Note: this topic is from 05/11/2011. A re-ping.
Posted on 05/11/2011 1:54:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Peat cutter said the ancient food still smells of dairy
Over 100 pounds of "bog butter" have been discovered in Tullamore, County Offaly. This ancient food substance, thought to been buried as a form of refrigeration, is thought to be 5,000 years old, dating from the Iron Age.
Brian Clancy and his uncle Joe were cutting turf in Ballard Bog when they made the discovery.
Joe explained "We were cutting turf and I found what looked like a huge piece of timber...We took it out with a spade and it turned out to be bog butter." Speaking to the Irish Times he said "It looked like a keg or an urn with two handles and a lid carved from a solid piece of wood."
The container has carving marks around the edges with a removable lid with handles and holes, possibly for carrying. The wooden vessel measures a foot in diameter and is almost two feet tall. The 100 pound container was buried seven-feet down.
Theories about exactly what "bog butter" is vary. Some believe it was a special type of butter made at a certain time during the years and buried so that it might be preserved. Joe said the butter still has a dairy smell. In the past some "bog butter" that has been tested has been meat based.
When the men found the container Joe returned to his house and researched bog butter on the Internet. He then returned to the bog and "filled a wheelbarrow with the peat and put the keg into it and brought it home and contacted the National Museum of Ireland."
Although it is one of the most common ancient discoveries in Ireland's bogs it is unusual to find such a large quantity of the substance.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Why, so it was. ;’)
Heh. Bog butter...
Sounds like something a soldier’d find in creases of his crotch after a couple weeks of training in the field during damp weather.
Note: this topic is from 05/11/2011. A re-ping.
I can’t believe it’s not butter.
I have lettuce that old in my fridge.
Bog Parkay would still be edible.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4589874/bus-sized-fatberg-breaks-london-sewer
makes one think about what fat is doing around our internal plumbing.
Ghee ..... ?? Is that like bulletproof coffee or Nepalese strong tea with yak butter in it ?
Got go look that up....:o)
I’ve done that with canned salmon before — it’s a national brand, I forget the name, red label, and they didn’t used to put an expiry date on it, just a code number, and the reference table to get the date was on their website. Turned out it had been in my desk drawer for a long time, at work, and I needed to eat lunch. I think it was eight or nine years old, perfectly fine, just the flavor may have been less than it could have been. ;’)
Canned salmon can be sort of strong, so less flavor might have been an improvement, lol. I love fresh salmon and smoked salmon, but I just can’t get past the smell of canned salmon.
I like it every which way. :’) Just a while ago I zapped a salmon patty in one of those microwave safe bags, came out perfect.
Do you pick the little vertebrae out or do you eat them?
I don’t eat bones. I know people who do...
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