On Monday, February 18, 2013 9:50:22 AM UTC-5, Michel Boucher wrote:
> Dave Smith > wrote in
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> > Why do you say probably not salted? They didn't have
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> However, salting is a commercial process and people who churned
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> their own butter would not salt it. Besides they had cold rooms
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> (or dépense as it was called in Québec).
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> Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected
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> -- Barbara Tober

That makes perfect sense - except for the part where you're completely wrong. Please don't comment on things you obviously know nothing about.