sweetdesign started a new discussion called Have you ever made your own butter? in cooking.
2 months ago
I tried this the other day and it was fun and the butter tastes so much better than store bought! It was easy as well! Here is what you need: Jar with tight fitting lid cream (heavy or regular doesn't matter) strong arms for shaking All you do is put your cream in the jar screw on the lid and start shaking. It will take 10-20 minutes but once your cream turns to butter strain it (keep the...

sweetdesign commented in a discussion called Have you ever made your own butter? in cooking.
2 months ago
My grandmother would milk the cows, skim off the cream and put it into a butterchurn (a crock with a lid and a dasher) and churn the butter then she would drain it and wash it and season it. My grandmother made butter all the time she couldn't afford to buy all the groceries they needed so she made what she could. They butchered there own meat (cows,pigs and chickens) smoked it and froze it. Th...

sweetdesign commented in a discussion called Have you ever made your own butter? in cooking.
2 months ago
I get that mag at the store everyonce in awhile. I really like it. I like the Hobby Farm mag too. Lots of good info in those. Have fun with the butter making!

sweetdesign commented in a discussion called Have you ever made your own butter? in cooking.
2 months ago
Butter makes everything taste better LOL. I like using real butter instead of margerine. Margerine has so many additives and it is basically oil and water. Butter is much better.

sweetdesign commented in a discussion called Have you ever made your own butter? in cooking.
4 weeks ago
you'll know it is butter when it goes past the whipped cream stage (like cool whip) and starts to seperate into butter and buttermilk. You can use a food processor or a stand mixer to do this also. I just like shaking it in the jar.