I don't know if it's still Gouda, but you'd be Emmental to eat it.
A 340-year-old tin of cheese was discovered in the Kronan, a Swedish royal ship that sank in the Baltic Sea in 1676.
The Kronan was discovered in 1980 and since then has been the site of a number of underwater excavations resulting in over 30,000 artifacts being found.
The latest excavation dug up, among other things, a pewter tin of what researchers believe is a dairy product, possibly cheese.
Lars Einarsson, director of The Kronan Project, told Global News the small amount of cheese and the specific type of jar indicates it could have been an “exclusive” cheese for someone of higher rank. Cont.
Story from - Global News
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