Washing Homemade Butter

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[dr.froghopper]

I remember my mom spending an inordinate amount of time trying to squeeze the leftover milk out with a spoon and fork. She never thought to wash it in water. On an interesting note, when we collected cream for butter, we frequently let the cream go just a little sour. Then we spread it out into however many quart Mason jars that it took to give each of us a jar and we proceeded to shake those jars like there was no tomorrow. Basically, we were two butter churns, one 16 years old and me at 14. My youngest brother was only 7 and the quart jars were too big. I complained back then but my mom was keeping two teenagers busy and out of trouble in College Alaska. Now I realize that I know how to make my own butter, plant my own garden, make a good deal of my own clothes. I know how to knap flint to make stone tools. I can do a bit of blacksmithing. And most of the seeds of that knowledge were planted during that one summer living on the University of Alaska’s Experimental Farm and Dairy. Cool memories from the summer of 1970!

[cmac]

I'm glad you asked why, because I was definitely wondering!

[peacefulwife]

Those hands doing the work are going to be soft for days.❤

[joytothworld]

Thank You for the video.
I so miss the beautiful healthy life.

[swoodhaus]

Yes Ma'am, thats I learn to do it!
Just want to say again, I really enjoy yours and your daughter's video's. Looking so forward to the next ones.

[geraldwise]

Can't begin to tell you how many pounds of butter I've churned.
My mother had a large, shallow wooden bowl and a wooden paddle that she'd use to wash and work the butter.
Thank you for bringing back some fond memories!

[joytothworld]

My mother had a milk cow.
Nothing better tasting than organic milk, butter milk, an home-made butter.

[jaspersknoll]

I make butter a couple times a week and yes I wash my butter too. You have to wash it until the water stays clear then a dash or so of salt if you prefer. I don't have a butter mold but I'd sure like to run across one. I'm making 2.5 lbs of butter every 4 days then making ghee everytime I get 10 lbs. My son is making butter and drinking milk with his family and so is my cousin and myself. One cow is providing 3 families and a flock of chickens with all the dairy we can use. We're going to try making yogurt and cream cheese as well. It takes commitment though to take care of my jersey cow and no matter what the weather I have to milk and keep her bedding clean.

[papaw]

That's exactly the way my mother made butter. She had a wooden mold that left a flower design on top!

[donnaelkins]

That was interesting. I never heard of washing the butter. God bless.

[Jevea]

I loved helping my MawMaw make butter. She'd always call me to help her. Guess I was a weird kid. Always got a hot biscuit and a big pat of butter as a reward for helping her. Also homemade grape or strawberry jam. Yum yum.

[ronbass]

We made butter when I was young. I still have my Mothers churn and mold, they're older than me and I'm 69. I made some butter with my grandkids not long ago. It tasted great. They were amazed how simple it was.

[joeyhardin]

Thanks, this is where my grandmother would salt the butter. God Bless and stay safe.

[thehillbillychickenranch]

That is one of my favorite parts, washing butter! Save the buttermilk! Yum! And home churned butter tastes so much better than store bought butter, any day!

[mags]

I never knew one had to wash butter. Fascinating!

[Teresia]

We lived in a city close to Nashville. Mama n Daddy were from the Mountains in KY. So Mama would take us all way out in the country to the McCormick's farm and buy fresh milk. At least five gallons. Half she kept for us to drink after she skimmed the cream off it. The rest she made butter and buttermilk out of. She washed the butter just like that. I was young so don't remember the particulars. By the time I was 12 and my youngest baby sister was born she stopped going for the milk. I've never come to like the store bought milk as well. I found the Kerry Gold butter and that taste about like my Mama's, best I can remember.

[MsBlank]

That left over milk is great for the skin my granny use to pour the left over "butter milk" in the bath .

And yes the butter is good for about 4 or 5 days

[phyllisalexander]

I remember well my paternal Grandma doing this then, as you said, she put the butter in her molds wonderful memories and the VERY BEST BUTTERED BUISCUITS EVER, CATHEADS NO LESS.
Jeri Whittaker
1/30/2022
Near Athens, Georgia

[col.cottonhill]

I do this at home with my son. He's still a baby but he likes to watch.

[HolmansHomestead]

Thank you for sharing ❤ have a blessed day