Butter Museum

Scientists in Bolivia have identified a small wild cat with a leopard-like coat as a previously unknown species. This is the first time in 100 years that a new species of cat has been discovered making it a momentous occasion. Local communities call the feline "tilcayo," a nickna ...  Show more

Launched in 2015, the World Steak Challenge is regarded as an international benchmark for quality within the global steak industry. Ireland has once again been crowned the top-performing country at the World Steak Challenge, taking home a record-breaking 82 medals at this year's ...  Show more

Where can you find the smoothest, most scrumptious edible art? If you ask our host, Dylan, it’s in the Minnesota State Fair butter sculpture room. He’s joined in this episode by Gastro Obscura writer Sam O’Brien, who got the scoop on the yummy centerpieces.
 

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This museum in John Day, Oregon, was once a Chinese general store and medicine shop that dates back to the 1800s. But these days it’s a perfectly preserved time capsule, down to the fruit – down to the orange its former owner left on the counter in the 1950s. Tours of the shop ...

Simon Tierney joined Sean to chart the history of custard... 

We spend time with the world’s foremost poo enthusiasts, who operate a museum in England where poo is elegant, elevated and celebrated.

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