"Bog butter" refers a ancient waxy substance found buried in peat bogs, particularly in the United Kingdom. It can be found buried inside some sort of wooden container, such as a buckets, kegs, barrels, dishes and butter churns. It is a hydrocarbon of animal origin, also known as butyrellite. Until 2003 scientists and archaeologists were not quite sure of the origin of bog butter. Scientists working at the Museum of Scotland discovered that that some samples of the "butter" were of meat origin while others of dairy. It has been proposed that bog butter has been formed by food products buried in an attempt at an archaic form of refrigeration, as the peat creates a hygenic seal around the buried matter. Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees (beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. ... Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany. ... Hydrocarbons are refined at oil refineries and processed at chemical plants In chemistry, a hydrocarbon is any chemical compound that consists only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, is a museum dedicated to the history, people and culture of Scotland. ... Various meats Cold Meat Salad Meat, in its broadest modern definition, is all animal tissue intended to be used as food. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffalo, sheep or goats) and other farm animals, for human consumption. ... It has been suggested that Refrigerator be merged into this article or section. ...

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See also

• adipocere

Adipocere or grave wax or mortuary wax is the insoluble fatty acids left as residue from pre-existing fats from decomposing material such as a human cadaver. ...

References

• Peatlands: Occasional finds
• Bog butter mystery solved?