Posted on 08/20/2009 6:10:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Two workers have discovered an oak barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old, in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown, in Ireland.
According to a report in Leinster Leader, the amazing discovery of the barrel, which is being described by archaeology experts in the National Museum as a "really fine example" was found by two Bord na Mona workers...
What they found was an oak barrel, cut out of a trunk, full of butter. It was largely intact, except for a gash towards the bottom of it caused by the harrow. It was head down, and had a lid; something that has excited the archaeologists. The barrel is also split along the middle, which is common with utensils filled with butter found in the bogs. A conservator at the National Museum, Carol Smith, told the Leinster Leader that the butter expands over time, causing the split...
The butter has changed to white and is now adipocere, which is essentially animal fat, the same sort of substance that is found on well-preserved bodies of people or animals found in the bog... He estimates that the barrel is approximately 3,000 years old, from the Iron Age.
(Excerpt) Read more at thaindian.com ...
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And this was found down by the schoolyard.
:’) I heard that through the grapevine.
The tigers ran around and around the tree until, well, never mind.
LOL!
Maybe starting it was a colostrum mistake.
I would imargarine that we’re reaching the end and need to change topics, or perhaps just transition to another food group. Syrup pun that we haven’t used in this thread yet?
Au frigidaire. I beg to differ. We must strike a smart balance with this offering or enthusiasm will melt all together. And while I do savor the opportunity to chew the fat on substitutes, I just can’t believe it’s not butter.
I wonder if the artifact was intended for some Imperial court?
You are no doubt correct that this find renders a culture no matter how you slice it.
And I consider that a fat accompli.
Okay, that's all I got...
No doubt about it. And I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that butter was found, after all, Ireland is where one finds plenty of Derry.
What? You’re knocking toe jam now? Some people are just impossible to please. ;’)
Don’t fret about it, we know you do your baste.
Yes, of main course it is. I would even say I could see it in no other roll.
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