Churning Butter at the Jerrys Farm Open House

During our August farm open house, we made butter fresh from our Jersey milk cow. The churn and butter mold were provided by our neighbors Gene and Jo Ann. We let the fresh (raw) cream warm up to room temperature and churned it for about 10 minutes total. We didn't do the mold just right so the cake doesn't look too perty but it tasted REAL good!

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[BowmanFarm]

We churn our butter with a mixer, but I like your non-electric churn. It looks like the one from Lehman's hardware.

[KYGuyz]

This churn is an original Dazey brand churn from about 1930. It was borrowed from our neighbors for our open house. For our own butter making we use a peanut butter jar with a marble dropped in it for an agitator.

[KYGuyz]

We rinse the butter and wash it until no more milk comes out. Then squeeze all the water out. We add about a half teaspoon of salt per pound and press it with a mold. Right now we borrow our neighbors mold but I am planning of turning one out of sycamore on my lather this winter. The mold we use now has a floral pattern but I plan to either carve a cow or a thistle on ours.

[KYGuyz]

We wash and rinse the butter until the water is clear , then work the water out of the butter. Then add a teaspoon of salt, Press it into the mold and press it out. It is amazing how different it is than store bought!

[topsy420]

Some men just want to see the world churn.

[KYGuyz]

The butter fat from a Jersey cow is very yellow. The channel Island breeds, Jersey, and Guernsey do not process vitamin A very well and it is passed on in the butter fat. As the butter fat separates from the butter milk, it shows more of the yellow coloring. Our cow is a Jersey and gives very yellow cream.

[crustyrobot]

wow, you guys are so good at that.

[beatle0922]

wow this is good,i bet that butter is extremly fresh

[streetwhereulive]

My aunt would bring the fresh milk into the house and cover it with a clean kitchen towel. She'd leave it sitting there until the cream came to the top and what was left in the bottom was sour milk. Then she'd churn the cream and make butter. What a treat it is to think of it. Thanks for posting.

[MHSJshuffle]

Yall seen that big cock at the beginning of the video .....one word ,,,,,B E A U tiful