You guys...you should totally make your own butter!

[Anonymous]

I thought whipping heavy cream gave you whipped cream? Keep going for butter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am old, but we made butter in kindergarten. The teacher put the cream in a jar and we sat on the floor in a circle and passed the jar around. Everyone has a chance to shake the jar. Our reward was a saltine with a dab of fresh butter. Teachers couldn't do this today. It wouldn't be fair for the Larlos who had a daily allergy.

Sure they can. My kids made butter in school, and they’re so young their generation hasn’t been named yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am old, but we made butter in kindergarten. The teacher put the cream in a jar and we sat on the floor in a circle and passed the jar around. Everyone has a chance to shake the jar. Our reward was a saltine with a dab of fresh butter. Teachers couldn't do this today. It wouldn't be fair for the Larlos who had a daily allergy.

Me too! Right down to the saltine. Such a fun day.

[Anonymous]

Okay, Laura Ingalls. You enjoy yourself out on that prairie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, Laura Ingalls. You enjoy yourself out on that prairie.

Huh?

You just use a kitchen aid mixer and that is it. Easy peasy.

[Anonymous]

It’s only tastier if you culture the cream first, and that’s what gives you genuine buttermilk too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is. Like making your own bread, and your own pasta and own meatballs, and own pizza, and own yogurt, own cookies and cakes, own jams, own pasta sauce, own ice cream, and so on.

I’ll do that when I retire and kids go to college, and then I’ll have an extra 50+ hours per week to do all make all these things.

In the meantime, Costco butter is good enough.

The things you’ve listed take time and are complicated. Butter is literally the easiest thing you will ever do “from scratch”. And really more comparable to the fancy butter with salt crystals I buy for $10. Not intended to replace sticks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought whipping heavy cream gave you whipped cream? Keep going for butter?

Yes, exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am old, but we made butter in kindergarten. The teacher put the cream in a jar and we sat on the floor in a circle and passed the jar around. Everyone has a chance to shake the jar. Our reward was a saltine with a dab of fresh butter. Teachers couldn't do this today. It wouldn't be fair for the Larlos who had a daily allergy.

Yes, we did this too! It's a shame kids can't do this fun stuff anymore because of allergies and food sensitivities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought whipping heavy cream gave you whipped cream? Keep going for butter?

Yes, exactly!

Yes, did this one time by mistake. Wow, weird as it started to happen, but delicious!

[Anonymous]

Did you wash it? Not an issue if you're going to eat it all in a day or two, but otherwise, you need to wash it.

[Anonymous]

Um, I'm shocked by the number of people who didn't know this is how you make butter. Wow, millennials really do suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am old, but we made butter in kindergarten. The teacher put the cream in a jar and we sat on the floor in a circle and passed the jar around. Everyone has a chance to shake the jar. Our reward was a saltine with a dab of fresh butter. Teachers couldn't do this today. It wouldn't be fair for the Larlos who had a daily allergy.

Omg. We did this in kindergarten too, right down to eating it with saltines! 1988. I remember how glorious it tasted.

[Anonymous]

don't 4th graders still have Colonial Day and make butter in baby food jars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The time and money to prep, look up a good video, and clean-up a greasy mess is not worth the $3.69 that I would pay for 4 sticks of butter/County Crock which is way easier to spread at Giant (and wait for a sale to boot).

Why would anyone care about the the opinion of someone who admits to buying Country Crock?