Tuesday, June 14, 2016

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vivianejenkins1959@gmail.com: Jun 14 02:16PM -0700

On Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 12:18:42 PM UTC-5, fanyantrade wrote:
vivianejenkins1959@gmail.com: Jun 14 02:18PM -0700

On Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 12:18:42 PM UTC-5, fanyantrade wrote:
wilma6116@gmail.com: Jun 13 09:51PM -0700

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 11:17:42 PM UTC-7, The Real Bev wrote:
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> Of course SoCal has four seasons:
> Earthquake, Mudslide, Brushfire, and Riot
 
You think that was delish? Read this:
 
Found: A 2,000-Year-Old, 22-Pound, Still-Edible Hunk of Bog Butter
 
 
In Emlagh bog in County Meath, Ireland, which was once at the juncture of three different kingdoms, a turf cutter has found a giant knob of "bog butter," buried hundreds of years ago and preserved to this day.
 
"It did smell like butter," one person who held the giant lump told UTV Ireland.
 
"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 almost 2,000 years, but there are records of people burying butter as recently as the 1800s. This one is estimated to be an early example but will be studied further to date it.
 
Why would anyone bury butter in a bog? Often, to preserve it: butter made hundreds of years ago, without salt, wouldn't last long, but the cool, low oxygen environment of the bog could extend its life. Bog butter is sometimes found encased in wooden containers or animal hide, to protect it as well.
 
More at : http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-a-2000yearold-22pound-still-edible-hunk-of-bog-butter
hchickpea@hotmail.com: Jun 13 09:05PM -0500

Good job, Gary.
 
 
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