What is butter?

<p>Merch Giveaway!</p><ol> <li>Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: <a href="http://youtube.com/@chemforyourlife">youtube.com/@chemforyourlife</a> </li> <li>Take a screenshot proving you're subscribed.</li> <li>Email the screenshot to <a href="mailto:chemforyourlife@gmail.com">chemforyourlife@gmail.com</a> with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"</li> <li>We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at <a href="http://chemforyourlife.com/store">chemforyourlife.com/store</a> </li> </ol><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><br><p><strong>#159<br></strong><br></p><p>Can you spread it? Can you melt it? Can you bake with it? Can you cook things with it? You butter believe it! But what is butter? Or rather, whatter is butter? How do we turn cream into butter, and what is happening at the molecular level? Let's find out.</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/they_did_what_to_your_milk">https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/they_did_what_to_your_milk</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/06/02/milk/">https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/06/02/milk/</a></li> <li>Biochemistry, 4th edition - Garrett &amp; Grisham</li> <li><a href="https://edu.rsc.org/primary-science/how-to-make-butter/4011889.article">https://edu.rsc.org/primary-science/how-to-make-butter/4011889.article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836175/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836175/</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34065288/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34065288/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814612009363">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814612009363</a></li> </ol><p><br><strong>Thanks to our monthly supporters</strong> </p><ul> <li>Nelly Silva</li> <li>Venus Rebholz</li> <li>Lyn Stubblefield</li> <li>Jacob Taber</li> <li>Brian Kimball</li> <l