A new trend is spreading. Well, a new trend that involves a very old pastime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Introducing: the \u201cchurn and burn,\u201d a viral challenge that gives all new meaning to the phrase \u201cgrocery run.\u201d<\/p>\n
It started when a couple of Oregon-based trail runners decided to test out how easily they could make butter in their vests during a run. The answer, they discovered, is that it\u2019s actually a pretty smooth process.<\/p>\n
Libby Cope, 30, discovered a hands-free butter-churning technique while running with her boyfriend in Oregon. Libby Claire \/ Instagram<\/p>\n
It was earlier this year that Libby Cope and her boyfriend Jacob Arnold, both 30, were first inspired to make a batch of hands-free dairy. <\/p>\n
Cope had poured some decadent cream-top milk into her morning coffee, naturally prompting Arnold to ask: \u201cDo you think if we ran with this it would turn into butter?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then we went to the store, got a real heavy cream, and went for a run,\u201d Cope tells The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The actual technique was only slightly more involved: First, the pair poured their heavy cream into a Ziploc bag \u2014\u00a0a total of 32 ounces, which, they told Runner\u2019s World<\/a>, was a bit over the top in retrospect. They then added a good shake of sea salt. That bag went inside another Ziploc bag, and they were ready to hit the trails.<\/p>\n Their hypothesis was that the jostling of their bodies during their roughly hour-long run would transform the heavy cream into a solid. The proof, in this case, wasn\u2019t in the pudding, but in the yellowish gunk they managed to spread on a piece of bread at the end of their workout.<\/p>\n Cope, who\u2019s also a professional content creator, was sure to capture every step of the butter creation on video for her channels.<\/p>\n Cope and Arnold said the butter \u201ctasted great,\u201d but they were motivated by curiosity more than anything. Libby Claire \/ Instagram<\/p>\n And the experiment was an instant hit with the culture, whipping up over 11 million views on Instagram.<\/p>\n While footage of another runner\u2019s proprietary trail-run chocolate ice cream<\/a> and frosted lemonade<\/a> have also shaken up the running community, Cope and Arnold weren\u2019t able to find examples of anyone who had made butter this way before.\u00a0<\/p>\n But since Cope\u2019s initial post, several other runners have attempted to recreate the magic. One documented her run-concocted corn juice honey butter<\/a>, while another attempted the churn-and-burn in a snowstorm<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n They poured heavy cream into plastic bags and tucked them into their vests. Libby Claire \/ Instagram<\/p>\n Trail running, with its higher impact, likely helps to churn the butter more efficiently than running on pavement. Libby Claire \/ Instagram<\/p>\n