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Year 5 visit to Cragside

Last week Year 5 visited Cragside, the Victorian home of Lord Armstrong and the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.

How do you think Cragside got its name?
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Victoria, Alessandro, Rachel and Harry volunteered to be dressed up in clothes that would have been worn by wealthy Victorians.
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We made our own butter!
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Continue reading to find out how we did it...

First of all we got some double cream.
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Then we shook it vigorously in a sealed container until...
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the butter had separated from the liquid (buttermilk).
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After that the butter was washed in water to remove more buttermilk.
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Finally we had to squeeze the butter using wooden butter pats to remove more liquid before shaping the butter.
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Why not have a go?

Posted by J Latham on June 12, 2010 1:28 PM |

Comments (2)

It was really fun and my best bit of the trip was the butter making

Posted by Lauren | June 15, 2010 7:45 AM

the trip to cragside was really really good

Posted by Charlotte and jenny | June 16, 2010 9:52 AM

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