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"  Talk about one tough cookie. A 104-year-old biscuit that made the harrowing voyage on Ernest Shackelton&amp;#039;s Nimrod expedition to Antarctica in 1907 survived long enough to be sold at auction last week for \u00A31,250 (about $1949), LA Weekly reports. The treat, which measures about three-inches in diameter and was fortified with concentrated milk protein, was made specially for the brutal trek by Huntley &amp;amp;amp; Palmers. The company (perhaps an Edwardian precursor to Clif?) also manufactured energy cookies for Robert Scott&amp;#039;s 1901 Discovery expedition to the frozen south. More from Delish: 16 Energy-Boosting Foods  The biscuit was unearthed in a hut in Shackleton&amp;#039;s Antarctic basecamp. &amp;quot;The people in the team didn&amp;#039;t like the biscuits, but it just about kept them going,&amp;quot; said Nick Lambourn, director of exploration and travel at Christie&amp;#039;s, where the cookie was sold, told the BBC. Bidders apparently weren&amp;#039;t too keen either. The cookie sold for \u00A3250 (about $389) less than its estimated price. More from Delish: Budget Busting Cocktails Here&amp;#039;s a look back at some foods that did a bit better at auction: -Crumbs: Mere biscuit crumbs from Shackleton&amp;#039;s more famous Endurance exhibit took top dollar in 2001 when Christie&amp;#039;s auctioned them for \u00A37,637 (about $11,455 by exchange rates at the time). -Tuna: Earlier this year a giant blue fin tuna weighing in at a massive 754-pounds went for $396,000 on auction. -Truffle: A white truffle from Pisa, Italy, went for a record-setting $333,000 in 2007. -Case of wine: In May two cases of 1988 DRC Roman\u00E9e-Conti were sold for $106,359 each in Hong Kong. -Wedding cake: In 1998, a slice of cake from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, packed in its original silk-covered cardboard box, yielded $29,900. -Slice of bread: After noticing the image of the Virgin Mary on a slice of bread, Diane Duyser of Miami, FL, held onto it for ten years as a lucky charm. The slice proved lucky indeed: In 2004 she sold it for $28,000 on Ebay. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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