Seasonal Fail/Easily amused

VERY short day at the J.O.B.,,,,   It’s that time of year, and with the past Selection cycle behind us, many people were holding their cards close the chest, and due to that, we are short on work status,,,   As in, not enough to spread 8 guys around and get full days.   More like, there is a HIGH PROBABILITY I won’t be getting any time in tomorrow, and here it is two days into my work week and I am already down seven and half hours,,,,  

Is what it is,,, tighten the belt and keep putting feet forward…

(and it never fails, I get squirelly with the money, the hours drop like stones.    I’ll get through, I always do. Sigh,,,,,)

Now for the easily amused thing.    I like real cream for my coffee,,, I buy the heavy whipping cream (unsweetened) for that purpose.   Well, the other night, for some unknown reason to me, my feed on the Utoobies, had a guy making, of all things BUTTER,,,  Using the cream (duH!) and a pinch of salt.    Now me being me, curious as any one of my kittehs, and likely just as curious as all three rolled into one; I decided ‘gots the time bein’ off work,,, play!’

Didn’t make much, just a half coffee mug of cream and sea salt.    Didn’t have a hand blender small enough for the container so improvised with a bamboo stick and some plastic card stock mounted in a power drill.  (yeah, totally a ‘Home Improvement’ scene,,,, LOL)

blend blend blend blend,,,, starting to look like whipped cream,,, Keep it up,,,,

blend blend blend blend,,, and suddenly there is a chunk of butter swirling around in the ‘juice’ that is actually buttermilk, blend a little more to get the rest of the butter fat out of the milk, then strain (had a coffee filter for this,,, worked, not optimal.,)   Ouila!!!  BUTTER,,,    Elbee LOVED the butter milk (I tasted it, but never have been a fan of buttermilk straight: as an ingredient in biscuits and flapjacks, yup,,, straight,  blech!, just not my thing.)   

Then the real test,,, Fry a couple of eggs for a true taste test,,,,  

DAMN GINA!    Thats some REAL butter,,,

I don’t buy large quantities of butter unless I am cooking a large batch of stuff (like upcoming holidays).  I usually just use olive oil or coconut oil for cooking, but I do love my butter tastes (and not that psuedo buttery flavored crap they call margarine or ‘can’t believe its not butter’ somthin’or’nudder,,,,)

Well, now, Since I am gonna buy the cream anyway, if I desire something buttered, I can make some on demand.   I have a good idea how much of the cream will make how much of the butter, and that means zero waste in the future.

Now if shit falls apart, gonna need a milch cow,,, or a nanny goat,, Similar item with different taste, but still nummers.

Yah, I’m easily amused,,,,     and easily pleased by simple things.   

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