Want some popcorn with that butter?

If given a thousand dollars, what would you do with it? Would you put it in a savings account? Would you buy something for yourself, or for someone else? What would you spend it on? A thousand dollars.......there's a million things we all could do with it, but I'm pretty confident that the number one thing on your list is not butter. Yes, you read that right. Go ahead and re-read it, it's not gonna change. We drove all the way to Ovid, Michigan with a manila folder filled with money and what do we come back with? That's right...butter. Now, I'm sure there is a list of questions running through your head and I'm here to answer them all, but first let me explain:

In 1916, a group of dairy farmers from Howell, Michigan met to establish a stable, reliable market and price for their milk and on May 23, 1916, the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) was formed. The MMPA is a cooperative so in other terms, a large group of dairy farmers produce the milk and the milk is then transported to MMPA and can be churned into butter or made into cheese. In return the dairy farmers make a profit from selling their milk.

Now your probably asking yourself "You must love popcorn." Yes, we do love popcorn but not to that extreme. We buy the butter because it's freshly churned and purchased within 2 weeks and it's some of the creamiest butter you can put in your mouth. We purchased eight boxes of butter each weighing 55 pounds (440 lbs total) per box. We take orders from friends and family and once they've made their payments, we pick up the butter and away we cut! After letting the butter thaw, my mother uses a large cutting knife to divide the block into smaller proportions. When all said and done, we will have spent just over $1000 on butter.  But trust me, it's definitely worth it......we just learn to watch our cholesterol more closely.

Here's a 55 block of butter.



*For more information on the Michigan Milk Producers Association, visit http://www.mimilk.com/history.html