Sounds like a day of unrelieved eating, but the Brownies in question are of the Girl Scout variety rather than the chocolatey sort.
Part 1
It’s getting towards the end of day four now, despite just posting about Day 3. It was ciabatta this morning, and as it takes some time to rise I demonstrated butter-making. It’s not hard. Put cream in screw-topped beaker. Shake. Shake some more, and then same again. First of all it goes quiet as you make whipped cream then there’s a “Clunk!” and you end up with a ball of butter rolling in butter milk. Rinse and press to remove more buttermilk (which will turn butter rancid) and there you have it – butter.
Ciabatta looked good, though there’s a lot of oozing dough involved. That’s all there is to say about part one of the day. I’m now preparing for part 2.
Ooooh, bad memories! We used to churn butter when I was a kid–we had a crank-operated churn. Others in the family could get butter with no great effort. I could churn for ages, or not, and NEVER once made butter. Most maddening would be the two cranks added by Mom that achieved that satisfying clunk. Errgh.
Yes, those final two cranks are familiar to me – a bit like the final twist of the jar lid and various other things in life. 😉
I must try the butter making for myself!
It’s always popular with the kids, but I was surprised how much the adults liked it yesterday.