When we were young Daddy bought a butter churn and we churned butter. He also bought a wooden butter mold with a shamrock design. The mold still has the sour butter flavor in it after all of these years. BTW, the fresh milk sat out for a day to sour a little before we churned it and after all of the butter was strained out what was left was buttermilk- with real butter flakes. We drank it too, and it was yummy. I always hated spoonbread when I was little. Mama fixed it for breakfast with salted "lake fish" or fish roe. Now I fix it as a comfort food. I live in NC so I go to Richmond every summer for steamed crabs and soft shells, always pick up a couple of cans of roe too. To my WV born husband's horro all of my kids are "crab -heads". We crave them. No one does it better than Virginia! Tammie To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html