Help me, momof23! Someone...anyone...canning butter..

[Buttercup]

I'm in the process of canning butter right now and it doesn't seem to want to simmer.

I have it in a stainless mixing bowl over a pan of boiling water. The butter is just sitting there not moving....with a layer of foam over it.

Shouldn't it be bubbling?

[kelee877]

buttercup, just back from a prep run and I have never done butter...I don,t have any answer, but I am praying for you...cause that will be next on my list..

[jazzy]

buttercup, ive not done the double boiler thing--i just simmer on the stove in a regular stainless steel pot--have you tired that?

[SheWoff]

Well I'm no help in this one either, but let us know what happens. Some of us are out here waiting to see what happens with yall doing it first before we try it! 8)

She

[Buttercup]

Aaaaahhhgg! I waited for almost an hour for it to boil...after several attempts at raising the water level to get the heat closer to the butter...I finally just put the bowl directly on the burner.

It came to a boil really quick then.

I was also kinda concerned because after they "popped" I shook the first one and it "popped" back out and then back in...same with the others. I'm assuming that's normal. :?:

Now I have 8 cans of butter cooling...I'll let you all know how they turn out.

Thanks!

[kelee877]

would be great if you could post how they turned out...

[Buttercup]

Hallelujah!!!...(this is where the angelic music starts playing and a beam of golden light falls gently on my perfectly canned butter)...it worked!!! It kinda caught me off guard, cause one minute it's all still liquid and I'm wondering if it's gonna work...the next time I go to shake it...voila...it's done!...and it looks so pretty. :wink:

[momof23goats]

WOW, glad it is done. I just found this. usually I just keep turning the jars gently, while they cool, then set in fridge, and then shake gently a couple of more times, then take it out. after it is cooled, and put away. i am go glad it turned out. :D :D :D :D

[kelee877]

ok ladies...I need to get some butter then also..while I have hubbies full attention in the kitchen...he helped me do up 14 more jars of beef today... :lol:

Can I do margarine, my one freezer is packed with the stuff...I would also like to do butter at some point and time, it is so expensive up here...we pay 5.49 lb...how much would I need to buy..or am I better off doing the margarine up...

[momof23goats]

NO, you can , can up butter, but not margarine. sorry, it will not can. only butter. i am so glad you got your beef done, and 14 quarts, that is great!!!!!!!!!!

[momof23goats]

a pound of butter is roughly a pint.

[kelee877]

okie dokie...tomorrow the hunt for butter begins :lol:

[jazzy]

CONGRATS ON YOUR BUTTER!!!

i was real nervous the first time i canned butter, but once i got the hang of it i was canning it like crazy and hitting every sale to stock up. someone once described them as 'little jars of sunshine'--i thought that was a very fitting description!

ive made garlic butter too, but that i pressure cooked, hmmmmm, is that good stuff to have on hand.

jazzy

[kelee877]

man oh man I am going to become a canomanic....all these great idea,s..
and I actually have the energy to start this stuff now and finish it...I had major surgery in August/07, but was in pain for years before I had it done(hysterectomy)..some of you women can relate to what i went through...and add the death of my son in June/07..I am glad we are in 2008

So thank you all of you for posting your idea,s and adventure,s this is great

[SheWoff]

Oh no!!! Kelee...you're becoming
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One of




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US! Baw hahahahaha!

Seriously though, I'm so glad to see that you are having fun with this and learning how to put up food. It is a great part of prepping that is so much fun!

She

[momof23goats]

I agree, I am glad also, and putting up food, is fun, when your canning. I love to can,. and what a great feeling it is, when I look at rows of nice home grown, and home canned food. can't beat it. :D

[Buttercup]

what a great feeling it is, when I look at rows of nice home grown, and home canned food. can't beat it. :D

And they just look so pretty all lined up...with their various colors. :P And as jazzy said, the butter does look like sunshine.

I'll be canning more today. My sons helped me with it yesterday. I'm glad they're learning.

(Oh and my kids kept asking me yesterday when I'd be making more of that pumpkin bread...thet loved it and think it's pretty cool that we have it in our preps now...they were also thinking of other things they'd like us to can.)

[kelee877]

Today, we have to sick kiddies at home the 9 year old and 11 year old, so thankfully 16 year old will stay home this morning and care for them, while we do yet another prep run...

going to look at the price of butter :roll: hopefully I will find some deals..and will be able to can up some butter today...we still have pork to can up...busy days here

[Buttercup]

:cry: Hope your kidlets feel better soon, kelee877.

Maybe you'll still be able to get some things done...we're getting close to midnight it would seem.

[SheWoff]

:cry: Hope your kidlets feel better soon, kelee877.

Maybe you'll still be able to get some things done...we're getting close to midnight it would seem.

Best wishes and speedy recovery to the young ones. Sick kids make me cry...never could work ped's.

Funny about the midnight....we are getting the same feeling around here.

I can't find butter any cheaper than 2.50/lb around here. If I find a deal on it, I'll get some and do the canning. I know the USDA does NOT recommend home canning of butter, but it's been done for years, so I am going to give it a go. It's one of the few things I have never canned before.

She

[kelee877]

We looked at the price of butter up here and its 4.79 lb :shock: ...butter will have to wait...
thank you for all the get well kiddy wishes, they are better, up and fighting with each other as usuall, they are a bit tired...16 year old styae dhome and watched them...and we went on 2 huge prep runs...man oh man I cannot get into my back room without tripping on something, but it feels good to have the stuff back there...

[Southwind]

We looked at the price of butter up here and its 4.79 lb :shock: ...butter will have to wait...
thank you for all the get well kiddy wishes, they are better, up and fighting with each other as usuall, they are a bit tired...16 year old styae dhome and watched them...and we went on 2 huge prep runs...man oh man I cannot get into my back room without tripping on something, but it feels good to have the stuff back there...

Holy cow Kelee. What part of the country are you in? I can buy organic for less than that!

[momof23goats]

Kelee, aren't you in Canada? WOW, your price on butter is high.
HON, I think I would think about a couple of milk goats, and make my own butter, oh wait, I do, I have goats. :D :wink: that is alot for sure. I went to the store today, and bought powdered milk. why? because all of my gals are preggers. and dry at the moment. so, i am using powdered milk, and canned milk, but I got enough today, to last for a while. like a long while. i will put it in the freezer. I also got alot of cereal, non sweetened. for 2$ a box, with dried strawberries, blueberries, and red raspberries.in it. the lady asked me if i liked cereal, i said sure so do the kids.
well, since, my hair is gray, boy did she look at me.
well, my goat kids like it, my pom kids like it, and my hubby kid likes it, and I am pretty sure my grown kids like it. :shock: :D :P

[Buttercup]

You're hilarious momof23"kids"!! :lol: :lol: