Comments on: Butter never looked so good (16 Photos)

By: benlentil

benlentil — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:32:04 +0000

Very neat. Talented people.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:43:39 +0000

They do butter sculptures every year at the Minnesota State Fair. There is even a “lucky” Diary Princess that gets immortalized in butter. Very strange.

By: Sweet Jimmy

Sweet Jimmy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:02:25 +0000

I think last year, they almost did butter Michael Jackson at the Iowa State Fair until folks made it clear they didn’t want a Parkay pedophile on display.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:28:45 +0000

hmmmmmmm cholesterol in an art form

By: aleex

aleex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:28:51 +0000

now all we need is pics of bacon sculptures

By: Regina

Regina — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:17:16 +0000

NOM NOM NOM

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:41 +0000

Lol this was a huge deal when I went to the Iowa State Fair. Every year there is a life size butter cow along with another sculpture (normally a celebrity) that has something to do with Iowa. When I was there it was Shawn Johnson, since she is from Iowa.

Taken from the Iowa State Fair website:

“While a real dairy cow weighs more than 1,000 pounds, a 600-lb. butter cow would butter 19,200 slices of toast and take an average person two lifetimes to consume. Much of the butter is recycled and reused for up to 10 years.” Translation: Welcome to America.

By: Gonz

Gonz — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:53:07 +0000

wow pretty sweet and salty I think…….?

By: stafferty

stafferty — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:55:11 +0000

Whoever gave yoda the yogurt is a brilliant human being. I really hope it was Mel Brooks.

By: Bobby Drake

Bobby Drake — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:53:15 +0000

These are very talented artists but you can find butter sculptures at nearly every single state fair. They start with a wire frame of what they want and then add the necessary amount of butter to get the proper detail. Kind-of a bummer when you realize its not all one large block, but it makes sense.

By: confused

confused — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:47:51 +0000

i believe the answer to that is because they could and maybe they were bored

By: Big Bob

Big Bob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:37:50 +0000

Sometimes you just have to ask why. Very talented artists though.