Making real Butter by hand

[TWP]

Yes, if you have a cow or goat and access to lots of cream, you can use an actual butter churn... But that needs several Gallons of cream.

For those who can only buy cream in the stores, this is how you do it... in smaller quantities.

http://thesurvivalzone.net/easy-steps-make-butter/

No, it is not a quick process, but fresh butter is worth it.

NOTE, use HEAVY Cream, not the watery stuff being sold as "cream"...

[pqtb]

I remember shaking cream in a gallon jug to make butter as a kid.   Warm cream turned to butter far faster then cream that was fresh out of the fridge.   Investment in a butter churn would be a good investment now if you plan on making butter in the future.

[Jerry D Young]

Man, bring back memories for me, as well.

We had a Jersey that produced a huge amount of cream. And a Holstein that produced lots of milk, with only moderate amounts of cream. We did use some of the cream directly, but we had lots of cream to churn into butter. As my two older sisters and older brother had work to do that I could not, and my two younger brothers were too young to do it, guess who turned the crank on the one gallon, wooden paddle butter churn. Yep. Me. Had to be at least a million cranks over those years. But man that was good butter! We had three different butter presses to form it into one pound round blocks with a fancy design on top.

Just my opinion.

[230gr]

You might find this interesting. It about colonial butter making.

 Early American Dairy
Today Hannah Zimmerman from Historic Locust Grove sits down with Jon to discuss the history of early American dairy, as well as demonstrating the process of making butter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJL-HYSlvRM

[230gr]

My mother just used her stand mixer on a slower speed. Worked!