Butter churn question

[Jenny Reb]

I will be doing an inteprative program soon,(the end of this month.)on butter churning, and would like to find out when butter churning came about. I know it came to the US with our ancestors, but when and where did it start before then? If anyone has any clue, it will be greatly appreciated and add to the program! Thank you!

Kathy, upon registration, you agreed to sign all posts with your full name. Consider this your second warning. A third may lead to a suspension of your account. - Mike Chapman

[MrsArmstrong]

Re: Butter churn question

Try doing a google search on "history of butter"
Here is one that I found http://webexhibits.org/butter/
Good luck with your program, hope this is what you are looking for.
Susan Armstrong

[Jenny Reb]

Re: Butter churn question

I will be doing an inteprative program soon,(the end of this month.)on butter churning, and would like to find out when butter churning came about. I know it came to the US with our ancestors, but when and where did it start before then? If anyone has any clue, it will be greatly appreciated and add to the program! Thank you!

Kathy, upon registration, you agreed to sign all posts with your full name. Consider this your second warning. A third may lead to a suspension of your account. - Mike Chapman

Sorry about that Mike Chapman, it slipped my mind, alot going on in my life right now. You know how it goes sometimes I hope. Name's Kathy Smith of Benson, AZ.

[ElizabethClark]

Re: Butter churn question

Kathy, the easiest way to make sure your name is included in all posts/responses is to add an automatic signature to your User Control Panel; the link to that is in the header links on the forum pages. (Mod stuff done, topic stuff commences!)

Butter stuff:
Are you looking for information on butter precisely, or on the mechanics of the churn arrangements used mid-centuryand their earliest dates?

I've got a note or two on "bucket" churning on the westward trails mid-century, wherein the cream was placed in a closed bucket, fixed to the wagon, and was hopefully churned by the action of the road, and ready to rinse when the train stopped for nooning. However, that's not the typical "making butter from in-place cows."

[Jenny Reb]

Re: Butter churn question

Elizabeth Clark, Thank you for ALL your information!!! You've been great!!! The program I'm doing is for becoming a "certified intepreter" and in class, you have to write, and give a 10 min. program, so I can only use so much information. But, I do plan on doing more programs about butter churning, so any info. may be used at a later date! The site Susan Armstrong gave me has so much info, that I think with that, I'll be able to do anything about butter!!! THANK YOU!!! Kathy Smith

[Jenny Reb]

Re: Butter churn question

Elizabeth Clark, Thank you for ALL your information!!! You've been great!!! The program I'm doing is for becoming a "certified intepreter" and in class, you have to write, and give a 10 min. program, so I can only use so much information. But, I do plan on doing more programs about butter churning, so any info. may be used at a later date! The site Susan Armstrong gave me has so much info, that I think with that, I'll be able to do anything about butter!!! THANK YOU!!! Kathy Smith

To Susan Armstrong and Elizabeth Clark,
Thank you so much for all the information, my program went really well, got a high score on the test/evaluation and am now a certified interpreter!!! I plan on using the program on butter in the future, and writting more on civil war related topics, so I'll most likly be asking for more information on this sight as well! Thanks for all your help, respectfully, Kathy Smith p.s. The butter tasted really good!!!