Giant Slab of Bog Butter Recovered in Ireland

Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 17, 2024 | editors / unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

A slab of bog butter weighing nearly 50 pounds was discovered by a farmer digging a drain in a bog near Ireland's northwestern coastline, according to a report in The Irish News. Bog butter is dairy or animal fat that has been placed in cool, oxygen-poor peat in order to preserve it, or perhaps as a gift to the gods. "The bogs would have acted as a cool place, almost like a refrigerator and the butter would have stayed there until it was retrieved by the farmer, or perhaps in this case the local community, and then subsequently was lost for one reason or another," said archaeologist Paula Harvey, who examined the site where the butter was found. She said that the farmer, Michael Boyle, and his companion stopped digging when they spotted the unusual object. "He got a very distinct smell of a cheesy butter from it and quickly realized that it was butter," Harvey explained. A small piece of wood was found on the mass, suggesting that it may have been placed in a box that has since decomposed. The butter is currently being analyzed at the National Museum of Ireland.

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Donegal farmer uncovers 22kg slab of ancient bog butter

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• Ancient, still-edible chunk of butter unearthed in Irish bog [06/14/2016]
• Turf Cutters Unearth Prehistoric Lump Of Bog Butter [Ireland] [06/12/2016]
• Ireland's Dairies Date Back 6,000 Years [01/19/2015]
• 'Bog butter' from 3,000 BC found in ancient underground store [05/11/2011]
• 3,000 yr old butter discovered in Ireland [smashing all the lies of the Evolutionists!!!] ;') [08/20/2009]
• Mysteries Of Bog Butter Uncovered (NOTICE: Some photos may be disturbing) [03/20/2004]

[Ciaphas Cain]

Yuck!

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, we’ll all soon be spreading Bug Butter on our imitation bread if the veganazis get their way.

[Sacajaweau]

Butter and bacon....food of the gods....

[SaveFerris]

[A slab of bog butter weighing nearly 50 pounds]

Just need about 250 pounds of bog dinner rolls now.

[SpaceBar]

I can’t believe it’s not butter.

[Salamander]

I’m betting someone licked it already.

[Salamander]

You can afford bread?!?

[DannyTN]

More bog butter, more bog better.

[NonValueAdded]

♫ The butter would melt, so they put it in the pie bog ♫

[HombreSecreto]

If you think it’s butter, but it’s not...

It’s Bog Butter!

[Larry Lucido]

"I can't believe it's not Kerrygold."

[metmom]

Yup.

[rdcbn1]

From the good old days when not starving to death was a high priority.

We have solved that problem with SNAP and EBT cards.

[bigbob]

And a half-gallon of brown sauce!

[Clutch Martin]

“I can’t believe it’s not Kerrygold.”

Overpriced, and not raw. Raw butter is really the best, but I take in very little dairy. Between powered non fat and that canned milk mom used when were in SE adia growing up... dairy and me are not fiends. Never cared much for milkshakes or ice cream either, but sharp chedders and aged hard cheeses are ok in small doses.

Ugh!

I was scarred for life. I was.

[alexander_busek]

Bog butter?

Switch on the popcorn popper!

Regards,

[Sirius Lee]

Kerrybog - Now in economy size.

[blueunicorn6]

I didn’t know Hillary was missing.