After milking a cow, the milk would be put in a shallow pan like this one and left to sit overnight so that the cream would rise to the top. It was skimmed off and used in cooking or placed in a churn to make butter. The skimmed milk would be used in cooking as well.
Unidentified. Milk Pan. ca. 1800. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/k-139/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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