Butter churns

[blue8ewe]

Are they a good idea, or a waist of money? What kind? What brand? Antique or new?

[Tana Mc]

Right at this moment, I am making butter in my Kitchen-aide mixer with the whisk attachment. I have used a blender, a quart mason jar that I just sat in the rocking chair and shook, and a Daisey butter churn. Agitation is agitation..... depends on how much you want to pay for it.
Tana Mc

[tinknal]

When I had a cow I used an ice cream maker.

[Tana Mc]

What a good idea!
Tana Mc

[PyroDon]

When I was a kid we'd put the cream in wide mouth gallon jars pad them in the trunk and drive to town and back. when we got home we had butter.
Havent tried it in years but considering our roads I bet it can still be done

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by Tana Mc

What a good idea!
Tana Mc

It was an accidental discovery. That dang jersey cream was so thick that the first time I tried to make ice cream it just turned into vanilla flavored butter!

[blue8ewe]

Originally Posted by tinknal

It was an accidental discovery. That dang jersey cream was so thick that the first time I tried to make ice cream it just turned into vanilla flavored butter!

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by blue8ewe

And sweet buttermilk..................

[FarmboyBill]

That is the only way I would be dealing with milk is if I had both, but thats just me. I have a ice cream maker also. If i could only have one of the above, id have the churn. But if you get a seperator also,you can store your milk in the frige for as long as possible and then put it in the seperator to set till it gets to room temp and then seperate it all at one time. Maybe twice a week. If you can get a 5 or 10 gal cream can, put it in a barrel of water under a tree to keep it shaded. Use a rope and pulley to get it out of the barrel so as to put milk in or take it out. It will store for a week this way easy if it goes from the cow to can as quickly as possible, and if the bucket is clean. If Bossy puts her foot in the bucket, strain it and use that for house milk as soon as possible. Dont put it in the can. Always strain the milk before putting it in the can, Good luck

[GrannyCarol]

I've used both my food processor and my kitchenaide mixer to make butter. They work fine! I wasn't making large batches though.

[JHinCA]

Kitchenaid with a 6 qt bowl works well for up to 3 qts cream with the whisk attachment.

[WisJim]

We have a Daisy churn, and an unmarked one that is almost identical. Got them reasonably priced at yard sale and antique store. We like the speed of churning with a real churn, but the other methods mentioned work too.

[BigBoy]

I remember as a young boy sitting on my grandparents porch with a gallon jug of milk just shaking it back and forth. I got bored with it pretty quickly but with 3 more grandkids taking turns it eventually made butter.

[marcir]

If you use the jar-shaking method, you must remember to recite this mantra in rhythm with the shake: "Come-butter-come-butter-come-butter-come," or it will take longer. My Irish Grandmother always did. Of course she believed tomatoes could feel pain, as well. But that's another story...

[blue8ewe]

Love the Irish.

[65284]

Mom would put the cream in a gallon jar and two of us kids would sit on he floor and roll it back and forth between us. It really didn't take long to makle butter.

[haypoint]

For a Homestead a cream seperator is a waste of time. It takes so much to clean each plate that it isn't worth it. Not really needed either. We just let the milk cool and spoon the cream off the top. If you get some milk in with the cream, no problem. If you leave some cream in the milk, no problem.
Lehman's Hardware in Dalton, Ohio has a wringer washing machine on display that has a special pan/bucket that fits above the agitator to make butter. It also has a meat grinder that attaches to the wringer part. Saddly, it is a display only.
I'd recommend picking one up at a farm/estate sale. Just a glass jar and hand-crank woden beaters wil serve a family just fine.