Tinned butter? Or jar?

[bikedaft]

Used to get tinned butter in compo rations, I think. Would be v handy for the boat. Can you buy easily in UK? Amazon have ghee, not sure that's what I'm looking for?

Tia

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Ghee is clarified butter (water boiled off) and is used in Asian cuisine instead of oil. It is mushy at room temperature or liquid on a warm day. While it sets in the fridge the solid has a grainy texture. It's not what you want.

This is the stuff...

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It's eye wateringly expensive though. It's only used now by whacko preppers up in the hills in darkest Montana and maybe some militaries. You can put in on your tinned bread though...

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...and then top it with reconstituted powdered scrambled egg...

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[WoodyP]

Butter!
From last year.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Barrels of butter, hundreds of years old but still in edible condition, have been dug up, from time to time, in Irish peat bogs. I think the temperature of the peat would probably be similar to that of seawater (or lockers in the bottom of the boat), in these latitudes.

 

[Slowboat35]

Barrels of butter, hundreds of years old but still in edible condition, have been dug up, from time to time, in Irish peat bogs. I think the temperature of the peat would probably be similar to that of seawater (or lockers in the bottom of the boat), in these latitudes.

"Edible". Means it won't poison you, but it would be revolting beyond any possibility of you actually eating it.
They found Shackleton's butter barrel some years back (nowhere near "centuries" old and it took them some while to realise what it was - istr it stank was so bad they thought it must be some sort of seal-fat lubricant for the sleds.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

"Edible". Means it won't poison you, but it would be revolting beyond any possibility of you actually eating it.
They found Shackleton's butter barrel some years back (nowhere near "centuries" old and it took them some while to realise what it was - istr it stank was so bad they thought it must be some sort of seal-fat lubricant for the sleds.

Obviously low quality stuff, not from grass-fed cattle, as you would get in Ireland.
Oops, I just forgot, Shackleton was actually Irish

 

[langstonelayabout]

This is the stuff...

100% Natural Butter Canned - Emergency Food - MRE - Canned - Ration | eBay

It's eye wateringly expensive though. It's only used now by whacko preppers up in the hills in darkest Montana and maybe some militaries.

You are aware that MRE is an acronym for ‘Meal Rejected by the Enemy’?