USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Churning is the process of shaking up cream or whole milk to make butter, usually using a butter churn. In Europe from the Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, a churn was usually as simple as a barrel with a plunger in it, moved by hand. These have mostly been replaced by mechanical churns.

Detailed explanation-2: -A butter churn is a device used to convert cream into butter. This is done through a mechanical process, frequently via a pole inserted through the lid of the churn, or via a crank used to turn a rotating device inside the churn.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1700s, the most common method of making butter was to keep milk in an earthenware container until the cream separated and floated to the top. When the cream was set, it was scooped off with a plate or timber disc. A splash churn was used to convert the cream into butter.

Detailed explanation-4: -From the mid-1800s through the 1940s, the hand-crank butter churn was the most commonly used household butter churn in America. Crank churns replaced simplistic wooden dash churns. It wasn’t long before crank churns were replaced by electric churns. Soon after that commercial butter production became widespread.