Post by TRAPnHUNT on Apr 14, 2011 8:14:14 GMT -5
Yesterday when my daughter got home from school, I asked her if she wanted to try to make home made butter with me since she has never seen this done. She had that puzzled look on her face but said "Sure".
We took a pint of heavy cream and a few pinches of salt and put it in a mason jar and I had her shake it up for a while. I told her to keep doing this until it seperated the butter from the butter milk.. Roughly a half hour later we opened the jar and poured the contents through cheese cloth. We then rolled the butter in plastic wrap and popped it in the fridge.
She thought that was pretty cool until I took a quart of heavy cream, added salt, and ran it in the food processor for a lot less time and got the same affect. We once again poured the butter milk through cheese cloth and rolled the butter in plastic wrap.
We reserved the buttermilk and used it this morning to make biscuits. My wife was a bit upset because it would have been cheaper to just buy butter.
Oh well! This wasnt the first time my wife has been upset with me and sure as sh!t wont be the last. I was able to teach my daughter something that she didnt know how to do and in two different ways of doing it!
We took a pint of heavy cream and a few pinches of salt and put it in a mason jar and I had her shake it up for a while. I told her to keep doing this until it seperated the butter from the butter milk.. Roughly a half hour later we opened the jar and poured the contents through cheese cloth. We then rolled the butter in plastic wrap and popped it in the fridge.
She thought that was pretty cool until I took a quart of heavy cream, added salt, and ran it in the food processor for a lot less time and got the same affect. We once again poured the butter milk through cheese cloth and rolled the butter in plastic wrap.
We reserved the buttermilk and used it this morning to make biscuits. My wife was a bit upset because it would have been cheaper to just buy butter.
Oh well! This wasnt the first time my wife has been upset with me and sure as sh!t wont be the last. I was able to teach my daughter something that she didnt know how to do and in two different ways of doing it!
