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Joe Froggers

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.
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England, But New: How John Smith's 1616 Map Helped Define America

The name "New England" was like a colonial real estate ad.
Sarah Laskow November 20, 2018
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The White Horse Tavern

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
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Beach Plum Jelly

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.
Sailors transporting ice to India on board the British troop ship <em>HMS Serapis</em>, 1875.
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The British Couldn’t Take India's Heat, So They Imported Ice From New England

Sailing frozen lake water across the world was big business.
Meher Mirza September 12, 2018
Stone wall, with moss, Putney, Vermont.
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New England Is Crisscrossed With Thousands of Miles of Stone Walls

That's enough to circle the globe—four times.
Anna Kusmer May 4, 2018
Corned beef, without its usual pink hue.
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The Mystery of New England's Gray Corned Beef

The specialty is usually pink, but it looks different around Boston.
Anne Ewbank March 14, 2018
In-shell littleneck clams accentuate this clam pie.
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Clam Apizza

New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.
Shad strapped to their planks by bacon seat belts.
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Shad Bake

Connecticut's state fish is cooked using a special “planking” technique.
Homemade, all-natural, foraged teaberry ice cream from Park Place Café & Restaurant
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Teaberry Ice Cream

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.
One whole election cake weighed more than 70 pounds.
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Hartford Election Cake

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.
Switchel is also called haymaker's punch and harvest beer.
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Switchel

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.
A homemade version made in a can and steamed in a crock pot.
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Canned Bread

A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.
A beachside bounty from a clambake.
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Clambake

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Maine Red Snappers hanging at Bean's Meats.
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Red Snappers

The reddest of the red meat.
Rolling ready strips of sugar on snow onto popsicle sticks.
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Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.
A gravy train becomes a gravy flood.
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Chow Mein Sandwich

Crispy noodles meet a sea of gravy inside a hamburger bun.
A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.
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Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.