[Sca-cooks] Bog Butter

[Elise Fleming]

Greetings! There is a fascinating and detailed article about "bog 
butter" at 
http://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/bog-butter-a-gastronomic-perspective
which was presented at the 2012 Oxford Food Symposium.

 From what I understand, caches of butter were placed in bogs in several 
countries for reasons not completely understood. Butter, from early 
times up through the 16th century, was variously used as a form of 
taxation, for making a type of cement (butter plus sand), for 
waterproofing, for light, and for food.

The author details (with numerous photos) her re-creation of buried 
butter with the invaluable assistance of an artisanal butter producer 
from Sweden. If you are interested in early Nordic foods, this should be 
on your reading list!

Alys Katharine
-- 
Elise Fleming
alysk at ix.netcom.com
alyskatharine at gmail.com
http://damealys.medievalcookery.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8311418@N08/sets/