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1. Churn - Table Top Butter Churn

   Table-top butter churn. Consists of a four quart square glass container and a metal cover with attached paddle blades turned by a handle attached to a gear wheel. The screw-on cover has a small open sieve for adding liquid. Metal handle has a wooden grip.

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2. Paddle, Butter - Handmade wooden butter paddle

   Handmade wooden butter paddle. Belonged to Jonas & Gunhild Evenson Burtman, great-grandparents of donor Donna Lemke. (See p. 337 & 409 of the Lester Prairie History Book for family history.)

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3. Paddle, Butter - Handmade wooden butter spade

   Large handmade wooden butter paddle with hanging hook on the handle back. Belonged to Jonas & Gunhild Evenson Burtman, great-grandparents of donor Donna Lemke. (See p. 337 & 409 of the Lester Prairie History Book for family history.)

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4. Paddle, Butter - Two wooden butter paddles

   Set of two wooden butter paddles.

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5. Paddle, Butter - Wood butter paddle

   Wooden butter paddle. Handmade. Used to work butter in a wooden bowl into a form. Has a hook at top of handle for hanging the paddle on the bowl. It appears that one side splintered off and was smoothed down so the handle is off center One of the simplest ways to mold butter was to just use butter spades to work the buttermilk out of the butter. One could form the butter into the desired shape after working the buttermilk out. There was ...

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6. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

   Wooden butter paddle with notch for hanging on edge of bowl. Hand carved.

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7. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

   Wooden butter paddle. Used to mold butter into "loaves" prior to 1930. One of the simplest ways to mold butter was to just use butter spades to work the buttermilk out of the butter. One could form the butter into the desired shape after working the buttermilk out. There was no mold, the butter was just free formed into a shape.

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8. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

   Wooden butter paddle. Used to work butter in a wooden bowl into a form. One of the simplest ways to mold butter was to just use butter spades to work the buttermilk out of the butter. One could form the butter into the desired shape after working the buttermilk out. There was no mold, the butter was just free formed into a shape. Then a butter stamp could be used to imprint a design on the butter. It is likely that many carved plungers from...

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9. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

   Wooden butter paddle. Handmade. Originally had a leather strap through the hole in the handle for hanging. Used to work butter in a wooden bowl into a form. One of the simplest ways to mold butter was to just use butter spades to work the buttermilk out of the butter. One could form the butter into the desired shape after working the buttermilk out. There was no mold, the butter was just free formed into a shape. Then a butter stamp could ...

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10. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

    Wooden butter paddle. Handmade. Has a hook at top of handle for hanging the paddle on the bowl when working the buttermilk out of the butter.

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11. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

    Wooden butter paddle. Handmade.

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12. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

    Wooden butter paddle with hole for hanging. Hand carved.

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13. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

    Wooden butter paddle with notch for hanging on edge of bowl. Hand carved.

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14. Paddle, Butter - Wooden butter paddle

    Wooden butter paddle. Used to shape freshly churned butter prior to 1930. Handmade.

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