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Revision as of 03:46, 2 February 2015 by 66.74.176.59 (talk) (edit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Print butter is an obsolete term for butter which was sold in wrappers printed with "some emblematic device" as a branding device (as modern butter almost always is). Originally the wrappers were normally cloth and sometimes washed and returned for re-use by the retailer. By the late 19th century greaseproof paper took over from cloth. The term is found in American sources from at least 1791 to 1949. References to print butter remain in the US state of Connecticut legal code, requiring print butter to have the net weight printed in Gothic letters at least one-half inch high.
References
- Milton E. Parker (1948). "Princely Packets of Golden Health (A History of Butter Packaging)" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-25.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "The emergence of dairy butter : Butter". www.webexhibits.org. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- Combs, Coulter, and Whitman (1940). "Avenized versus standard parchment for wrapping print butter" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-25.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Chapter 417: General provisions. Pure food and drugs". www.cga.ct.gov. Retrieved 2010-10-17.