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Tanuki

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13. Yep, my second grade teacher had us make butter

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 10:33 PM

19 hrs ago

by taking turns vigorously shaking cream in a mason jar! Mrs. Josephine Box, who also taught me phonics and was in retrospect probably the best teacher I ever had.

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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