Butter Paddle
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Images, Electronic
- Description
- Made of wood. Large, spoon-shaped paddle attached to a short, hooked handle.
- Notes
- A butter paddle was one of the tools used in the process of making butter. When the cream is churned it causes chunks of butter to float on the top; these chunks are pulled out and worked with a butter paddle to remove the excess liquid and/or air bubbles trapped inside while it is rinsed. This ensured that the butter was pure and would not go rancid. It also firmed the butter to allow easy packing inside of a butter mold/press.
- Date of Original
- 1800s
- Local identifier
- C3AB
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Cobourg Museum FoundationEmail:info@cobourgmuseum.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:c/o Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West
Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2 Phone number: 19053737222
