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Post by Bismarck on Mar 4, 2016 21:54:52 GMT
Butter is a solid dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk, to separate the butterfat from the buttermilk. It is generally used as a spread on plain or toasted bread products and a condiment on cooked vegetables, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water.
Most frequently made from cows' milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. Salt such as dairy salt, flavorings and preservatives are sometimes added to butter. Rendering butter produces clarified butter or ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat.
Butter is a water-in-oil emulsion resulting from an inversion of the cream; in a water-in-oil emulsion, the milk proteins are the emulsifiers. Butter remains a solid when refrigerated, but softens to a spreadable consistency at room temperature, and melts to a thin liquid consistency at 32–35 °C (90–95 °F). The density of butter is 911 g/L (0.950 lbs per US pint).
It generally has a pale yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white. Its unmodified color is dependent on the animals' feed and is commonly manipulated with food colorings in the commercial manufacturing process, most commonly annatto or carotene.
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Post by Jean Lannes on Mar 5, 2016 3:36:17 GMT
We should have a poll butter vs. margarine
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Post by Bismarck on Mar 5, 2016 10:57:21 GMT
We should have a poll butter vs. margarine Margarine is illegal in a couple areas in Germany, no joke. Of course, no one follows the law, its a blue law, but still. You also can't sing, eat, and walk at the same time on tuesdays in Hesse. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Mar 5, 2016 14:25:21 GMT
Hesse (Hessen in German) is actually stilling having the death penalty in its laws but since national law is above state law it's still illegal. If I ever bought margarine then it was from Germany, in Baden-Württemberg to be exact. I'm not from Germany though
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Post by Bismarck on Mar 5, 2016 14:27:51 GMT
Hesse (Hessen in German) is actually stilling having the death penalty in its laws but since national law is above state law it's still illegal. If I ever bought margarine then it was from Germany, in Baden-Württemberg to be exact. I'm not from Germany though Well... we do love our butter. Enough to kill you for it  I'm so surprised anyone actually looked at this thread. |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Mar 5, 2016 16:58:28 GMT
Germans love butter? New to me seriously
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Post by Bismarck on Mar 6, 2016 12:18:06 GMT
Germans love butter? New to me seriously 'Tis. We put it on our sandwiches, pretzels, etc etc. Even some pastries, much to my disdain. |
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Post by Bismarck on Mar 6, 2016 12:19:13 GMT
I liked my own post.
If that isn't a one-up to society, nothing is.
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Mar 11, 2016 2:56:25 GMT
I liked my own post. If that isn't a one-up to society, nothing is. Spreading Butter on the bottom of your Bread #doctorseuss |
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Post by saltin on Mar 12, 2016 9:56:33 GMT
It takes 21 pint (a pint roughly half a liter) of milk to make 1 pound (half a kg) of butter
Butter can be healthier than you think. Butter has none of the artificial trans fats (associated with the "bad" cholesterol) you get in margarine. If it's from grass-fed cows' milk. It also has CLAs, and equal amounts of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.
I use both depending on the meal.
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Mar 12, 2016 16:27:41 GMT
It takes 21 pint (a pint roughly half a liter) of milk to make 1 pound (half a kg) of butter Butter can be healthier than you think. Butter has none of the artificial trans fats (associated with the "bad" cholesterol) you get in margarine. If it's from grass-fed cows' milk. It also has CLAs, and equal amounts of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. I use both depending on the meal. Hold on, you're telling me that butter doesn't have bad cholesterol?! This is wonderful. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 12, 2016 22:37:08 GMT
It takes 21 pint (a pint roughly half a liter) of milk to make 1 pound (half a kg) of butter Butter can be healthier than you think. Butter has none of the artificial trans fats (associated with the "bad" cholesterol) you get in margarine. If it's from grass-fed cows' milk. It also has CLAs, and equal amounts of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. I use both depending on the meal. Hold on, you're telling me that butter doesn't have bad cholesterol?! This is wonderful. Hold your horses... there's still some differences between butter from the milk of grass-fed cows and the cornmeal/garbage-fed cows. Eventually it's not good to pile on the stacking effects over a lifetime you know? |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Mar 12, 2016 22:41:02 GMT
Hold on, you're telling me that butter doesn't have bad cholesterol?! This is wonderful. Hold your horses... there's still some differences between butter from the milk of grass-fed cows and the cornmeal/garbage-fed cows. Eventually it's not good to pile on the stacking effects over a lifetime you know? There I was being hopeful. Turns out if that's what I want It'd cost me extra. Life really is a ***** |
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Post by Bismarck on Mar 12, 2016 22:42:20 GMT
Who knew that this and my salt post would cause so much hubbub.
Good work everyone!
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 12, 2016 22:46:06 GMT
Hold your horses... there's still some differences between butter from the milk of grass-fed cows and the cornmeal/garbage-fed cows. Eventually it's not good to pile on the stacking effects over a lifetime you know? There I was being hopeful. Turns out if that's what I want It'd cost me extra. Life really is a ***** lol... my wife and I completely understand that feeling. Every time we go food shopping, we ask each other "Why does it costs so MUCH to live?" |
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