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Endangered Eats

Crowdie

This ancient, spreadable cheese is disappearing from Scottish cuisine.

Dorset Knobs

Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.

Mojie Apples

Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.

New York Charlotte Russe

The dainty, cream-filled specialty is on the brink of extinction.

Gazoz

A bit of the past bubbles up in Israel's reinvention of its classic summer sipper.

Rauchbier

Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.

Smoked puffin with blueberry sauce.

Smoked Puffin

This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.

Birmingham Balti

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Bambangan

Find this rare, savory mango on the periphery of Borneo markets with other odorous fruit.

Coco de Mer

A delicious fruit with a suggestively-shaped seed.

Seattle Teriyaki

This once-ubiquitous fusion dish is fading into obscurity.

A home-brewed batch of gruit, with its ingredients.

Gruit Ale

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.

Pinhão

As Brazil's forests of Araucaria angustifolia dwindle, so do the harvests of their delicious seeds.

Pie, mash, and eel in parsley sauce.

Jellied Eels

No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.

Castoreum

Early 20th-century chefs used beaver musk to give sweets a vanilla-raspberry flavor.

Sanguinaccio Dolce

Italians make a bloody delicious chocolate pudding.

Gumbo Z'herbes

To some, the soup's greens represent key moments of the crucifixion.