Buttermaking today. Down to our last scraping of butter for breakfast, so it was just as well that I'd been to the cash and carry on Friday to get cream.
8 litres today. One carton just wouldn't turn, no matter what I tried, so I've ended up with a litre of whipped double cream which is currently sitting on the worktop looking rather unloved.
Never mind. The other 7 litres turned easily enough. I had plenty of receptacles ready. Some small "individual casserole" lidded dishes, a couple of actual butter dishes, a pile of Lock n Lock tubs... When I ran out of suitable dishes I used the burger press, which worked well. Chilled all of the filled receptacles in the fridge and later transferred most of them to the freezer. The freezer was a bit full and I managed to drop and smash one of my individual butter dishes. Bit of a waste. Still, the lid didn't smash, so I have a spare now.
Will need to think of things to use up some of the buttermilk.
8 litres today. One carton just wouldn't turn, no matter what I tried, so I've ended up with a litre of whipped double cream which is currently sitting on the worktop looking rather unloved.
Never mind. The other 7 litres turned easily enough. I had plenty of receptacles ready. Some small "individual casserole" lidded dishes, a couple of actual butter dishes, a pile of Lock n Lock tubs... When I ran out of suitable dishes I used the burger press, which worked well. Chilled all of the filled receptacles in the fridge and later transferred most of them to the freezer. The freezer was a bit full and I managed to drop and smash one of my individual butter dishes. Bit of a waste. Still, the lid didn't smash, so I have a spare now.
Will need to think of things to use up some of the buttermilk.
