Bog butter is an ancient waxy substance found buried in peat bogs, particularly in Ireland and Scotland. Likely an old method of making and preserving butter , some tested lumps of bog butter were made of dairy, while others were made of animal fat.

2016年6月13日 · So what is Bog Butter? It's exactly what it sounds like—butter made from cow's milk, buried in a bog. What makes it special is its age.

2016年6月13日 · “Bog butter” is butter that has been buried in a bog. The Irish Times describes it as a “creamy white dairy product, which smells like a strong cheese.” The earliest known examples date back...

2024年9月20日 · The nearly 50-pound slab of “bog butter” is currently undated, but historians believe it could date back to the Bronze Age. In any case, this stunning discovery could be one of the largest of its kind ever found on the Emerald Isle.

2024年9月11日 · As the name implies, bog butter is, in essence, butter that has been deposited or placed in bogs for a variety of possible reasons. In its surviving form, it consists of large whitish solid...

2019年3月18日 · Among the more ubiquitous artifacts found in Irish bogs is “bog butter” —yellow, waxy globs of fat that were carefully wrapped in wooden containers or animal bladders before …

2019年3月14日 · Irish dairy lovers have been keeping their butter cool for thousands of years, scientists say. A new study by University College Dublin and the National Museum of Ireland has revealed the remarkably long-lived tradition of using bogs to …

2013年10月2日 · Bog butter is butter that has been buried in a peat bog (2). It has occasionally been confused with animal adipose tissue (most commonly sheep tallow), which has been preserved in the same manner. Over 430 instances of bog butter have been recorded (3).

2019年3月15日 · For hundreds of years, people working in peat bogs in northern Europe have stumbled over hidden caches of butter wrapped in everything from wooden containers to animal bladders. While their...

2019年3月15日 · How Much of Ireland’s ‘Bog Butter’ Is Actually Buttery? The chunks look and smell like rancid dairy, so scientists set out to confirm it.