• cultured butter

    From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 11:43:40 2026
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    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8
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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net@user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 17:20:50 2026
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    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    You can make your own buttermilk without buying a starter kit. One cup
    *whole* buttermilk to three cups of *whole* milk; stir. Transfer to a
    one quart or larger jar, place lid on jar, but leave it a bit loose. Leave
    it on countertop for 24-30 hours, depending on how warm your kitchen is, out of the sun. Stir after the required blooming time, then refrigerate. Like
    a sour dough starter it can be replenished again and again. But if you do
    run out of buttermilk, you'll have to start over.

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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.xxx to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 13:43:00 2026
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    On 5/18/2026 12:43 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    For true cultured butter, do you have to play classical music while
    mixing it? A little Vivaldi in the background would be nice.
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 14:56:27 2026
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    On 5/18/2026 12:20 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    You can make your own buttermilk without buying a starter kit. One cup *whole* buttermilk to three cups of *whole* milk; stir. Transfer to a
    one quart or larger jar, place lid on jar, but leave it a bit loose. Leave it on countertop for 24-30 hours, depending on how warm your kitchen is, out of the sun. Stir after the required blooming time, then refrigerate. Like
    a sour dough starter it can be replenished again and again. But if you do run out of buttermilk, you'll have to start over.

    That's assuming that the cultures in the buttermilk are still alive.
    Most often these days, they pasteurize after culturing to improve shelf
    life. Plus, I'm not doing it for the buttermilk, but the butter, and the bacteria in the packets I ordered are ideal for cultured butter. I'll be adding some milk and the culture to cream.

    Then, after *churning*, the buttermilk can be used as a starter on
    subsequent batches.
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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 21:00:51 2026
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    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is that the gut microbiome is going to be the hot new thing. We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with a lot of our modern ills. I recommend
    that people start eating a bag of 2-days old poi every week.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwfuJr07P_g

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  • From Hank Rogers@Hank@nospam.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 16:06:20 2026
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    dsi1 wrote on 5/18/2026 4:00 PM:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is that the gut
    microbiome is going to be the hot new thing. We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with a lot of our modern ills. I recommend
    that people start eating a bag of 2-days old poi every week.


    Is it trending on da mainland yet, Uncle?


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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 21:06:37 2026
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    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:


    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant. She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    You can make your own buttermilk without buying a starter kit. One cup *whole* buttermilk to three cups of *whole* milk; stir. Transfer to a
    one quart or larger jar, place lid on jar, but leave it a bit loose. Leave it on countertop for 24-30 hours, depending on how warm your kitchen is, out of the sun. Stir after the required blooming time, then refrigerate. Like a sour dough starter it can be replenished again and again. But if you do run out of buttermilk, you'll have to start over.

    ~

    I used to make yogurt when I was a kid. I'd make it at night when everybody was sleeping and put the batch into a Thermos jug to ferment. My parents must have thought I was a pretty strange kid. In the morning, I'd make waffles with the yogurt that I made.



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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 17:26:45 2026
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    On 5/18/2026 1:43 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 5/18/2026 12:43 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French
    restaurant. She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was
    cultured butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to
    make some when my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    That link has me confused. It's a powder for making buttermilk (or curd cheese) by adding it to milk, not cultured butter.

    For true cultured butter, do you have to play classical music while
    mixing it?-a A little Vivaldi in the background would be nice.

    Handel's "Messiah" might work to turn buttermilk powder into cultured
    butter. Or he could just buy Kerry Gold. :)
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  • From Hound Adams@ha@inv.alid to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 15:32:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 18 May 2026 14:56:27 -0500
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 5/18/2026 12:20 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French
    restaurant. She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It
    was cultured butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm
    going to make some when my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    You can make your own buttermilk without buying a starter kit. One
    cup *whole* buttermilk to three cups of *whole* milk; stir.
    Transfer to a one quart or larger jar, place lid on jar, but leave
    it a bit loose. Leave it on countertop for 24-30 hours, depending
    on how warm your kitchen is, out of the sun. Stir after the
    required blooming time, then refrigerate. Like a sour dough
    starter it can be replenished again and again. But if you do run
    out of buttermilk, you'll have to start over.
    That's assuming that the cultures in the buttermilk are still alive.
    Most often these days, they pasteurize after culturing to improve
    shelf life. Plus, I'm not doing it for the buttermilk, but the
    butter, and the bacteria in the packets I ordered are ideal for
    cultured butter. I'll be adding some milk and the culture to cream.

    Then, after *churning*, the buttermilk can be used as a starter on subsequent batches.


    Analogous to making sourdough bread starter in a jar.

    https://youtu.be/pZpnEHkMvw0


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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 21:43:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-05-18, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8


    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is that the gut
    microbiome is going to be the hot new thing. We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with a lot of our modern ills. I recommend
    that people start eating a bag of 2-days old poi every week.

    I think I'd rather eat a bag of sauerkraut every week.

    https://dearbornbrand.com/shop/condiments/sauerkraut-2/
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    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Pierre Choderlos de Laclos@bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue May 19 07:42:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:51 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant.
    She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when
    my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8

    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is that the gut
    microbiome is going to be the hot new thing.

    It already is and you're right. Fermented foods are very much
    recommended. It can be home made very easily. I was going to ferment
    small cucumbers but they've been consumed. Now I'll ferment carrots
    instead.

    We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with
    a lot of our modern ills. I recommend that people start eating a bag
    of 2-days old poi every week.

    Good advice, but wouldn't we all have to move to Hawaii first?
    --
    Bruce <https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-681946574-20250717233334800.jpg>
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  • From Hound Adams@ha@inv.alid to rec.food.cooking,aus.general on Mon May 18 16:02:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Tue, 19 May 2026 07:42:56 +1000
    Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:51 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French
    restaurant. She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It
    was cultured butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm
    going to make some when my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8

    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is
    that the gut microbiome is going to be the hot new thing.

    It already is and you're right. Fermented foods are very much
    recommended. It can be home made very easily. I was going to ferment
    small cucumbers but they've been consumed. Now I'll ferment carrots
    instead.

    We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help
    with a lot of our modern ills. I recommend that people start eating
    a bag of 2-days old poi every week.

    Good advice, but wouldn't we all have to move to Hawaii first?


    Spare you the commute - make your own Kimchi.

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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue May 19 00:00:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    On Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:51 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    Our son took my wife out for Mother's Day to a fancy French restaurant. >> She brought leftovers home, including some butter. It was cultured
    butter. I'd forgotten how delicious that is. I'm going to make some when >> my order arrives.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OLQQ8

    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is that the gut
    microbiome is going to be the hot new thing.

    It already is and you're right. Fermented foods are very much
    recommended. It can be home made very easily. I was going to ferment
    small cucumbers but they've been consumed. Now I'll ferment carrots
    instead.

    We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with
    a lot of our modern ills. I recommend that people start eating a bag
    of 2-days old poi every week.

    Good advice, but wouldn't we all have to move to Hawaii first?


    Your best bet is to just eat more Kim chee. When we moved to California back in the 70's, I was quite pleased to see Kim chee in the supermarket. I was even more
    pleased to see that it was a Hawaiian style Kim chee. The big surprise was that when you opened the bottle, it would erupt like opening a can of Coke. The juice
    inside was carbonated - amazing! Such wonders there are on the mainland.






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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Mon May 18 20:42:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-05-18 8:00 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

    We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with
    a lot of our modern ills. I recommend that people start eating a bag
    of 2-days old poi every week.

    Good advice, but wouldn't we all have to move to Hawaii first?


    Your best bet is to just eat more Kim chee. When we moved to California back in
    the 70's, I was quite pleased to see Kim chee in the supermarket. I was even more
    pleased to see that it was a Hawaiian style Kim chee. The big surprise was that
    when you opened the bottle, it would erupt like opening a can of Coke. The juice
    inside was carbonated - amazing! Such wonders there are on the mainland.


    1The first few times I bought keffir it was like that. I cat came in a
    tub with a foil top like yogurt, except that the top was domed and under
    a bit of pressure.
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  • From Pierre Choderlos de Laclos@bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Tue May 19 10:46:09 2026
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    On Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:35 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Pierre Choderlos de Laclos <bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:

    On Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:51 GMT, dsi1
    <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    We should all probably be eating more fermented foods. My guess is that the gut
    microbiome is going to be the hot new thing.

    It already is and you're right. Fermented foods are very much
    recommended. It can be home made very easily. I was going to ferment
    small cucumbers but they've been consumed. Now I'll ferment carrots
    instead.

    We'll analyzing our shit and repopulating our gut bacteria to help with
    a lot of our modern ills. I recommend that people start eating a bag
    of 2-days old poi every week.

    Good advice, but wouldn't we all have to move to Hawaii first?

    Your best bet is to just eat more Kim chee. When we moved to California back in
    the 70's, I was quite pleased to see Kim chee in the supermarket. I was even more
    pleased to see that it was a Hawaiian style Kim chee. The big surprise was that
    when you opened the bottle, it would erupt like opening a can of Coke. The juice
    inside was carbonated - amazing! Such wonders there are on the mainland.

    We do get kimchi from the Asian shop. It's very expensive. Maybe I can
    do it myself. A Korean lady who has a home-made kimchi business said
    on Dutch TV that for her default kimchi she uses 10-12 ingredients. 25
    for her fancy type. I'll start with carrots.
    --
    Bruce <https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-681946574-20250717233334800.jpg>
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