I just made BM butter!

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

It was way easier than I thought. I made about a Tb. I'm not giving this batch to DS but when he's ready for solids I may try again. Not sure what to do with it for him to eat it. Maybe drizzle it on veggies or butter some toast? Of course there's about zippo nutritional value left in it, so it may just end up being a waste. Just cool to know I can do that!

Kelly-renee · September 2010

how?

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

Kelly-renee:
how?

You just shake it in a bottle for about 10 minutes. It starts to clump together and you pour the milk off. Easy cheesy!

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

fredalina:
This is definitely a "Why?" moment.

Like i used to make soap, and there would be a lot of questions about using BM to make soap. Totally doable, doesn't gross me out or anything as long as i don't have to bathe with it, but i really can't imagine why someone would do it. It's not any healthier than regular soap. Just seems like a complicated and time-consuming way to waste some good BM.

But, hey, more power to you if that's what you enjoy :P.

Meh. I got lots.

orangeflavored · September 2010

StrawberryAlarmClock:
Kelly-renee:
how?
You just shake it in a bottle for about 10 minutes. It starts to clump together and you pour the milk off. Easy cheesy!

Oooh, so you made BM butter AND BM buttermilk. I think it is time to make some biscuits! Surprise

Que*Syrah · September 2010

If you shook it for 10 minutes it has no nutritional value.

lkstor · September 2010

Que_Syrah:
If you shook it for 10 minutes it has no nutritional value.

That's not true.

Nutrition = calories, fat, protein, carbohydrates... All that stuff is still there. You've just destroyed the immune benefits since immunoglobulins are very delicate.

MrsMoody2006 · September 2010

I have a friend who made yogurt out of BM

asiabutterfly · September 2010

I make popsicles out of BM and DD chews on them for teething.

melody0420 · September 2010

orangeflavored:
Oooh, so you made BM butter AND BM buttermilk. I think it is time to make some biscuits!

LOL! And some BM gravy to go with them. Stick out tongue

dmogmo · September 2010

fredalina:
This is definitely a "Why?" moment.

Like i used to make soap, and there would be a lot of questions about using BM to make soap. Totally doable, doesn't gross me out or anything as long as i don't have to bathe with it, but i really can't imagine why someone would do it. It's not any healthier than regular soap. Just seems like a complicated and time-consuming way to waste some good BM.

But, hey, more power to you if that's what you enjoy :P.

So glad I'm not the only one who thought this.

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

MrsMoody2006:
I have a friend who made yogurt out of BM

Did her LO like it?

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

Que_Syrah:
If you shook it for 10 minutes it has no nutritional value.

So...I shouldn't replace all of his meals with gobs of butter???? ::scratches head::

Kelly-renee · September 2010

Now I'm wondering how long it can stay refrigerated like that..... Is its lifetime now like butter, or should it get frozen first? I'm debating doing this since DD hates her bottles anyways, might as well get some use out of all this milk we have lying around.

sapgirl76 · September 2010

LO breaks out in hives when he eats cow's milk products. BM and yogurt might solve some of our solids problems!

mr+ms · September 2010

StrawberryAlarmClock:
Of course there's about zippo nutritional value left in it,

I would say that's not true at all - if you eat a good diet and your BM is full of healthy fats then that's what you have there Good fats are essential nutrients for good health. Especially for growing babies and kids, whose bodies and brains are developing at such a rapid pace.

Whenever I find butter made from pastured cow's milk I snatch it right up. It's so much tastier than standard supermarket butter and has more of a golden color. And, its fat composition is healthier.

And to those who ask why... well, we eat butter and cheese and drink milk that was meant for baby cows. Or goats or sheep. So what's wrong with baby humans eating butter made from milk that was made for.... baby humans?

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

Kelly-renee:
Now I'm wondering how long it can stay refrigerated like that..... Is its lifetime now like butter, or should it get frozen first? I'm debating doing this since DD hates her bottles anyways, might as well get some use out of all this milk we have lying around.

I wondered this, too. Is it the fat content in butter that preserves it? I didn't add any salt or anything. I'll have to do some research.

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

asiabutterfly:
I make popsicles out of BM and DD chews on them for teething.

Yeah we got some shaped ice cube trays from IKEA. He loves to gnaw on them

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

Lovin' your siggy pic, Sap. H-man is sooo cute! Yeah, there is a recipe in Super Baby Food and a couple links on Kellymom that you might want to check out.

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

mr+ms:
StrawberryAlarmClock:
Of course there's about zippo nutritional value left in it,
I would say that's not true at all - if you eat a good diet and your BM is full of healthy fats then that's what you have there Good fats are essential nutrients for good health. Especially for growing babies and kids, whose bodies and brains are developing at such a rapid pace.
Whenever I find butter made from pastured cow's milk I snatch it right up. It's so much tastier than standard supermarket butter and has more of a golden color. And, its fat composition is healthier.
And to those who ask why... well, we eat butter and cheese and drink milk that was meant for baby cows. Or goats or sheep. So what's wrong with baby humans eating butter made from milk that was made for.... baby humans?

You & PP have good points. Babies need fat for brain & eye development, so there is a nutrient value to butter. Thanks

alybookgirl · September 2010

Did you taste it?

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

alybookgirl:
Did you taste it?

No. I put it in the fridge to harden. It looks just like cow butter.

karatechrissy · September 2010

asiabutterfly:
I make popsicles out of BM and DD chews on them for teething.

That's seriously a great idea!!

Kelly-renee · September 2010

So, of course I tried to make this yesterday and completely failed, we shook it for like 20 min too..... Oh well, she still seemed to like the potatoes we made her with the shaken up milk. DH now thinks everyone on here is weird though, lol.

StrawberryAlarmClock · September 2010

Kelly-renee:
So, of course I tried to make this yesterday and completely failed, we shook it for like 20 min too..... Oh well, she still seemed to like the potatoes we made her with the shaken up milk. DH now thinks everyone on here is weird though, lol.

Oh no! Are you sure it didn't work. It takes a while and then you start to see it break down. Then, you can pour the "skim" milk off of it and these yellow globs are left. Give them a stir to make them smooth and refrigerate it. I hope it works for you. If not, I'll be embarassed that I have the fattiest milk on TB! LOL

sunfloweremily · September 2010

Okay, in my world BM stands for Bowel Movement! So you can imagine my surprise/disgust when I read this intially.

~E~

ShawYoung1 · September 2010

I was right there with you!

MFAinNYC · September 2010

Um, me too! When someone said soap, I was like, "Oh, dear Lord!"

lmsherwo · September 2010

sunfloweremily:
Okay, in my world BM stands for Bowel Movement! So you can imagine my surprise/disgust when I read this intially.

~E~

Me too! Haha.

dejablue99 · September 2010

Me too, I had to read all the way down the postings to see someone talking about cows milk and I finally put two and two together. But for the first couple of minutes I thought I was going to be sick!

Jefisher · September 2010

THANK YOU!!! I work in a daycare and was reading about the butter and popsicles and I was LITERALLY about to vomit (of course thinking about it being bowel movements) But now that I know it's BREAST MILK It's a FANTASTIC idea

aevan · September 2010

lmsherwo:
sunfloweremily:
Okay, in my world BM stands for Bowel Movement! So you can imagine my surprise/disgust when I read this intially.

~E~

Me too! Haha.

oh man, that's what I thought too! I thought that was disgusting...

molliiieee · September 2010

HA HA! Me too! I'm a little new to the message board abbreviations, so I saw BM thought, "um . . . poop butter?" and then the "drizzling it on veggies"! It took reading few posts to figure out why more people weren't completely grossed out!

MamaToBe2010 · September 2010

sunfloweremily:
Okay, in my world BM stands for Bowel Movement! So you can imagine my surprise/disgust when I read this intially.

~E~

So please enlighten me... What DOES BM stand for if not bowel movement. Because I've seriously been about to toss my cookies reading this post.

jacquelyn42006 · September 2010

Breast Milk

viktorka · September 2010

BM popsicles for teething...? hadn't even occurred to me - thank you!

cindy453 · September 2010

StrawberryAlarmClock:
Kelly-renee:
So, of course I tried to make this yesterday and completely failed, we shook it for like 20 min too..... Oh well, she still seemed to like the potatoes we made her with the shaken up milk. DH now thinks everyone on here is weird though, lol.

Oh no! Are you sure it didn't work. It takes a while and then you start to see it break down. Then, you can pour the "skim" milk off of it and these yellow globs are left. Give them a stir to make them smooth and refrigerate it. I hope it works for you. If not, I'll be embarassed that I have the fattiest milk on TB! LOL

For a 6oz bottle of milk I'd have a good half inch of cream when we refrigerated it... I had to warn everybody to swirl it really well, or else the cream wouldn't go through the slow flow nipples!

sdarjean · September 2010

Ok I thought I was the only one who thought that!!!! I for one am against people using sooooooooooooo many abbreviations on this site..does it really take that much time to type the whole word?

lwhitlock · September 2010

Me too! It took me like 12 posts to get it, I was like, " WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?!?!"

LaneyJHenson · September 2010

OK....I totally understand the nutritional benefit and the need for that but it still kinda give me the willies....ugh...

Pfingsten · September 2010

sunfloweremily:
Okay, in my world BM stands for Bowel Movement! So you can imagine my surprise/disgust when I read this intially.

~E~

right there with you, gagging until I worked out what they were referencing. Not everything needs to be abbreviated!

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