Homemade Butter

[Loren]

I unfortunately have no experience with making butter, but I hope you enjoy it and have fun!
I would love to see pictures and hear your stories about your experience afterwards (if you feel comfortable.)

Thank you, Luca, for your kind words! I will definitely share a photo, and let you know of my experience. : )

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Do you own dairy livestock?

 

[Sunny1]

Thank you, Loren! It has been a while. Thanks for noticing. (-:

 

[Aspychata]

I have zero knowledge in this area but l am hoping to learn from your post.

 

[Gerontius]

Have you made butter yet @Loren?

 

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Have you made butter yet @Loren?

I've been watching this thread closely too and I'm looking forward to seeing the results. I was taught the concept of how butter is made when I was a child but I have never seen anyone actually do it.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I used to live on a farm and we had a Jersey cow (high butterfat milk) and we made butter from the cream. We bought an antique glass butterchurn and used it successfully for years.

It takes a lot longer than you think before it starts to turn. It helps to have the cream at room temperature. After the butter forms, drain off the buttermilk. Then you rinse the butter of the buttermilk with running water. You have to kind of squeeze it, sort of like kneading bread to get all the buttermilk rinsed away. Form into a lump or ball - or use a fancy butter mold. Chill.

 

[Gerontius]

I used to live on a farm and we had a Jersey cow (high butterfat milk) and we made butter from the cream. We bought an antique glass butterchurn and used it successfully for years.

It takes a lot longer than you think before it starts to turn. It helps to have the cream at room temperature. After the butter forms, drain off the buttermilk. Then you rinse the butter of the buttermilk with running water. You have to kind of squeeze it, sort of like kneading bread to get all the buttermilk rinsed away. Form into a lump or ball - or use a fancy butter mold. Chill.

Jersey cows have a lot of merits for agriculture--great producers, easy to work with, all that--but they're also adorable. Congratulations on having probably the world's favorite milk cow.

 

[Forest Cat]

While we wait for an update on Lorens buttery adventure, here's a several hundred year old manuscript with a drawing of a cat churning butter. From the Book of Kells.