Here's a picture of the cream crock and skimmer that she gave me. What's interesting is that the skimmer is extremely light - aluminum I think
I have to tell you about a HUGE blessing that I received from a very special friend. Joyce comes every week to get her eggs and things from us. Last week she was watching me skim the cream off the milk. I asked her again how they used to do it. (My "always" question to her). She told of this special crock called a cream crock with a skimmer that her family always used. It was so much easier than the way I was doing it. I went on-line and researched it and while I saw a lot of things, I wasn't sure any of them were what she was talking about. Today, Joyce came and had me meet her at her car. She was feeling terrible and didn't want to have to walk. Yes, Joyce is about my mother's age - but my dear friend. She had brought me her cream crock! And that's not all - she brought me the special skimmer and a meat grinder (we'd been making turkey sausage the week before with a much smaller electric grinder)!!!! I tried not to cry. She's moving out of a farmhouse and if I need it and the kids don't want it, she knows it'll be used and loved here - isn't she sweet, kind and just the best????