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Two pounds of butter is on the Thanksgiving shopping list. Back when we milked, and ran the IH cream separator, my mother would churn butter. Of course it was white, as it was not colored.

Remember white butter?

We did the same and the buttermilk left to drink was to die for.

don't know about that, but can confirm hoser margarine is white

Did anyone other than IH make a separator? They are the only ones that I ever saw.

We didn't have a separator we just let it rise and skimmed it. I think that the butter was yellow in the summer when the cow was on pasture.

Off topic, but we sure like Kerry Gold from Costco...made in Ireland supposedly from grass fed cows. Anyway, hype or not, it's damn good. Wife will not divulge cost. By the way, in my part of the world, the little family dairies all had de Laval separators.

used to get butter from Shipshewana, was pretty good

John, Massy Harris for sure, Jack Robinson has a crank model in his private museum at Diment, Ontario.

That is near Melgrund lake.

When I lived in a community with lots of farmers who sold locally, the butter would be bright yellow in summer and very pale white in winter. Something to do with the nutrients in the grass as mentioned above.

Back in the mid 60's when we started the dairy with 10 cows, we ran all the milk through a De Laval separator. The cream went in 15 gal cans and brought to the local feed store where it was put on a train to the Yakima Creamery which was about 30 miles away.

That monthly cream check was something to look forward to getting.

We bought some and tried it. Blind taste test and no one in our family could tell a difference.
Was good, just not better.

Costco Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter 4 Pack 8 Ounces $12.99

Four 8 ounce sticks in one package.

$4 dollars off per pkg 11-20 thru 11-30.

My butter story.

Old man was laid off in a labor dispute back in the late 60's or so. Got a box of gooberment "surplus" food, big can of boned chicken, bags of rice and beans, big block of "government cheese" and 5 lb block of real butter.

Old man says. "what's this, real butter. When I work I can't afford anything but margarine, and dang poor people get to eat real butter"

Gotta realize, 5 kids, two adults in a one earner household that real butter was a special treat. And I kinda liked the boned chicken too.

I like butter.

Grew up on a farm and butter. Using still, never liked the taste of margarine

It’s an acquired taste

Grew up poor eating margarine. Wife didn’t....and won’t let margarine in the house. It was a rough transition for me. We bounce between Tillamook and Kerry Gold.

i feel bad that the 'm' word entered this discussion...

(not really)

As a kid, one of my daily chores was helping my Grandpa with the milking - 4 cows, we each got 2 (not too bad for a 9 yr old) and then cranking up the separator. Gramps sold the cream locally to a regular bunch of customers, milk was split up between the family and the rest sold. Grew up on non pasteurized milk and never had a problem. I also learned to like hot milk right out of the cow. Some great memories with my head up against the flank of a cow in a dimly lit barn when it was snowing and cold outside. Sometimes I do wish I could travel back in time.