How to Make Butter In An Emergency

Assuming that you have taken the possibility of an apocalyptic world event seriously, you’ve been proactive and set in a large supply of non-perishable food for yourself and your family, possibly enough to sustain yourselves for months. Nonetheless, there are bound to be some conveniences that are not easily stored that will be missed and one such could be butter. The good news is that butter is quite easy to make. Assuming you can get cream, which consists of the milk solids that solidify on top of milk, and a jar, then your already three quarters of the way there. At this point it becomes an act of patiently going through steps of mixing and then separating the resultant butter and buttermilk until you are left with only butter that you can then salt to taste.

Key Takeaways:

You can expect a single pint of whipping cream to yield about a cup of butter.
A cup of butter, salted to taste, is approximately equivalent to two sticks of butter.
In the event of an apocalyptic emergency, it may become necessary to find a dairy farm or take ownership of a cow to get your cream.

“Pour the heavy cream into the jar, tighten the lid and shake. After about 7 minutes, the cream becomes whipped cream. After about 3 more minutes of shaking, the whipped cream begins to separate into butter and buttermilk.”