51. Kitchen Revamp, Making Butter and Helmet - Living Alone in Wales (April 2024)
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- Опубликовано: 21 апр 2024
- Today I give the kitchen a revamp, attempt to make my own butter and finally get around to buying a bike helmet but was it a good price?
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Had to giggle at the thought of you using 45 toilet rolls in a month!!!
If you pop it in a muslin cloth before putting in the ice water you can then squeeze and mould the butter much easier as it releases more butter milk and firms up …much easier
Now, that’s a great idea !
As a child in the 50's my husband recalls they saved cream from top of the milk, in the days before it was all homogenised. It was put into a jar and all 5 kids took turns in shaking the jar till a ball of butter appeared. Frugal times!
That brings back memories my mum and dad used to share the jar and shake,shake,shake in turns at an elderly Age and turned into butter ,good exercise for them lol
we did that too in the 70s, it was fun
We do this with grandkids fresh milk from cows
@@beaulieuc8910 we used to add a pinch of salt...that made it more like butter...
@@sianwarwick633My dad used to freeze butter & milk & never had a problem with it. I know others that freeze butter too (shop bought butter)
I make butter in a deep bowl and use an electric hand held mixer. I scrape the sides down a few times and keep going until the cream has separated into a firm mass and a liquid Rinse the butter under cold running water and then add course sea salt. The butter and buttermilk freeze well and buttermilk scones are delicious.
Put the table under the stairs and get a nice basket for any potatoes and veg you don't want to keep in the fridge 😊
Yup you needed to churn longer and add a pinch of salt. It's ready when it becomes a solid yellowish ball. I suspect you needed to open it, scrape the sides and keep churning. Awesome effort though 🎉❤
Salt is optional but I agree with churning longer. That looked like whipped cream rather than butter. Don't use time, go by consistency. The whey should be very watery.
Good effort Sean! Im going to make some but use a food processor,i think its a fabulous idea!!
😂😂😂You remind me of what i always do!! Move everything from one side to the other!! 😂😂😂
Sean you just had to keep going till it gets really lumpy and hard to turn the handle
Throw away the microwave!! It gives you harmful radiation through the food being heated
I know we're told not to, but I always keep my veg in their opened plastic bags in the fridge. They seem fine, and keep much longer that way.
I do that with mine keep in the bottom drawer of fridge last for ages and are still useable 😋
Butter making. Forget the timer. You will know when you have reached the butter stage. You begin agitating the cream, and it seems to stay cream for aaaaages, then all of a sudden the magic begins to happen - it goes to a cottage cheese appearance, then it turns into light golden butter and watery buttermilk. Keep stirring it until the blob of butter is in 1 solid lump. You were almost there!
I agree. Keep churning till you have either many fair-sized lumps of butter or one big lump.
I wouldnt lose your work surgace space Sean
At home you can make cheese, fermented vegetables, dry food, cured meat and loads of other products. You can also make soap, alcohol, vinegar, wine, beer, fragrances. You can make cloth and knit, so loads of homemade stuff for you to choose from. 😂❤❤❤
O, I forgot, fermenting I do sometimes too. One of the things I make is water-kefir. And I knit and do other textile crafts.
I once watched a video on Atomic Shrimps channel where he'd been shown I think it was a medieval way of making butter . It simply involved stirring cream with a clean warm hand in a wooden bowl and it amazingly worked really well .
yes! that's where I must have seen it. I tried it and was surprised at how it worked. I don't think I used a wooden bowl .
You have to churn the cream until its a yellow ball, then pour off the buttermilk. Add a few ice cubes and salt to taste once you've removed the buttermilk and mould to shape. I was the butter maker on our farm when I was a child, a chore I did not enjoy as my arms used to get so sore.
I think the butter making is a good contestant for the washing line episode. Please don't stop you are a tonic.
A good blog the fridge looks great and it be easy to clean as well our your plants doing on your window silled and good to see your washing on the line and your revamped your kitchen
I remember making butter by using the cream at the top of the full cream milk we had delivered back in the 60s. It was put in a pot, and then we just shook it for ages and ages, and we did make butter! I like your new kitchen set up - as you said, it takes a while to get used to something being in a different place, but having the fridge/freezer on the work top will be much better for your back and knees. xxx
Take the other half of the shelf and turn it upside down so the shelf is at the top, then put it on the other side so there is a shelf over the electric outlets with the onion tray on top with room for the extra potato basket underneath.
I think the fridge is good on the counter. More accessible. My ocd wants you to put the dish rack on the metal drainer on the left side of the sink though. The veggies look good at the end of the counter as they hide the cords and outlets.
Sean we keep our vegetables in the fridge. Or some people keep them in a dark cupboard so that they keep longer and don’t take up room on the worktop or you can get small round wire type free standing basket tower that stands on the floor 😀
Astonish mould and mildew blaster spray is brilliant. Don't think toilet roll subscription is economical for one person. Entertaining vlog, thank you. 😊
Lifting that fridge was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time and the thought of you using all that toilet paper in a month and visualising the compost toilet made it the most entertaining video 😂
That's what life is all about, having a laugh.
I make butter using cream in the Kilner churn more to prevent wasting cream I don’t need, and to amuse the grandchildren. Definitely use a bit more cream in the churn and churn until it is yellow like others have said. There is a clear separation to be seen then. The buttermilk is also good for using when making scones and the butter is great with homemade jam. 😉 I love foraging for crab apples and elderberries as well as other hedgerow fruits. Don’t give up yet!
Hi Sean, as many others have said your videos feel like checking in with a friend, it makes my days feel easier for sure. I've recently been trying to learn welsh a bit, very much still at the alphabet level but your videos keep me motivated. Diolch! :)
I’ve made butter, bread, sausages and cheese. You need to churn until the cream gets thick through the whipped cream stage and then it will separate dramatically into butter and buttermilk. It’s obvious when it happens and you can’t mistake it. Great fun. With sausages you can get just the flavour you want. The soft cheeses are easy by hand, Camembert, Stilton, halloumi, mozarrella.
I have made my own butter using the churn and also just shaking it in a lidded jar. Either way you need to ‘churn’ it for a lot longer than the 10 minutes they said. It will form a ball and be quite a work out. It is satisfying.
Good effort, I will certainly say that! Like someone already said it needed to be churned longer so it’s pretty solid. And yes it needs a bit of salt. The color really gives away the time when it’s ready, yellowish. You can add finely minced herbs to your butter for extra flavor.
The fridge on the counter is a great idea! It will save your back!!! You are making that cottage a very appealing and cozy home. As to the microwave , I myself have done away with it, it’s not the best , health wise, anyway. I haven’t needed it. I like the half veg stand idea, you can make that work. Such a pleasure “visiting “ you! Take care dear boy!
Butter music! Charming! ♥️♥️
I recommend watching Atomic Shrimps 'Making butter by hand' video. It's a revelation and so informative. Plus a lot less effort!
My son made butter , with full fat milk ,he put the milk in a glass jar , he then added salt , then began to shake and continued for some time, when the way separated, he continued until what remained was better . I was surprised, as it tasted really good.
I liked the veg rack sitting downwards by the sink it kind of sectioned the kitchen and the empty space is good for preparation put your chopping board there. :-) You make me laugh though I can relate to changing things around.
45 toilet rolls ? And you've arranged to have these delivered every month? Ignoring February, there's only 30 or 31 days in a month, so you're going to use one and a half toilet rolls every day ? You'll soon be over-run with loo rolls - will need to buy another shed just to house them in 😁
Thankyou for the thoughts .keep the space plain .
Yes, less clutter is more relaxing and inspires a desire to actually use the kitchen.
Chutney and jam are easy and nothing beats homemade lemoncurd
John Kirkwood makes butter on his channel, might be worth a look. Well done for giving it a go.
Have you got space in a cupboard for that shelf unit? If not can you put it in the kooch?
Hi if you drain your dishes on the worktop it might eventually water stain it. You dont want it ruined!
put the veg in the place you put the loo paper nice and dark there, it looks very busy with the change , the fridge does look good there
Get a smaller veg rack and take the larger one down to the allotment shed.
We made butter as children in primary school. No ice. Just a lot of shaking in some sort of jar. It was butter but I never ate it. I make my own bread as I think it tastes better homemade. And everything else but butter. You make it look easy and difficult at the same time. I can't believe it's not butter!
Saw someone make cream cheese with just milk and lemon juice . When it became curds and whey, he separated them drained them when the curds were dry he whipped it till it creamed if it was a bit dry he added some whey to it and it was made . Flavour how yiu want x
Put the table back together and use it in the under the stairs for storage it seems a shame to separate it, as it looks cluttered under the cupboard. Put the microwave or steamer above the washing machine x
We use an electric mixer to make our butter. Not as fun as what you have. The cream will whip up quicker if it is cold. With the electric whisk, the cream will suddenly separate and leave the hard butter clinging to the whisk. We don't put it in water. Add a little salt and shape into the butter dish. I think you need to whisk more until you have a more solid mass
I've made butter a few times. Yes I think it needed churning longer. After it's thickened it develops the texture of scrambled eggs. The buttermilk starts separating on its own and then it's ready. After squeezing out the buttermilk, wash is a few times in cold water to get as much of the buttermilk out as possible (otherwise it goes rancid quickly). Add a pinch of salt if you want It's fun but not very cost effective.
Wish people were as interested when I'm sorting my onions!
Put any appliance you don’t use regularly in a cupboard. Less clutter makes for a more inspiring kitchen.
Happy Birthday Sean... hope you have a wonderful day.... 🥂🍰
check the outsde gutters when its raining to see what part is leaking
chest freezers are great. you can get much bigger frozen food packets in, whole chickens, I have a system of layers, at the bottom, for emergency food when funds are low, the next year, fruit and pudding stuff, top ones for meat, and stuff I need to eat quickly including chopped up frozen veg. the bottom layer also for summer ice cubes, it is rare i rummage to the bottom. we got ours for 149 from currys in the january sales
chest freezer is also great as an extra table top
I have the Walton's on a DVD set and watched them all recently. There was just one episode where Elizabeth was doing the butter on the porch and a would be boyfriend came along that she wanted to avoid, so she handed him the churn and made her excuses and rushed off leaving him to it!!
Haha I’ll check out it out. Thanks.
@@seanjamescameron think its likely somewhere in series 7, 8 or 9...
Hanging baskets for vegetables 👍 and you don't need to fill up space 😊....or keep buying stuff 😂
As a single person, I think I must use my microwave numerous times a day! Porridge from rolled oats, made in the bowl you eat it from, defrosting or warming your lunch. (Bread, quiche soup, all home made.) Microwaved jacket potato, steamed veg etc for supper. Heating milk for drinks, reheating the cuppa, you forgot half way through. I've even made strawberry jam in mine. I'll try cutney this year, burned mine on the stove top last lear, a horrible mess.
I think you may have invented splutter, it could catch on.
(Good effort, though). 👍
Haha, “splutter” great description 🤣 - sorry Sean but do try again, I think you almost got there 👍 xx
Love splutter 😂
Splutter. I can't believe it's not butter!
Dear Sean, hello. I never get a notice, not ever. On almost all my subscriptions I never get a notice. And I have asked but no one knows why. Homemade butter is just wonderful. Don't give up, try again!!!👵👍
If you unsubscribe and re-subscribe you should get notifications.👍🏻
Happy Birthday Have a great day 🥳
45 loo rolls for a month. Think you have your sums wrong. That's 1 1/2 a day😅
I’ve got the Kilner butter churn and it takes a lot longer than the ten minutes they state and a lot of elbow grease 😂 Don’t give up, have another go and rinse a few times in the water and squeeze it to get every bit water/ buttermilk out or it will go rancid very quickly. It’s a bit of a faff until you’ve got the hang of it then it doesn’t feel like it takes so long and is quite therapeutic to make and tastes so good- especially if you’re getting farm cream 😋
TIP: To make life easier get a very fine sieve or some muslin cloth to strain the buttermilk from the butter. The muslin is also good to squeeze and shape the butter 😊
Well Sean, my butter turned out really good, so I’m going to try making jam, can’t wait to have my bread butter and jam😋
Hi Sean, that music playing while you were making the butter had me in fits of laughter dancing around the kitchen 😂. Thank you. It really helped lift my spirits. Better than therapy ❤
All recipes has a recipe for butter. Shaking or whipping it manually is hard. Too bad one can't get it shaken up at the paint store. Anyway, I found a recipe in Allrecipes: pour 2 cups of heavy cream, 1/4 tsp salt(optional) into a blender/food processor. Process on high for 10 minutes., strain off liquid into a bowl, press on it to further strain the liquid into the bowl. put it into a plastic container, refrigerate and enjoy, hopefully. I am going to try it out. My grandparents used to churn butter, but i was too young to take in the details.
A Big Well Done Sean for the rearrangement of the kitchen..It looked good before but now you have extra space for the freezer And it still looks a good working layout.
Hi Sean, good try with the butter, I used to make butter when I was on the farm with an old kenwood chef mixer, like others have. said churn a bit longer until it fully separates. Other things I make are pickled veg, all kinds including beetroot relish, red cabbage and bread and butter pickle ( no bread or butter involved 😂) xxx
I'd lose the shelf and move the steamer to the counter by the window .The shelf could go in the cubby .
The cooking utensils near the stovetop is more handy I think. 🎉Belayed happy birthday ( In Germany there is a saying : Für gute Wünsche ist es nie zu spät)
Happy Birthday Sean 🎉 thank you for all your videos👍
there are magnetic shelves that amazon sells for the side of the fridge. I love mine.
They’re brilliant!
Like the fridge there Sean get hanging baskets for ur veggies 😊
Hi Sean, I think your kitchen looks great now!
Yes that was me who said about using vinegar on the mould but only use WHITE vinegar not the brown stuff. What you do is put some in a spray bottle neat not watered down. Spray the white vinegar on the mould and leave it on for an hour then use a brush to remove the mould with warm water. The vinegar kills the mould but if it comes back do it again another day. Do have a window open though because of the vinegar fumes! We found some mould in one of our rooms and this is what I had to do. It does work. Also have the kitchen window open when you can obviously will help when you're cooking to keep the room ventilated. You can buy portable dehumidifier but we've had limited success with that! Getting an extractor fan fitted in your kitchen would be good but I don't know how expensive that would be. Hope that helps you.
Happy Birthday again btw - your cake looked great! 👍 Whoever made it was very talented! 🙂
Keep all your vegetables 🥕 in the fridge instead of the shelves and you will have a lot more room😊
The fridge is far too tiny, he wouldn't have space for anything else
I just use an electric hand mixer, it works just as well with no effort involved 😊
Think you’ve missed the point of this channel, it’s all about slow living and doing it the old ways before electric.
@seanjamescameron next you'll have a dolly and mangle in the garden. I think compromise is good but I too have an old cream maker and I always think of what I'd do in wartime with no electrics so I taught myself to spin and all sorts lol. Although I love my electric sewing machine I still have my Nanas hand one. They all come into their own x
The shelf will be pointless as one unit under the cupboard Sean. If you put it above the washing machine everything could stand on it and you could put baskets or seedlings on the top xxx
I’ve got to say Sean that’s the funniest video I’ve ever watched, I’m on my third view and still laughing out loud, can’t believe you got that cream out of the cold water pan with a straight face😂🎉 just so good.
This is what I do. I pour the double cream into a jug. I whisk using a mini hand whisk. Takes a good while ! The butter will separate from the buttermilk and you will be able to tell the difference. Buttermilk will be watery and butter will be totally like butter not looking like cream. Pour the liquid out and keep whisking. More liquid will separate. Keep pouring it out until all you have left looks like butter. Rinse it with cold water. Add a bit of salt and shape. Paddles not needed unless you make a ton of it.
I adore The Waltons.
I make mine if I get the cream at a good price but I usually do 5lts of cream in one go .Your butter is not ready you need to beat it till it turns in toi butter
Churn it for a bit longer add a touch of salt. Put it in a muslin cloth tie up the ends. Put a wooden spoon through the end of string over the pan a squeeze the liquid out then finger crossed you can shape into butter 😊👍🏻
I like your fridge freezer on the counter 😊
Aw, after a tough day Sean this thumbnail was just the ticket 😂 thank you! You are calming my soul. I love your Wales journals 🏴
Happy Birthday Sean!! Love your videos.
Keep your veg in the fridge, it will stay fresher for longer…
Sean, I like where the fridge is as when you’re making your cuppa all you have to do is spin around to get the milk😉👍
Just something calming about your vloggs Sean 😀😀
Veg keeps better in the fridge if you have room for at least some of it. The table should go out of the kitchen, its not worth the space it takes up, it a nice little table for somewhere else, a basket or similar for veg.
Sorry that was so funny Sean 😂 😂
You can make your own mayonaise. also custard and you can put them in moulds in the freezer and then pop them out when you need it, also stops you scoffing a lot of it You can make your own apple cider vinegar or other vinegars, using old jam jars and the 'mother'.
Well done for trying the butter. I think it will work if you tweak the method and persevere. Happy Birthday! 😊
For easy butter put your cream in your bullet .....when it turns to butter it should stick to sides...take bullet it off scrape down and mix a little more leave it in bullet, but dump off butter milk, let it set upside down to drain...squish it all down to bottom and drain more....then scrape out the bullet put solids into ice water collect and there you have it. You can store in a small jar with a lid. Or a plastic container. If you like you can add salt.....or make garlic butter.
Put the butter in a cheese cloth and the into cold water.
I make my own mayonnaise with a hand blender, it is delicious. Also make pickled vegs such as zucchini and red onions. I remember making butter @ my granny's in a large crock with a wooden paddle. We thought it was so much fun..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!🎉
Happy Birthday Sean have a great day from Sharyn and Rosie in New Zealand 🎉🎉🎉
Sean next time use your electric mixer, it is faster and you must mix longer. And you need cheese cloth. I make my own laundry detergent, body soap, hair soap, canning, and it dies save alot of money and no chemicals.
I might have missed what you are going to use the old fridge space for ....was it a small freezer ? Oh happy birthday Sean whenever it is lol
New kitchen layout looks good and practical too✨️
I bet this is how the TV chefs start before they perfect their process, we have all had these moments. Could you put your utensils above your cooker, that would make them easy to access
I was thinking that, my kitchen had a rail there when I moved in. It was ideal until I managed to melt the plastic utensils :(
I now have wooden, silicon and metal only.
Thats what I've done
@@sianwarwick633 Oh No! Sometimes I feel like my kitchen & culinary antics could be their own soap opera. The hob knobs getting knocked being the main offender - which now stay OFF at the wall, untill required.
A chest freezer sounds like a good idea, but it might increase your electric bill substantially. Also, it might need its own dedicated circuit on your electric panel. (I am not an electrician.) The butter looked good.
Hi, Sean. One may add heavy cream to a mason jar with a lid. Then, shake, shake, shake. Then shake some more. Butter will appear. ❤
I use an electric hand mixer so make a larger quantity. You possibly could have churned a little longer, once the buttermilk separates I put into muslin and squeeze all fluid out then I fill saved ramekins.
Vegetables keep better in the fridge, so you could loose the rack totally. Put the microwave back and steam all your veggies that you steam in microwave steaming bags, then you can loose the steamer. They taste lovely too. Kitchens looking great.
Sorry sounding bossy🤔but enjoying you sorting out your kitchen, mines half the size of yours, so space is at a premium. So have an understanding of what works best.
Great vlog. 🐞
In the 1940's, I remember. My Father making butter, using a sweet jar and a towel to catch any leaks. We were surrounded by farms,and my great aunt who was a farmer regularly sent us. A dressed fowl through the post.
I have made butter loads of times. You should have kept churning. You will be able to tell when it's ready because there will be much more buttermilk and there will also be quite a solid mass, which is the butter. You didn't need to buy that jar churner either. I mostly use a hand whisk, but sometimes I use a food mixer with a whisk attachment. You use ice cold water to wash off the remaining buttermilk (just massage the buttermilk out of the butter in the water). I hope this helps, mate.
Ive got a great drainer to go on a worksurface by i think it might have been Simplehuman but there is no label or mark on it and it has a draining spout that goes into the sink or if not the name Jacob rings a bell. Its fab. Butter pats. To pat your butter and some had pretty marks carved in to press onto your butter afterwards.
Yes I make my own butter using the Kilner churn and my own bread 🍞 too. If you are looking for alternative grain flours Doves Farm have a very good range. It’s much better making your own than shop bought. I managed to find some vintage terracotta butter stamps in a charity shop along with 2 wooden butter paddles to shape the butter into a block. I use the buttermilk that you separate when I’m making scones. 👌 If you are interested in eating food with pro biopics for a healthy stomach you can get a Kilner fermenting set of 2 jars and glass weights to make fermented veg. That way you could use the cabbage etc. from your allotment. I also dehydrate some surplus veg and fruit for the winter months as well as making jams and chutneys- great fun!
That was a fine first attempt at making butter. It goes to whipped cream first and then you keep going until you get that nice yellowish creamy butter. Oh the buttermilk is excellent for making pancakes, it is scrumptious!
Hi Sean, watching you lift that fridge with everything in it 🫣! As a single person with a weak back, I've had to lift big awkward things. I've rocked them from lower to higher supports, and or jacked them up adding piles of books, boxes and tables under them. Takes a while and some thought but didn't want to make that embarrassing phone call! 😳😖.
Your back will love the fridge being high up on the kitchen bench.
Oh, no! Now we have to play Where's Waldo to find the leeks
Electric pressure cooker. You can cook from frozen and can steam veg,make yoghurt,soup,stews. Lots of things. Cheap to run too.