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Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso
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Foodstuff made from the fatty portion of
milk. Making butter by hand, which is done by
skimming off the cream and churning it, was
traditionally a convenient means of
preserving milk. The transfer of buttermaking
from a farm-based to a factory-based process
began in the last quarter of the 19th century
with the introduction of centrifugal
separators for the instant separation of
cream from milk. It could then be conveyed
into large steam-powered churns. Today, most
butter is made on a continuous system that
was devised in Germany during World War II.
Inside a single machine, the cream is
churned, the buttermilk drawn off, and the
butter washed, salted, and worked, to achieve
an even consistency. A continuous stream of
finished butter is extruded from the machine
ready for wrapping.