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None of the desserts sounded particularly interesting to me--just sort of standard a molten chocolate cake, a lemon tart with raspberries, homemade vanilla ice cream, a creme brulee and a cheesecake to choose from and by then we were so stuffed with richness that putting any more butter-fat in our mouths sounded kind of nauseating.
Archive 2005-06-01 Kate 2005
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On the basis of these results Funk put forward the idea that McCollum's butter-fat and egg-yolk factor was merely vitamine which clung to the fats as an adulterant.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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The percentage of butter-fat in the milk of cows grazing on the natural pastures is unusually high.
Australia, The Dairy Country Australia. Dept. of External Affairs
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Payment is usually made on the butter-fat percentages; and in order to afford suppliers an opportunity of checking the returns received from private factories the
Australia, The Dairy Country Australia. Dept. of External Affairs
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One of these was submitted to an official bacteriologist, a second given to the official chemist, a third displayed in Congress Hall, and the fourth tested for its butter-fat content.
The Jewel City Ben Macomber
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They simply agitate the cream so that the butter-fat globules in it are brought together in masses of such size as to enable the butter maker to separate them from the buttermilk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
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For instance, you could not get a cow giving milk with the proper butter-fat content.
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It is true with cows as with humans, that we get as much out of life as we are prepared to put into it; and we cannot expect the Almighty to give us butter-fat if we do not give the cow something to chew and make it.
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One company, with headquarters in my town, Hamilton, manufactures 20,000 tons of butter and 18,000 or 20,000 tons of cheese, besides milk products and butter-fat.
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It is very hard to knock these sentiments into the heads of the farmers, but the day has come in New Zealand where butter-fat production will be doubled; the herds are going to be decreased in size, and the farmers are going in for small holdings and intensive cultivation.
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