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! > > Salima Ikram > Distinguished University Professor > Egyptology Unit Head > Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology > American University in Cairo > AUC Avenue, PO Box 74 > New Cairo 11835 > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] > tel: 20-2-2615-1840; fax: 20-2-2797-4903 > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 Jul 2016, at 05:28, Norbert Eeltink <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > 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. > > Norbert > (Netherlands) > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: > > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MTk5IHNhbGltYWlrcmFtQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBBTkNJRU5ULUZPT0QtVEVDSCiUfnBw22In&c=SIGNOFF > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: > > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MjAwIG5pa29sYWhnQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBBTkNJRU5ULUZPT0QtVEVDSDg7Nbw1H0Fw&c=SIGNOFF > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH