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Turf Cutters Unearth Prehistoric Lump Of Bog Butter [Ireland]
Belfast Telegraph ^
| June 9, 2016
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Posted on 06/12/2016 5:52:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Top chef Kevin Thornton revealed he had tasted bog butter but archaeology experts advised against it
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posted on
06/12/2016 5:52:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
06/12/2016 5:53:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: SunkenCiv
“Everything’s better with Bog Butter on it.”
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posted on
06/12/2016 5:53:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Two thousand years old and still edible. And they know because they’ve tried it. Bravery.
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posted on
06/12/2016 5:56:22 PM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
To: BenLurkin
I can’t believe it’s not Bog Butter
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posted on
06/12/2016 5:57:30 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: OldNewYork
That’s some aged cheese.....
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posted on
06/12/2016 5:58:19 PM PDT
by
22202NOVA
(Baseball: it's all about the fun. Duh. Mentals.)
To: Rurudyne
Very good. Thanks for the laugh.
To: SunkenCiv
I believe the Navy has something similar called “Boy Butter”.
Bada-bing.
To: SunkenCiv
I always enjoyed my business trips to NI. We’d sneak across the border into the Republic for lunch at the most remarkable pub/restaurants.
The heat was always provided by an open hearth burning hard coal and peat.
Something about the aroma and the Grant’s Gammon made the trip worth while.
To: SunkenCiv
Just wow...😮
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:05:00 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: OldNewYork
Quite, although I would probably try it if I lived in Ireland, and blame the Guinness.
About 1/3 of the “bog butter” finds are actually meat of some sort (no idea what kind, no one knows), perhaps starting out as lard. These “bog butter” finds are also found in Scotland, so the animal matter in those are probably haggis that someone buried and claimed they’d finished every bite.
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:08:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: SnuffaBolshevik
“For this crossing of the equator, we’ll need oversized knee-high boots and a live goat...”
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:09:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: SunkenCiv
I ate some dubious Haggis once;
I crapped Bog Butter for a week.
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:10:10 PM PDT
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bakeneko
To: SunkenCiv
From the days before deep fried butter...
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:10:46 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
My guess is, they pretty much buried everything, but finished off all the buried potent potables thousands of years ago, then couldn’t remember where the other stuff was buried.
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06/12/2016 6:10:54 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: BenLurkin; Rurudyne; Caipirabob
“Clancy dug up some bog butter over on his *spread*.” (a good line for John Wayne to have used in “The Quiet Man”)
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06/12/2016 6:11:58 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn’t surprise me, tho I only spent 18 years there learning the culture and history.
;-)
To: bakeneko
“We buried the haggis over in that soft ground, although I prefer the claymore.”
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:15:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: tet68
I miss deep-fried ice cream...
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posted on
06/12/2016 6:15:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
It’s really only a year-long course, but there’s a pub every block, so it took 18 years. /rimshot
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06/12/2016 6:16:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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