Can two millennials learn how to use an antique wood butter mold?
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2021
- Can two millennials figure out how to restore and use an antique wood butter mold?
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I have been making butter for over 50 years and always use my great grandmothers molds. First off it looks like your using store bought rolled butter ? Store bought will still have a different consistency than home made from fresh cream which was used with these molds. If you let the butter sit out until it has the softness of freshly churned butter. It is very important that you solidly pack the butter in and smooth off the bottom. You don't chill or wet the wood mold before packing and make sure you use a very flat bottomed pan or plate. Set the molded butter directly onto the plate and sit at the back of the fridge where it is the coldest undisturbed for a minimum of an hour, I always leave mine in for 2 hours with a mold the size you are using. This assures the butter has turned hard and pulled away from the mold enough to remove it easily. if you don't pack the butter in tightly the butter will break apart so this is very important. Also if your using store bought butter it should be soft enough for you to stir ( using a wood butter paddle or large wood spoon ) until it forms a firm ball before packing or it will just break apart when removing the mold. Back in my mother and grandmothers day it was chilled in the winter in a tin outside til firm but not froze, in the summer it was lowered into the well water in a covered bucket just enough to reach the rim until chilled. Hope this helps.
Thanks for sharing! We had wondered if it was the consistancy of bought vs. fresh-churned butter. My father and uncle only remembered bits and pieces of what their grandmother did.
❤lovely. I think you need to make a video for us
What a great gift your great grandmother gave you. I'm sure she is looking down and smiling, laughing and taking great pleasure in that you are making great use of her kitchen tools.
'tis very special! We'll get the hang of it someday! 🙂
I so enjoyed your video. I’m getting ready to get my vintage butter molds out and experiment. Thanks for sharing.
Nice.
From what I understand of the process, one should soak the mould in butter-milk. After use, it's scrubbed, and left in the sun to sanitise. Next use, one soaks it in butter-milk...
Cheers 🇬🇧
That’s awesome that the mold came from a family member. We too have family from that area. Ours were during 1700s through early 1900s.
Keep up the good work!
Very cool! My grandmother's family has been there since the beginning of white folk settling in the 1760s and then they never left until my dad's generation. Obviously didn't venture too far away! hahaha
Thank you, so much for making this video, it was hard to find anyone posting about this type of butter press... history is important for sure. I was given a box of antique kitchen goods, and one of the items was a tool like the one you have; only the press had a different kind of design, it's very odd looking, cool but odd.
Anyway, I now know what it is, and how it works thanks to Cottage Farmstead.😊
So happy to hear this video helped! 🙂
My sister got one at a flee market.. she loved it although she didn't know what it was untill I arrived.. I saw one as a kid on a farm with a school outing.. we in Cape Town South Africa.
Always tricky...lol...Love my ol butter mold...
I’ve had success by soaking the mold in water for about 20 minutes, then another 10 minutes in COLD water. Next, make sure the butter is room temp and press small bits in with a rubber spatula or fingers to make sure the details are filled in. Then layer in more layers till all butter is in the mold…it does not have to be full. Clean up the inside edges and make it as level as you can. Wrap the whole thing in a thin plastic bag and place in the freezer for 15-20 minutes. Remove from bag and push out or otherwise remove depending on mold design, the butter from the mold. If there is no release plunger place mold upside-down on a small wooden board and smack both on a counter. If you try to smack just the molt it may break having just been in the freezer. Clean the mold really well afterwards and oil with a small amount of nut oil if the wood seems to need it after it is fully dry.
Pre-electric fridge butter-makers must have chilled the mold on blocks of ice, I’m guessing.
Perhaps try consulting an older cookbook?
I cheated and used saran1 wrap and then stamped my butter. Worked perfect
We've been tempted to try that!
I will differently try this. I am giving butter and also apple butter for Christmas present, I really want the butter to look nice. Thanks for the tip.
Need to use fresh butter made from fresh cow or goat milk.
We were using butter from a local dairy which is the freshest we have access to right now, but we definitely look forward to having our own dairy cow someday! :-)
Been trying to get my burtter to come out of the mold good and I come up with a solution of saran wrap lining my butter mold, it came out beautiful after cooling.
I do remember that my grandmother cut round piece wax paper in bottom of mold I will also try that. I know my grandmother never use anything plastic like saran wrap. I will try the wax paper trick, and let you know how it works. The plastic wrapped worked great for me. Just thought you might be interested.
Glad that method worked for you! We haven't had a chance to play in the kitchen too much lately, but we hope to again after the farmhouse build. :-)
Does this work with a patterned carving? I'm having the same problem seen in this video.
Olive oil is the wort thing to use. It will go rancid. I use heated flaxseed oil. It will set and cure over night and will be a good and durable protection. Also, before the oil, all the food conyact surface should be vigorously burnished, not sanded.
I have been trying to use my grandmother’s old butter mold also. Not much luck either. I am going to keep trying. I will let you know if I find the solution. My grand mother made beautiful molded butter.
Keep us posted! :)
Each family had their own symbol so when selling, they would know who made the butter. My family mold is a cow with some wheat
Would love to get the dimensions of that mold. They would make a great wood turning project.
Height: 6.25"
Diameter: 3.63" stamp
Total Diameter: 4.81"
Here’s the same mold for sale on eBay with some up close detail photos
Came here because I have the exact same problems! How can something that seems so simple be so hard?? (I have just a patterned stamp, not the whole shaper thing. I have found that shaping my butter and then wrapping it in Saran Wrap and stamping that can help so it doesn’t stick at all. That said, you do lose detail. So, you win some you lose some.)
I know! I've been hoping for someone older and wiser to leave a comment and solve the mystery of how to use it properly. haha! :-) Might have to try the saran wrap trick...