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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Jun 05 2009 : 06:36:43 AM
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Well, I guess I'm going to have to break down and do this. I keep thinking and thinking about it, and over "processing" it but y'all have just explained it too simply. Now I have no excuses! I will make butter on Sunday, and I won't have to buy any :)
Another question....does this butter hold up to baking as well?
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paintnpencils
Farmgirl in Training
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jessica
glen rock
pa
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2009 : 09:06:45 AM
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I was checking out a website listed in the mary jane mag it was www.lehmans.com they have new glass jar butter churns! it is a hand crank and says it churns 2 1/2 quarts of butter in less than 30 minutes! Does anyone know what would be the best breed of cow to make butter?
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2009 : 12:49:45 PM
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I bought a hand churn with the wooden paddles at a garage sale about 15 years ago for $5 and it works great.
Jessica, Jerseys and Gurnseys have the highest butterfat content in their milk, (I think) but honestly, it will vary from breed to breed and you can have a cow that has more or less than what is considered "normal" for her breed. So I would have to say the best cow to have for butter is one that will stand still for you to milk and not kick you and put her foot in the milk bucket *GRIN*.
Teresa Sue
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MissDotty
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Anna
Coralville
IA
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 6:37:16 PM
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| I just wanted to share with all the butter makers who live near HyVee groceries stores: they have organic non-homogenized milk on sale right now. |
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 1:36:45 PM
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I did it! I made real honest to goodness butter. It was amazingly easy and a very good workout for my arms..LOL. I intend to pass this knowledge on to my sons and their girlfriends. Try to get some new family traditions going. When I told my mom about doing this she said she remembered many a time at home bouncing a quart jar on her knee when she was a little girl to help her mother. She also mentioned my grandmother's butter churn and had forgotten that I have it and we shared some memories of her taking her turn at the churn too. I have to say it tastes delicious!
Thanks lilwing for finding a cottage cheese recipe. I had no idea it was that easy. I remember tasting some one of my great aunts made when I was a girl and I didn't like it at all but I'd love to try again. The whole idea of eating foods I've raised or made from scratch is very appealing. More so every time I hear another horror story on TV about food poisoning.
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 12:34:21 AM
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Cheryl, I absolutely used to abhor cottage cheese but now I can't seem to get enough of it since I've been eating healthier. I have yet to try this or the butter (we have some storebought butter and am waiting til we run out) .. but I will and I will be making both and giving my own little report once I do! I hope this cottage cheese recipe is a good one! lol.
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arabianhorselover
True Blue Farmgirl
422 Posts
Jennifer
Bedias
TX
USA
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Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 6:50:00 PM
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I use my DH to make butter. 
We get our raw milk from the dairy and then we pour it into a plastic container. Let it sit overnight in the fridge to seperate and then ladle out the cream, put it in a mason jar and the he starts shaking. Takes him about 20-30 mins. Then we have butter. Yummy!!!
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SpiritedRose
Farmgirl in Training
22 Posts
Michelle
Chestertown
MD
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 08:13:30 AM
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If you add a couple marbles to the cream, it will help churn it into cream quicker.
Works in a mason jar if you're just shaking it, too. Kids love adding marbles. :) |
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hill farm lady
Farmgirl in Training
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Sherry
Chelsea
VT
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 3:04:47 PM
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Lehman's catalogue (Amish, nonelectric) has a butter churn in it. Basically a glass jar with paddles. When I was a Waldorf kindergarten teacher we made butter to go with the bread that was made once a week. Oh, how the kids loved it! My own children, now all grown, all feel like they can make bread anytime they want! Teaching children to make some of their food gives them a good sense of self-worth and competence.
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Making Butter
