Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste.en.wikipedia.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHoly shit, one kilo of butter from 60kg of coal?! That’s some pretty spenny butter for “agreeable taste”
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoEspecially when they had problems getting the coal they could mine, where it needed to be used.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey used something else instead…
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI can’t believe it’s not coal!
Holy shit, one kilo of butter from 60kg of coal?!
That’s some pretty spenny butter for “agreeable taste”
Especially when they had problems getting the coal they could mine, where it needed to be used.
They used something else instead…
Butter
I can’t believe it’s not coal!