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Ancient, still-edible chunk of butter unearthed in Irish bog
Fox News ^ | Published June 14, 2016 | By James Rogers

Posted on 06/14/2016 10:22:57 AM PDT by Red Badger

The 2,000 year-old bog butter found in Emlagh Bog, County Meath on June 1 (Cavan County Museum/Copper Tree Photography).

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Would you eat ancient butter? A 2,000-year-old 20-pound chunk of butter has been unearthed from a peat bog in Ireland, which is said to still be edible.

The large lump of butter was discovered by farmer Jack Conway while cutting turf for fuel in Emlagh Bog, County Meath on June 1. The strange rugby-ball shaped object was buried about 16 feet down in the bog.

Conway quickly realized that he had found what is known as ‘bog butter’ and contacted the nearby Cavan County Museum. “It’s very noteworthy,” Savina Donohoe, curator of the Cavan County Museum, told FoxNews.com. “Butter, a long time ago, was very valuable – it was seen as a luxury.”

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; History
KEYWORDS: andyhalpin; bogbutter; butter; countycavan; countymeath; dietandcuisine; drakerath; emlaghbog; fartyshadesofgreen; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; ireland; jackconway; kevinthornton; maghera; peat; savinadonohoe
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To: minnesota_bound

I Can’t Believe It’s Bog Butter!


21 posted on 06/14/2016 11:01:54 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SpaceBar

Good one!...........................


22 posted on 06/14/2016 11:03:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: hanamizu

Where did they get relish for the salamanders?......................


23 posted on 06/14/2016 11:04:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

but bog butter is bitter not better


24 posted on 06/14/2016 11:13:36 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Red Badger

Boggles the mind.


25 posted on 06/14/2016 11:22:42 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: Bigg Red

26 posted on 06/14/2016 11:35:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: camle; AEMILIUS PAULUS

Bitter bog butter not better butter?..............


27 posted on 06/14/2016 11:36:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

I’m curious enough to taste it.


28 posted on 06/14/2016 11:55:22 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Red Badger

The zeks always carried some for found snacks!


29 posted on 06/14/2016 11:59:32 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Red Badger

Sure, I meant now though. Can’t let a lovely bit of butter go to waste.


30 posted on 06/14/2016 12:31:55 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Trump vs Clinton -- call it off, mercy rule, no contest)
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To: leaning conservative

"Mmmmmmm.........2,000 year old butter"

31 posted on 06/14/2016 12:43:20 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Peter ODonnell

Who needs veggies?.......................

32 posted on 06/14/2016 12:45:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: luvbach1

You go first.......................

33 posted on 06/14/2016 12:47:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger
I can't believe it's not rotten!
34 posted on 06/14/2016 1:12:39 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (We have leaped off the cliff toward madness and we are still falling...)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve always been puzzled about the crisis caused by the potato famine in Ireland. They were surrounded by a sea full of fish and didn’t have potatoes until they were imported from the western hemisphere. What did they ear before they had taters? And, on another note, what did southern Italians eat before they got tomatoes from the new world and pasta from China?


35 posted on 06/14/2016 1:23:19 PM PDT by MisterArtery
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To: Red Badger

Turf Cutters Unearth Prehistoric Lump Of Bog Butter [Ireland]


36 posted on 06/14/2016 1:28:24 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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To: MisterArtery

1. Corned beef and cabbage
2. Pizza!.........................


37 posted on 06/14/2016 1:32:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

Might not be as risky to your health as modern foodstuffs considering how many recalls there are for contamination nowadays.


38 posted on 06/14/2016 2:16:23 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam- it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: simpson96; Red Badger

I’ll bring the syrup! ; )


39 posted on 06/14/2016 2:35:25 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: 4yearlurker
I can't believe it's not rotten!

It has been protected from air and light, and kept at a constant temperature. And I believe the bog water kills most kinds of bacteria, too.

40 posted on 06/15/2016 9:59:42 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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