"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:53:21 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

Yeah, me too on the glass bottle. When I was growing up milk wasn't
"homogenized". There was a thick layer of cream at the top of each
bottle (my mother would pour most of that off to use in her coffee and
chicory). You had to shake the bottle to mix it up.

Somewhat after the introduction of homogenized milk, I spent some time
with the cousins, who had a couple of shorthorn cattle. The cream come
to the top of the jar in the fridge, of course. I recall using a fork
to dig some out of the jar, for iced coffee.

There are cream separators that spin the stuff in a bowl at high
speed, with the cream slopping over the rim. At first they were
powered by a horse walking in a circle. A guy named DeLaval used the
first steam turbines to drive them. The nozzle design is used today in
rocket engines.

My Dad worked on his father's dairy before it was closed, and came away with
a souvenir. Every year as long as he lived, the family Christmas tree was
"planted" in a separator bowl.

Joy