How It's Actually Made - Butter

Summary

The video humorously explores the process of butter making, starting with cow's milk delivery and its transformation into butter. The script includes quirky details about a 'butterizer' machine, fat separation, and the peculiar role of buttercream. It adds comedic twists with unusual references to horse semen, buttercream 'showers,' and play-doh being used as a cost-saving additive. The process concludes with a bizarre claim about mysterious packaging designs that could summon an ancient pharaoh. The humorous tone makes the complex butter-making process entertaining and light-hearted.

Takeaways

• 🧈 Butter has a rich history, even being used by ancient Romans for beauty and medicinal purposes.
• 📜 Butter is mentioned in the Old Testament, where Abraham served it to angels.
• 🥛 People originally made butter by shaking milk in bags of animal skin or hollow logs.
• 🚛 Modern butter production starts with cow's milk delivered by tanker trucks.
• 🧴 The milk is separated into buttercream, which is 38% fat, and 2% milk, which is watery and white.
• 🔄 The buttercream is processed in a machine called a butterizer, which is specifically designed for making butter.
• ⚙️ The butter-making process includes churning, where fat molecules clump together to form butter.
• 💧 A drain is mistakenly opened during the process, causing a spill of buttermilk and butter, leading to wasted product.
• 🏭 Play-Doh is humorously added to the butter-making process as an 'additive,' making up 10% of a butter stick.
• 📦 Butter is packaged with mysterious symbols, jokingly said to summon a pharaoh if solved, and each package contains 455 butters.

Q & A

What was butter historically used for by the ancient Romans?

The ancient Romans used butter as a beauty cream and to treat birds.

How was butter made in ancient times?

People made butter by shaking milk in bags of animal skin or in hollow logs.

What modern technological process is involved in butter production today?

Butter is produced through modern technology, starting with the delivery of cow's milk by a tanker truck and its processing in a machine called a 'butterizer.'

What does the butterizer machine do?

The butterizer makes butter and only butter, and it's described as being very good at it.

What is the purpose of separating milk from its fat?

Separating milk from its fat produces buttercream, which contains 38% fat and is used to make butter.

What happens to the buttermilk after butter is churned?

Buttermilk, along with the butter fat that forms clumps known as 'popcorn butter,' is drained from the churner. However, in this instance, it was accidentally spilled out due to a worker's error.

What unusual metaphor is used to describe the buttercream being processed?

The buttercream is said to be 'imbued with a heartbeat,' as though it’s receptive to the 'gift of life' before being transferred to a churner.

What humorous event occurs in the butter-making process related to air and fat molecules?

During the churning process, air is squeezed out by the fat molecules, only for the buttercream to take a breather by replacing the lost air, which is a comical description of the process.

What is the significance of the butter packaging design?

The packaging has mysterious shapes printed on it, which, according to the factory, might be a puzzle that could summon a pharaoh when solved.

How many butters are contained in a single package of butter, according to the script?

A single package of butter contains 455 butters, according to the humorous tone of the script.