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Post by fyrwyf on Apr 21, 2015 7:49:18 GMT -5
Oh I'd love a butter churn! Don't have a food processor either :/ I've seen where you can even shake up your cream in a jar til it becomes butter! I may try my hand at cheese and butter making I just love the old fashioned ways! Hard work but rewarding.
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Post by RebeccaLee on Apr 21, 2015 9:23:01 GMT -5
The old ways are good but very time consuming. I see now why certian days were for certian things...ie monday laundry One time I decided to do laundry in my 1930s washing machine. First I had to heat the water then add it to tub. Next soap then clothes then using my push agitator to mix thing up. Turned on the washer and let it chuga chuga for 20 mins.That was the sound it made...lol Then I drained the tub by a small spigot and then ran the clothes through the rollers into a wash basin. Then I had to refill the tub but this time I opted to use the hose and cold water. Put the clothes back in, let them chuga chuga for 15 mins and the drained the tub and put the clothes trough the rollers again and then hung them to dry. That was just for one load...I now know why they didn't have many clothes! Who would...lol Tues ironing...sheets and pillow cases....crazy. ...lol .
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Apr 21, 2015 10:02:54 GMT -5
Oh I'd love a butter churn! I've seen where you can even shake up your cream in a jar til it becomes butter!
There is a working museum close to where I live. That's how they make their butter, by shaking it in a glass jar. They have you help them shake it and when it gets ready you get to try it.
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Post by fyrwyf on Apr 21, 2015 10:53:09 GMT -5
Yes RebeccaLee verrryyy time consuming! People in those times were very active people. There wasnt much down time...except bedtime. Forever Waltons..how neat!!
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Apr 21, 2015 12:37:50 GMT -5
Yes RebeccaLee verrryyy time consuming! People in those times were very active people. There wasnt much down time...except bedtime.
Yet they still had time to visit with their neighbors and attend town socials/get togethers. They didn't have time saving things like microwaves, electric oven/stove, freezer, electric heat/air, etc. How often do people visit with their neighbors today?!?
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 21, 2015 12:48:24 GMT -5
Yes RebeccaLee verrryyy time consuming! People in those times were very active people. There wasnt much down time...except bedtime.
Yet they still had time to visit with their neighbors and attend town socials/get togethers. They didn't have time savings things like microwaves, electric oven/stove, freezer, electric heat/air, etc. How often do people visit with their neighbors today?!?
I am on my way! Put on the tea kettle! (Wish it were true!)
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 21, 2015 12:49:45 GMT -5
Oh I'd love a butter churn! I've seen where you can even shake up your cream in a jar til it becomes butter!
There is a working museum close to where I live. That's how they make their butter, by shaking it in a glass jar. They have you help them shake it and when it gets ready you get to try it.
We have done the jar shaking to make butter also. Have you tried to make icecream using plastic bags and a lot of squeezing?
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Post by fyrwyf on Apr 21, 2015 14:36:02 GMT -5
No Kathy Lee but I'd love to give it a try! Have you, how well does it work?
ForeverWaltons...oh so true. I think they had their priorities straight. Family and home was important and so was community. You helped your neighbor, looked out for fellow man.
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Post by carol on Apr 21, 2015 22:06:50 GMT -5
Olivia or Grandma may have done what Ma Ingalls did before they drank the milk,scalded it I still see recipes that say to scald the milk. Modern recipes say it is not necessary but I still do it if the recipe says to. Hot milk cake is one that calls for scalded milk. I made my first one not long ago. It turned out good, not quite as good as Grandma's but I think she would have been proud of me.
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Post by cinlou on Apr 21, 2015 23:03:43 GMT -5
we have many luxuries now that people didn't even think about back in the day. Microwaves, televisions, cell phones, home computers, etc. All luxuries! My father used to be an appliance repair man and I remember him buying our first microwave.
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Post by e knight on Apr 22, 2015 1:19:45 GMT -5
Once, in my bachelor days I tried making up some whipped cream beginning with cream and a blender. I ended up with something like butter. Not too good on pumpkin pie.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 22, 2015 2:45:12 GMT -5
I still see recipes that say to scald the milk. Modern recipes say it is not necessary but I still do it if the recipe says to. Hot milk cake is one that calls for scalded milk. I made my first one not long ago. It turned out good, not quite as good as Grandma's but I think she would have been proud of me. I have a recipe for that cake. Now that you made me think of it, I have to go make it!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 22, 2015 2:47:34 GMT -5
Once, in my bachelor days I tried making up some whipped cream beginning with cream and a blender. I ended up with something like butter. Not too good on pumpkin pie. You just whipped it too long that is all. Whip the cream until the cream has fluffy peaks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 5:32:29 GMT -5
Hot milk cake is one that calls for scalded milk. I made my first one not long ago. It turned out good, not quite as good as Grandma's but I think she would have been proud of me. I have a recipe for that cake. Now that you made me think of it, I have to go make it! Kathy Lee's cake is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down I don't think that I can take it 'Cause And I'll never have that again,
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Post by patriciaanne on Apr 25, 2015 14:25:53 GMT -5
Regarding raw milk...I am sure the Waltons drank it raw. I live on a rural area that used to be covered with farms--many of them dairy. All the farm kids grew up drinking raw milk and were very healthy.
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