And I'll join the debate where it's relevant to me- Irish bog butter!

I'm doing a PhD on early med food production and processing in Ireland.

Anyone much about dairying and booleys (Irish transhumance)?

Nikolah

On 25 Jul 2016 10:56, "Salima Ikram" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> there are butter dishes that do this (not in a ditch), but if you put the
> butter on a plate with an upside down bowl on it and immerse it in water
> and keep it in the larder in the UK, it works. Some people I know still use
> this technique!
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> On 25 Jul 2016, at 05:28, Norbert Eeltink <[log in to unmask]>
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> When I was young I heard an old man tell that his mother used to store
> butter in a bowl placed upside down under water in a ditch. No idea if it
> was true or if he was just pulling our legs.
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> Norbert
> (Netherlands)
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