Senior adults make butter

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard

There was a “whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on” when Marilyn Shumake, Warren County TNCEP coordinator through the Agricultural Extension Service, visited the Senior Center for the purpose of butter-making.

The senior adults watched as the presenter mixed the ingredients prior to pouring it into see-through plastic bottles or quart jars with good sealing lids. The participants tried their hand at making butter by shaking the bottles until the cream separated and curds began to form.

Shumake’s butter-making recipe is as follows:

One half-pint of heavy whipping cream will make enough butter for eight. Pour the whipping cream into a see-through quart jar, preferably a plastic jar with a good sealing lid. Add a pinch of salt.

Let the participants take turns shaking the jar, being careful not to drop it. After a while, the cream will separate and curds will begin to form. The liquid is the whey or buttermilk and the clump of curds is the butter. Pour off the liquid and place the butter in a separate container. Chill if you wish.

For honey butter, add a little honey and mix thoroughly.