For some reason, butter seems like it would be incredibly hard to make. I think perhaps it has something to do with having grown up on Little House on the Prairie books and perhaps getting the idea that homemade butter is something that necessarily requires intense physical labor and equipment that one doesn't just have laying around the modern kitchen. As a matter of fact, when I told people around my age I was going to try to make butter I invariably got asked whether I had a churn. Well, guys ... it's modern times! And I am a modern girl. The recipe that gave me the inspiration to make butter was all by hand, although it requires nothing more than a bowl and whisk, since you're not making a whole cow's worth of butter. However, I haven't the peasant arms to pull that off, and even if I were inclined it wouldn't be the pleasant and relaxing task I envision when I set out to make something. But I am a modern girl, and I've got modern equipment and a healthy