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Pippilongstocking

Greying - thats ace!!!!!

Hey up yo lot - Mr me out til really silly o clock at a local 'jam' and I got home very late!!!! Tired today

Womble mothership is calling - its wind free here again today - really unusual!!!!

I'm not going to get much done before I go but wanted to wish you all a lovely weekend!

Cheery_Daff

Does it feel really eerie without the wind Pippi??

Karmacat

Fascinating on the butter, Greying, I like the sound of that!

Pippilongstocking

Back in from womble central - on heap on sofa!

Yup feels weird without the wind! Busy busy day, some utterly amazing goods in and lots sold.

Happy womble.

gilligansyle

Pops in to say hi!

Lemon_Tree

blimey greying how the heck did you make butter? i'd have never thought of using cream for that.

hope it all went well in womble central Pippi,

gonna have a go and have a look at some blogs for some peedie dogs

Greying_Pilgrim

LT m'dear - tis simple as a simple thing to make butter from double (or whipping) cream. It is ALOT easier if you have some sort of food mixer (eg Kenwood/kitchenaid) or food processor (eg kenwood/cuisineart/Magimix), but can be made with a stick blender or even by hand with a whisk.

The instructions I followed are here, but to be honest, there are many references to making butter on MSE - esp the 'Old Style Threads' and we've just caught up with the episode of 'The Fabulous Baker Boys' from wednesday night and they showed how to make butter (they had a Kitchen Aid tho - red if anyones interested.... ).

Essentially, you are 'overworking' the cream. If you've ever set out to make whipped cream, but wandered from the processor at the wrong time, then you've made butter!!! (it REALLY does change that quickly). The important thing is the removal of the buttermilk from the resulting butter - if you leave it in, it can result in rancid butter - NOT a good thing - however cheap your cream in the beginning! I washed it out by hand, but the guides do seem to suggest you can do it in the machine. The water in the Fab Baker Boys was alot cloudier than mine was - I washed until it was clear, but then I wanted to keep my butter, not eat it straight away.

What I like is the amount of money that was saved. Butter is so expensive at the minute, and yet if you can get 'whoopsied' cream, and have a little time, you can make it yourself. Perhaps I am too easily pleased, but I found it quite theraputic - and I was rushed for time doing it. The butter doesn't stick to your hands (unlike bread dough!) and it's just amazing the chemistry that happens in front of your eyes!

I hope you can have a go LT, perhaps in your new kitchen?

Kind regards,

Greying

Uniscots97

Hello All, chilling out been to see family today. Getting major pain in my right arm (the one I broke) so trying to take it easy. Watching 'Limitless', all about being able to tap into the bits of the brain you dont use (if only)

chevalier

Glad to see that you are getting organised, with your patchworkyness!

Greying, just remind me how you make butter again?

I remember doing it as a class experiment when I was a child.
chev

Karmacat

That website is amazing, isn't it - chev, follow the link that greying has given a few posts up, its brilliant!

Tired little womble up there in stripeyland! I'm glad it went so well, hope you're going to have a nice time off today.