Ancient, still-edible chunk of butter unearthed in Irish bog

Fox News ^ | Published June 14, 2016 | By James Rogers

[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.”

[Boogieman]

I Can’t Believe It’s Bog Butter!

[Red Badger]

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

[Red Badger]

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

[camle]

but bog butter is bitter not better

[Bigg Red]

Boggles the mind.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

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

[luvbach1]

I’m curious enough to taste it.

[hanamizu]

The zeks always carried some for found snacks!

[Peter ODonnell]

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

[simpson96]

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

[Red Badger]

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

[Red Badger]

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

[4yearlurker]

I can't believe it's not rotten!

[MisterArtery]

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?

[SunkenCiv]

Turf Cutters Unearth Prehistoric Lump Of Bog Butter [Ireland]

[Red Badger]

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

[ClearBlueSky]

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

[leaning conservative]

I’ll bring the syrup! ; )

[JimRed]

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.