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Food Artifacts

preserved specimens

Podcast: World’s Oldest Edible Ham

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team June 9, 2022

Bog Butter, Ancient Beef, and Other Remarkably Old Foods on Display in Museums

Some of these foods are centuries past their expiration dates.

Sam O'Brien July 26, 2021

The original Heinz pickle charm could hang from a lady’s brooch or a man’s pocket watch.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The First Heinz Pickle Charm

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Corn Knives

Early American settlers invented new tools to harvest a new crop.

Butter Molds

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.

Speyer, Germany

Speyer Wine Bottle

Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.

Dublin, Ireland

Ancient Bog Butter

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

The "pet ham" is 119 years old.

Smithfield, Virginia

World’s Oldest Edible Ham

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."