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Irish_Dem

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3. I accidentally made butter when I was a child with just a hand mixer.
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 09:05 PM
21 hrs ago

My mother had set me to the task of beating cream with a small hand mixer to
make whipped cream but didn't tell me how long to beat it.

When she came to check on me the cream had turned to butter.

So you just beat the cream until it is fluffy for whipped cream and keep going with it.
Then when you mother wants whipped cream for strawberry shortcake she has butter
to put on top of the strawberries instead of whipped cream.

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I have one good thing to say about trump [View all] tulipsandroses 21 hrs ago OP
Okay.. So, tell us how to make butter in a stand mixer... hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #1
I accidentally made butter when I was a child with just a hand mixer. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #3
Yeah, eons ago, I remember seeing my grandmother's friend make butter - but the mixer makes it easy peasy tulipsandroses 20 hrs ago #5
Thanks! hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #8
How do you flavor it and when in the manufacturing process? KS Toronado 19 hrs ago #15
The butter sounds good JBTaurus83 21 hrs ago #2
I was hoping Trump's terminal diagnosis had been confirmed due to eating too much butter. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #4
Trump would make DAMN FINE fertilizer, and/or food for worms!!!!! Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #6
Not quite excellent fertilizer. The fat fromBig Macs detracts from high quality fertilizer. Still - I drive past his 3Hotdogs 18 hrs ago #18
since when does 'animal fat' not make good fertilizer?? Jack Valentino 18 hrs ago #19
BFI, formally one of the biggest sanitation companies, started an experimental composting facility in Freeport, Maine. 3Hotdogs 18 hrs ago #20
Okay then. Ima need a link to your ice cream youtube then. Maru Kitteh 20 hrs ago #7
I've tried a bunch of recipes but always come back to this one. It makes the creamiest ice cream tulipsandroses 20 hrs ago #9
Thanks :) Maru Kitteh 19 hrs ago #11
I remember making butter in Girl Scouts buzzycrumbhunger 20 hrs ago #10
I'm being a bit facetious thanking him, but had it not been for this terrible economy, I wouldn't have been looking tulipsandroses 19 hrs ago #12
Yep, my second grade teacher had us make butter Tanuki 19 hrs ago #13
Can probably use the whey in baking. nilram 19 hrs ago #14
In my youth on the farm, we milked our own cows.... lastlib 19 hrs ago #16
About making ice cream AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #17
that sound intriguing Kali 18 hrs ago #23
what are you paying for heavy cream? Kali 18 hrs ago #21
making your own stuff always cheaper. pansypoo53219 18 hrs ago #22
Thanks for a wonderful thread mahina 18 hrs ago #24
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