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?

 

[Outdated]

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.

 

[Loren]

Have you made butter yet @Loren?

So sorry, for some reason I haven't been receiving notifications for this thread.

I've had to wait, as I have been working all week. I'm going to make it in the next day or two, and will report back. (-:

 

[Loren]

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.

Thank you. I appreciate you sharing this, WhitewaterWoman.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I’ve always wanted to try to make butter. Are there ways to do it without a churn?

 

[Forest Cat]

I’ve always wanted to try to make butter. Are there ways to do it without a churn?

You can just use a paint stirrer, a drill and a bucket for example. Pretty much anything that spins fast will work I think.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I’ve always wanted to try to make butter. Are there ways to do it without a churn?

You can put the cream in a Mason jar and shake vigorously. For a long time. Have others around to spell you.

 

[Judge]

Kirk: "Homemade butter! Wonderful!"
Spock: "Fascinating, Captain."
Kirk: "Spock, does that mean you approve?"
Spock: "Affirmative, Captain."
Kirk: "So Spock, are you a fan of margarine as well?"
Spock: "I see no need for you to insult me, Captain."
Kirk: "Right."

 

[Forest Cat]

You can put the cream in a Mason jar and shake vigorously. For a long time. Have others around to spell you.

Or tie the jar to a hyperactive dog and just let it run.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Or tie the jar to a hyperactive dog and just let it run.

In a plastic jar.

You may not be aware that Mason jars are always glass. Used for canning food.

 

[Loren]

Hi All. The butter experience was good. I used an electric hand-mixer, as per Magna's suggestion, I believe, and followed YeshuasDaughter's instructions. Thanks, again, for the suggestions, and everyone's interest and words of encouragement. I have attached a couple photos. They are a bit rustic looking, as I could have done a bit more shaping (which I did with parchment paper).

Oh, strange. I resized them, and they posted upside down.

 

[Magna]

Thanks for the update, Loren. I bet it will taste divine. Did you salt it?

 

[Loren]

My pleasure. Thank you! I salted the one with the thyme. : )