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Cultural category:Food processing techniques


The Archives of IEFSEM-BAS

number Inv. № aeim Р1315
title Churning milk to make butter (demonstration at the National Ethnographic Museum)
Year of the photography 1930~1950
Period 1940-1943
Place of the photography Sofia city Sofia
photographer Georgi Staritsky
Ethnic group Bulgarian
Explanation A semi-mechanical mechanism for extracting butter simultaneously from two churn-barrels (burílki [Bulg.]). A lever with a weight and pedal, the so-called gerán [Bulg.], is used. These are exhibits from the collection of the National Ethnographic Museum.




keywords 1 milk-processing
keywords 2 butter making
keywords 3 museum exhibition
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Author of the text Svetla Rakshieva, Maria Markova, Elka Mincheva