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    Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People
    Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People
    Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People
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    Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People

    By Deana J. Driver

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    Selling milk and cream to neighbours and townspeople was an integral way of life on the Canadian Prairies in the early to mid-1900s. On many farms, women were in charge of milking cows, separating the cream from the milk, and selling that cream. Cream Money honours this era of Prairie farming, celebrating the work of farm families through true stories of how cream money was earned and spent.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 14, 2015
    ISBN9781927570203
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      Cream Money - Deana J. Driver

      SEPARATING CREAM FROM THE MILK

      by Dora Shwaga

      After the cows were milked in the morning and evening, the milk was put through the cream separator to separate the cream from the milk. The warm whole milk was strained through a cloth as it was poured into the large tank at the top of the separator. One of the children turned the crank handle to reach the proper speed and that made the bowl, the centre part of the separator, spin very fast.

      Then a small tap was opened to let the milk run down from the tank and into the bowl, while a float in the upper part regulated the amount of milk that went through the separator. In the bowl, the spinning action known as centrifugal force made the cream move to the centre of the bowl and rise up. It came out through the special hole in the bowl and dripped into the container below. The heavier milk was forced to the outside part of the spinning bowl and came out of another hole, which directed it into the lower spout and into a metal pail set beneath.

      Before families owned a separator they poured milk into a creamer (a covered container with a glass window at the bottom) and hung the creamer in a cool well until the cream rose to the top. When the creamer was brought back in, the skim milk was drained out through a spout in the bottom. Through a small glass panel, one could see when the milk was gone and only cream remained. The cream, which was thicker and a creamier colour, was drained out into a different container.

      The family saved whole milk for drinking and for porridge. The skim milk was fed to young calves and pigs. Cream was used by the family in many ways, but most of it was cooled in the well and when there was enough cream collected, it was all poured into a metal cream can and taken to the local creamery to be sold.

      Cottage cheese and butter were made at home. To make cottage cheese, my mother, Zofia Staszewski, left some skim milk at room temperature for a couple of days so it would turn sour. She put the thick, sour milk into a pot and set it on the back of the wood stove to gradually warm, but never get really hot. The sour milk separated as it warmed. It turned into thick, white curds and a liquid known as whey. Then it was strained through a sieve or a clean sugar sack. The whey was poured into the slop pail, with the other kitchen scraps, to become food for the pigs. The curds were left to drain further and become cottage cheese. Cottage cheese was used in pyrogi (perogies), but most often it was mixed with sour cream and a little salt and then served cold with a

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