Cumberland Rum Butter

• 4oz butter
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 8oz

Cream the butter and work in the nutmeg and the sugar, gradually adding a few drops of rum at a time until it is all finished. The mixture should be smooth and creamy. This sweet butter was made in Cumberland and Westmorland and put into a bowl to use at Christenings. It was eaten by everyone who visited the new baby, traditionally spread on oatcakes, but sometimes on biscuits or bread. The wom