rank iavors which
they now protest against so strongly In the
pioneer DAYS the settlers were contented
md happy with "a lumber wagon as their
only vehicle now that the steel spring
buggy is found on every farm, the old wagon
affords but little pleasure and comfort
Whether the fresh made butter of today is
really superior to the packed butter of for
mer times is IA matter of taste and educa
ton Its difference cannot be measured
hv the scale or foot rule nothing decides
but the paates of the people
Satisfied as we are with the aromatic
nutrv favored butter fresh from the churn
which must now he consumed within two
weeks from the time of manufacture 10 he
at its best, are we certain we have reached
IA standard of perfection aud flavor which
will not change as time goes on Our dairy
friends will agree that the flavor of freshly
made butter Is milder and more delicate
than that of packed butter will the future
generation wish it still more mild if with
that there comes ii still more marke ed del
icacy We think this entirely possible
The flavor of well-made butter by the pres
ent standard is indicated and measured by
its aroma the trier holds il close To the
nose the buyer detects the quality he de
sires or It's absence 10y the sense of smell
entirely and not 10y taste. But all high
havors are not recognized or measured by
having no odor whatever The fragrant
riud of the orange is quite unpalatable,
while the pulp which we appreciate SO highly
is almost without fragrance When, there
fore We said of the sweet cream sample sent
boy Prof MYERS that it had less of that flavor
which peases the expert butter trier we
did not thereby desire to convey the idea
that through the lack of this there was nee
essariy any real fault in the sample The
expert is only the plastic personlhcatIun of
the public desire What he pronounces
"A today he may reject tomorrow The
sweet cream butter We passed upon, though
novel, was dehcately pleasant, like the
fresh meats of unctIous nuts. 1t satisfied
the palate and stimulated desire for more
of the same kind II seems 70 me that thi,
Is just the measure of true merit IN sucl
products The past market took what We
now call strong butter the present mark ct
demands what 1t terms mild butter but il
b, possible, as time goes ON, this product will
Yet bee found 90 possess too much of that
something which for the want OF better
word we will call flavor The future con
sumner will perhaps demand less, or no sail
atall as dnmauy of our foreign cousins, anC
also the mild flavor given 10y sweet cream
We do mot prophesy this change daT,
not predict H. but We shall not be surprised
If II comes A little part of the EuropeaI
world uses an oil as a substitute for butter
and cream that seems insipid 10 MS Hav,
We not been drifting toward their likes Ia
the changes we have made with the ui
thutterI which We use The objection thai
sweet cream butter may not keep So wei
as that from sour cream will hardly sta ul
as a valid ubJertlnu 90 the change Packed
hutter was a ian more salseble and NOV
able product than the modern product
vet il has been displaced Railroads nov
anuihilHtr time and space, and If consumer.
prefer an article that is more perishahl,
than the present one means will bee found
90 supply % ln sufficient quantities While
then the Gazette takes the stand that sweet
cream butter B, not up 90 the standard, as
the standard nov exists. Do by uo means al
firms that ID is passing fancy an will soor
b.. heard of mo- more IL hAs already found
friend, here aud there, from these centre,
may expand circles that shall some day
include the largest part of the butter con
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