| “Eat butter first and eat
it last and live till a hundred years be past” -
Old Dutch proverb
It’s easy to understand why
we take butter for granted.
Since we were children, it’s
been a part of our lives – one
of those regular fixtures in the fridge.
Whether simply spread on a piece of
toast or used as an ingredient in cooking
or baking, butter is a great and totally
natural taste we all know and love.
And yet, it’s not a modern invention.
Butter has featured in the Bible, in
Ancient Egyptian texts, in the arsenal
of warring Imperial Roman legions and
the surgeries of doctors in classical
Athens.
Influenced by fashionable eating habits,
we may become tempted to leave it out
of our diets. But over time, we find
ourselves having to give in to its
irresistable taste. Fads and pharaohs,
butter has outlasted them all.
But how many of us have ever wondered
why and how butter has become so popular?
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