Home Made Butter

Now for the life of me I can't remember where I first read about making home made butter but I thought or  I was lead to believe you had to have unpasteurized cream to do this so I search high and low but couldn't find it and thought I would have to find a dairy farm to get it! So when I read the book "made from scratch" she talked about it again and said to use heavy whipping cream but recommend a local dairy farm. So I was so excited to finally try my hand at it! I was nervous she said you had to shake it for 15 min but it "popped" sooner than that!!! Now I can't wait to eat some it tonight. I will have to compare pricing to see if all that shaking is worth it:) Also it's like Whipped Butter light and fluffy not what I was expecting so when I went to rinse it and I kneaded it it popped out of my hands~ so be careful if you give it a try.

Made From Scratch!

I am not much of a reader these days~ there's just not enough time when I want to make things! But we were going on vacation and that is when my making time comes to a hault so I found this book and actually read it in two days between partys and theme parks! It's about Homesteading but in a more realisitc way~ chickens, Bees & Gardens as well as making clothing and a few other things but the first three things are what excited me the most since I already sew and spin yarn. My husband is a bit concerned now that I have demanded that I am starting a bee hive and we are getting chickens (but I have to make sure with our township first). For me it is not only a sense of raising your own food but the fact that I don't get all that packaging when I actually get it! I can get eggs without an egg carton and I can make pasta without have to recycle a cardboard box~ this is what most thrills me! This book not only gives you a run down on how to do these things it also tells her story before hand and let me tell you it's pretty comical!

A Must Have Book!!