Cream Separation
Why doesn’t cream separate from milk in a cow’s udder?
———- from Jennifer and Ellen of Missoula, MT
Because the natural enzymes in a cow’s body act as a kind of internal blender. You can, if you wish, put your ear on a cow’s udder and actually hear the blending process. You can even twist the cow’s ear to achieve different effects, such as mix, whip and puree. I can’t recommend listening to a cow’s udder, however. It makes the cow very nervous. Putting one’s head under a cow is a job for a trained scientist. By the way, a cow can actually produce ice cream. Since this process involves putting a cow in a cyclotron and spinning her at 500 revolutions per second in subzero temperatures, I can’t really recommend this process either. You should probably just go to the store for your dairy products like everybody else and leave the poor cow alone.
Because the natural enzymes in a cow’s body act as a kind of internal blender. You can, if you wish, put your ear on a cow’s udder and actually hear the blending process. You can even twist the cow’s ear to achieve different effects, such as mix, whip and puree. I can’t recommend listening to a cow’s udder, however. It makes the cow very nervous. Putting one’s head under a cow is a job for a trained scientist. By the way, a cow can actually produce ice cream. Since this process involves putting a cow in a cyclotron and spinning her at 500 revolutions per second in subzero temperatures, I can’t really recommend this process either. You should probably just go to the store for your dairy products like everybody else and leave the poor cow alone. 