I'm making raw butter!

[big brown horse]

It turned out great! Sam and I took turns shaka shaking. Who needs a "shake weight" lol, my arms are whooped!

Anyway, what am I supposed to do with the left over "butter milk"? I have almost over a cup of it.

 

[Bethanial]

hey thats what we do!

shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a!

and voila! butter!

whooot!

You've been eating the Christmas cookies again, haven't you?

I can't wait til I get my hands on some REAL cream (have I mentioned lately that I WANNA GOAT?) and I can use the hand-cranked butter churn (with a wooden paddle) and the wooden butter molds that came from my Dad's side of the family

 

[big brown horse]

hey thats what we do!

shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a-shake-a!

and voila! butter!

whooot!

You've been eating the Christmas cookies again, haven't you?

I can't wait til I get my hands on some REAL cream (have I mentioned lately that I WANNA GOAT?) and I can use the hand-cranked butter churn (with a wooden paddle) and the wooden butter molds that came from my Dad's side of the family

Lucky you!!!

Back to my earlier question, can you make butter from goat and or sheep's milk? Do you need a special seperator?

 

[Bethanial]

I've seen that you can make butter from goat's milk. Some let it sit in the frig and rise naturally for a few days, and just collect the cream until they have enough. Others use a separator. With as much butter and 1/2&1/2 as I use, I'll prolly need to get a cow, too, eventually. Or at least a cow share. Still working on a source for raw milk of some sort....

 

[Denim Deb]

I'm making raw butter!

Not to be confused with making butter in the raw.


Sorry about the bad pun, I couldn't help myself.

I agree, you're going to fit right in here!

I wish I could get raw milk around here, but I can't. One of these days, I hope to either breed the goaties, or get a cow.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

Anyway, what am I supposed to do with the left over "butter milk"? I have almost over a cup of it.

what!?!? are you kidding me?!?! get out there and make pancakes or biscuits! thats the real mccoy - real, not cultured buttermilk, whooot!

i didnt have a lot of luck getting cream from the goats. goat milk doesnt separate like cows milk - and a separator is really expensive. when i did get some cream it make like a half a cup of butter .....and took up all the space in the fridge for like a week.

and yes, Bethanial, we need cows. all of us. now. cows for all!

You've been eating the Christmas cookies again, haven't you?

* looks around for spy cams, thinks "how does she know that?" *

 

[freemotion]

I made some lovely butter from my goat's milk but don't bother after the fun experiment. I had to skim a few tablespoons of cream off every gallon on cheesemaking day and put it into a container in the freezer until I had a quart. It took forever, then I was making cheese from partially skimmed milk.

The butter was very white and delicious, but unless I had no way to get butter, it was way too much work. I packed the butter into little 4 oz canning jars and froze it, doling it out on special occasions. Mostly popcorn.

Oh, to have the land to support a little Jersey cow!

 

[big brown horse]

Buttermilk pancakes!! I don't know why I didn't put two and two together! It didn't taste like buttermilk..I guess that's why. Good thing I saved it.