This week, we've been helping out at our neighbor's homestead by milking their Jersey-Guernsey cow, Darling.  Each afternoon, Brian brings home over a gallon of fresh, creamy milk.  We've been making cheese, enjoying kefir, cooking stovetop pudding, and best of all, making butter. Making butter in a jar is one of the easiest and most satisfying homestead activities that I have done in a long time. It is so easy, in fact, that my six year old daughter Ella was able to complete the entire process from start to finish, by herself!  And the taste of fresh homemade butter is so unbelievably good that you simply must try this at home. All it takes is cream, water, salt, and … [Read more...]