How to Make Butter - The Victorian Way 

Thank you for watching. Here are some answers to questions you might have about this episode. HOW WAS HERB BUTTER USED? Herb butter was used for lots of things. Anything where you might want both butter and a herby hit. It wasn’t really consumed as a snack, but as part of meals and is useful to have as an emergency store cupboard item. Uses include spreading on cold toast, bread croutes as part of the savoury course (at the end of the meal: canapés didn't quite exist yet), served on the side with fish or meat (ergo making a sauce), or with potatoes or hot vegetables. It could also be smeared under the skin of a chicken or poussin (i.e. you insert a hand up between the flesh and the skin and rub the butter in, then when roasted in an oven it sort of self-bastes). In a modern context it is excellent with pasta! WHAT DOES SCALDING MEAN? Fanny soaks everything she uses in boiling water before use. It disinfects it. The Victorians were well aware of best practice in food hygiene - they may not have identified germs as such, but they knew the consequences of poorly cleaned kitchen equipment - a particular problem when using wooden implements which are prone to going mouldy. WHAT’S THE LARGE CHURN NEXT TO HER? The larger churn takes several gallons of milk and is a slightly different design. Although we're not completely certain, there is no evidence of another, bigger dairy at Audley End (for example at the Home Farm), so we think that it fell to Fanny to produce all of the substantial quantity of butter which was used in the kitchens. There was even excess sometimes - there are records of labels being printed for selling it. WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF THE BUTTERMILK? There were various uses for buttermilk, including stain removal (good for ink) and in cooking. Some was sold to locals. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MILK LEFT AFTER THE CREAM HAD BEEN SKIMMED OFF? Skimmed milk, as it was known, was a byproduct of butter making. It was usually sold at low cost to the estate workers and villagers. DID THEY MAKE CHEESE? Not at Audley End in the 1880s. Essex cheese had quite a bad reputation at the time! HOW DOES SHE MOULD IT? Using a butter pat or mould, well-soaked in water. IT IS SALTED? Most of the butter was salted (it was rather saltier than modern day salted butter, as the salt was a preservative as well as there for flavour). Unsalted butter was known as sweet butter and is occasionally called for in contemporary recipes. WAS THAT COW REALLY CALLED LEMON LEAF? Yes, Lord Braybrooke was very fond of his herd of Jerseys, for which he and the associated staff won prizes. They all had fanciful names: Spermlight and Gossamer were two of the others. Their names were recorded in the herd book, which also contained details of daily milk yields per cow and percentage of cream.

"your mood can affect the butter" Hey folks who wants some depressed butter

day 6 of quarantine, we discovered a way to make butter

"your mood affects the butter" Now I know why salted butter exist.

Fanny blink twice if you’re being held hostage

I'm such a lazy helper. She keeps looking for me and I just sit there and watch her do everything.

making butter was a very... thyme consuming procedure

"the mood can effect the butter." anyone want some tired butter? salted with the tears of 2:00 am stress trying to get missing assignments done :)

WOW, thanks for allowing me to help make butter. It was an absolute blast, i’m so glad I got to take part. My favourite parts were - scalding my hands - turning a handle for hours - temporarily produce fake baby sick, “which smelt great btw” - being left alone for an hour, waiting for you to squeeze liquid out of a lump of butter. So much fun. If churning butter depends on a mood, I’ve just made a batch of “I can’t believe it’s not sarcasm”. TIAJ

This is so british my coke turned into tea

Her: “have you done your hands” Me, laying motionless under my covers in my dark room at 2 am: “yes”

Congratulations to the Cameraman for traveling back to the Victorian era just to get this shot.

이거 중독지려... 이 영상만 한 10번 넘게 본듯..? 특히 주걱으로 버터 치대는 부분에서 버터가 겁나 쫀득해보이고 딱 한입만 먹어보고 싶음 개맛잇어보임ㅜㅜ 내가 버터를 만들 것도 아닌데 주기적으로 이 영상이 생각나... ㄹㅇ 중독돼서 한국어 자막 없을때부터 봄ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

여기까지 온 한국인들 안녕 우리가 이 영상을 보고있다는 건 진짜 심각하게 심심하다는 건데 반갑다

"and she trusts me, you know" is the biggest flex. mary anne could never

*When you have all the ingredients but not the tools to make a victorian butter*

I wonder who was the first person who thought of mixing milk by hand for an hour🤣 Props to that person for not losing their patience🤣

i can't tell if she's roleplaying or if she actually lives like this

"Now you might be here for up to an hour" Fanny's arm must be RIPPED

Your mood always alters the taste of your cooking, especially when cooking for those you love. If you go off cooking and are in a bad\sad mood, your food won't taste right. Just like they say "never go to bed mad" the same should be said about cooking. I literally taste a difference in my food, if I cook angry. When my family says "thank you, the food was delicious" I always reply, "you know why?" And someone always pops off with " Because it's made with love!" ❤

Fanny: "Have you done your hands?" Me: "No." Fanny: "Good."

Me: watching auto repair videos, car crash compilations, and restoration videos. RU-vid: Would you like to learn how to make Victorian butter? Me: ...…….yes

유튜브 알고리즘에 끌려온 한국인들 손들어라

Can we get another video with Fanny Cowley, perhaps showing us some of the other processes she does or oversees, maybe even given us a peek at the dairy cows, how the milk gets from the cow to her workspace, and showing us some of the other dairy-based products she makes and how they are used? (Whole milk, skimmed milk, and the buttermilk.) Maybe this could be segued into how some of the kitchen products, such as the buttermilk and used tea leaves, get used in cleaning?

Fanny flexing on us when she said “and she trusts me, you know”

fanny: "I will have to check that you have scrubbed your hands and your nails" I felt hygienically intimidated

At Walmart: Excuse me, good sir, do you have any herbal thyme butter? Worker: Don't think so. Me: Peasants.

全く知らない遠い土地の遠い文化なのにオススメされるたびに見たくなる不思議… 一度でいいからイギリス行ってみたいなぁ🥰

i have watched this video so many times and i don’t know why it’s just so soothing and satisfying i love it thank you for existing

Victorian lady: are you ready to help me make some butter? Me, lying in bed at 2AM: I’ve never wanted anything more in my life-

*slowly breaking into a sweat under the harsh gaze and stern scolding of a Victorian buttermatrix*

"Have you done your hands?" "No can't be bothered." "Good".

She sounded so proud with her butter molds

*I imagine they don’t have cameras back then, so they are just staring at a wall and talking.*

이 알 수 없는 알고리즘을 따라 들어온 한국인 손좀 들어봐유......나만 지금 빅토리아 시대에 떨어진 것 같단 말이야...

거실에서 티비볼 때 이런 프로그램 나오면 다 넘겨보는데 이상하게 폰할 때는 요런 영상이 그렇게 재밌더라구요 심지어 찾아서 보게 됨.. 너무 신기해요 버터 만드는 과저ㅇ찰흙놀이하ᅟᅳᆫ 것 같구

"Your mood can affect the butter" who wants politically motivated anger butter

Him: Babe come over Me: I can’t I’m making Victorian butter with thyme Him: My parents aren’t home Me: BUT I’M ONLY AT THE WHIPPED CREAM STAGE

"...and I used to have to milk the cows myself. But here..." My brain : "the cows milk themselves"

This is brilliant with the reenactment. I'm sure that butter would sell for a hefty penny now. Probably the best butter most people have ever tasted.

smooth like butter -

THIS IS LIKE DORA THE EXPLORA BUT THE BRITISH ENGLISH VERSION. I'M RESPONDING TO EVERY QUESTION SHE ASKS ME.

I love the fact that it’s not mrs crocombe making the butter, but the dairy workers the way it would’ve been

Fanny is such a classy, hardworking and lovely lady! I can't wait to see more of her in the future videos! I re-watch these videos multiple times because Victorian times are the most fascinating for me. Keep up the good work! I hope to visit Audley End sometime soon 😁

Fanny: “There you are. Have you done your hands?” Me eating flaming hot cheetos while watching this: 👁 👄 👁

ah yes, back when people expired faster than butter.

When she said that the person's mood could affect the way the butter came out, is why men were not allowed in the butter house/barn. They were to be too impatient and thought to have spoiled the butter.

I have University entry exam next week and instead of studying, I’m watching how to make butter…

ive come back to this again.. i always come back

"Have you done your hands?" *Putting chips in my mouth * "oh yeah sure." "Good"

the audley end expanded universe > the marvel expanded universe

I'd love to see more videos with Fanny. She's got the sweetest energy.

This is now one of my favourite episodes in the series 💛 What a delightful presence this young lady has. 💛 The comments about mood affecting butter are seriously fun as well! 👍😊👍

her: "you can help, but I have to check that you scrubbed your hands and nails" me: *lays in bed with a straight face waiting for her to proceed*

when the apocalypse happens, at least ill know how to make butter in the wild.

I always wonder who first decided or figured out how to make a specific food, because SO many foods and recipes come together in such elaborate and painstaking ways that I always think "how did they figure this out?!" And they had to make it all from scratch using only their hands, sometimes for hours on end.

"Have you done your hands?" no *"Good."*

my family at 2am: *is sleeping* me at 2am: *_sneaks into kitchen and makes victorian butter_*

I bet almost all of us don’t even know how we got here

Its about my 10th time rewatching all the episodes

なんか、定期的に見に来ちゃうんだよな〜

“We do not use carrot juice because the butter... would taste like carrots.” GO OFF SIS 👏👏👏👏👏👏

My mom: Why aren't you working on your homework? Me: *Butter*

Smooth like butter like a criminal undercover 🧈

smooth like butter

Victorian lady: There you are, have you done your hands? *Dora the explorer pause* Victorian lady: good.

"The first thing we'll do is scold our equipments" Me: "You dirty utensils why can't you just keep yourselves clean?" Edit: wow thanks for the likes. Ps. I know she said 'scald'. This is a joke. LIKE SERIOUSLY DUDE CHILL.

smooth like butter ~~

I’ve lost count as to how many times I’ve watched this video…..it’s so incredibly soothing to me. 😌

Yall dont wanna mess with this butter woman cuz her hands can become so powerful as she does this exercising process everyday and if that hand slaps ur cheek i bet ur jaw would pop out

There are significantly more Koreans in the comments than I expected.

okay so stream butter

5:33 imagine how the camera man was staying like were they hiding behind the bush

"Thoroughly wash your hands" Even the Victorian English are giving out coronavirus PSAs now

Anyone else see her and go "WHO ARE YOU???" Very pleased to see another character, don't get me wrong; we just expect Mrs. Crocombe. We have been trained.

I remember army's taking over the comment sections of how to make jam. Now it's butter time.😂😂

I watched this after seeing the modern industrial way butter is made, and I love the drawn parallels and differences in methods each one uses. Like how the wooden churner and the modern giant one are both focused on controlling the amount of air escaping and mixing, along with drains for buttermilk. The most notable difference I liked was how each method prevents the butter from going rancid, here the butter is washed and dried thoroughly before patting, whereas the modern method uses special paper and wrapping to prevent light from hitting the butter, which is what causes the rancid action

Me a few months ago: "Ohhh how interesting!" Me today in self-quarantine: *scribbles down recipe furiously*

very confused at the sudden Korean comments lol. and from what i gather by google translate, they are just as confused about being shown this video lol

학교 영국 문학 쌤이랑 목소리랑 말투가 똑같아서 눈 감고 들으면 쌤이랑 대화하는 느낌ㅋㅋㅋ

when i see the thumbnail be like : SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER.... LIKE A CRIMINAL UNDERCOVER.....

“Have you washed your hands?” My hands : 🦠🦠🧬🦠🧬

Miss Fanny doesn't play when it comes to clean hands. SHE KNOWS IF YOU DIDN'T SCRUB.

This video got me in the rabbit hole of watching all the English Heritage videos, especially those with Mrs. Crocombe.

No one: Me: RU-vid recommendations at 2 am: How To Make Butter - The Victorian Way Me: this could be handy

Next: Could we have a glimpse at the way clothes are washed, dried and ironed? I'd love to meet the laundry maid!

Dignity, pride, fidelity; No matter your station. The British way. A real jewel of channel. Thank you!

smooth like butter, like criminal under cover, gon pop like trouble.... i forgot

Miss Fanny is a welcome addition. She is a skilled craftswoman and I'm sure Mrs. Crocombe appreciates her. Love seeing more of the Audley End House staff.

I've never imagined I'd be into butter roleplaying edit: omg likes many thanx xoxo

SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER 🧈 💜

How the ladies keep their kitchen tidied and neat is just absolutely satisfying

Why is everyone (including me) watching this in the middle of the night?

ㅋㅋㅋ.ㅋㅋ난 유튜브 알고리즘이 이해가 안가 왜 나한테 10개월 된 빅토리아식 버터 만들기 영상을 보여주는거야

Hahaha I like her. She’s got a little sass on her demeanor! ❤

The way Mrs Crocombe is the carry in this channel yet Fanny has the most viewed video lmao

"How to make butter the victorian way" 6.8 million in quarantine: *INTERESTING.*

Sometimes when I see these kinda videos i think to myself "This may be handy in the apocalypse. This will build my resume to convince people to keep me alive." Captor: why should we keep you alive? Me: I can make thyme butter... The Victorian way..

Stream butter 100M.

I had a hard enough time going out to the shops today to buy butter !