tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154988466625586293.post8411201862502980874..comments2023-09-01T04:45:22.849-04:00Comments on small house, big picture: a smattering on bikes, barrels and bogsdwerrleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917174708039425122noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154988466625586293.post-64483143887353647132013-08-21T13:18:04.481-04:002013-08-21T13:18:04.481-04:00A Buttery Shakeweight
Out of butter again? So wha...A Buttery Shakeweight<br /><br />Out of butter again? So what the heck are we supposed to put on our toast? Not to worry, with a mason jar and a little elbow grease, you can churn up some fresh butter in under five minutes while illustrating to process of aeration.<br /><br />What It Does<br /><br />Half-fill a half-pint mason jar with heavy cream, add a dash of salt, and screw on the cap. Shake the jar for a good minute or two, then pop off the cap, and check the consistency of the proto-butter (it should be roughly whipped cream at this point). Put the top back on, give it another minute of shaking and recheck. Continue this until you reach the necessary texture—or your arms fall off, whichever occurs first.<br /><br />How It Works<br /><br />Butter is essentially aerated milk fat. The forceful shaking action first breaks down the lipid coats of the individual fat molecules. Once open, these fat molecules can link together into longer clumps and chains. These lumps tend to congregate around gas molecules, trapping them in a loose network of milk fat (really more of a froth or foam). As the clumps of butter continue to group together into larger and denser portions, the air has fewer places to be trapped. These bubbles eventually pop and leak out of the concoction as buttermilk.<br /><br />The butter and buttermilk are then separated. The buttermilk is bottled and sold while the butter itself is kneaded into its normal consistency. Interestingly, butter isn't a solid; it's a water-in-fat emulsion. The water droplets are so finely dispersed through the lipids, it appears dry.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com