With baby food jars, all you will get is just a "tidbit", just a taste. She said when they started seeing the yellow specks, they would ask her if they had butter yet and she would tell them to keep shaking. With a pint jar, you would probably get more to eat, but it will take a mighty lot of shaking to get butter. Maybe "shake rattle and roll"? <grin> Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Homemade butter Hi Emma.... well golly gee willikers..... if a kid can make butter, then I should be able to make some too.... or not. I remember a couple of baby foods that I really liked when I did the taste test for my son. I surely could buy a couple of jars of something yummy. Wonder could I clean out a pickle or olive jar good enough.... sometimes that vinegar smell lingers on and on. Lots of possibilities...... paulette in sw fla usa On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Peace Roses <Roses4831@msn.com<mailto:Roses4831@msn.com>> wrote: > My daughter gives "talks" to school children about the Civil War (she's a > re-enactor). One of the things she has them do to show how the pioneers > made butter is to have them make their own. She brings empty baby food jars > and buys cream for them. They shake the jars until they get butter. So > yes, buying cream to use will get you butter. She doesn't have them mix it > up to get the milk out, but they're happy with what they have. They get to > take them home and show their parents. She said they are so excited to show > their parents that they made butter. > Emma >