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Coco de Mer

A delicious fruit with a suggestively-shaped seed.

Blackberry Jam Fruit

Inside a hard, yellow shell lies a sweet, black spread.

Sugarloaf Pineapple

Devour this rare variety without fear of post-pineapple mouth irritation.

Oscypek

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

Blaa Bread

This adaption of French refugee bread is now a protected Irish specialty.

A bowl of achacha.

Achachairú

Meet purple mangosteen's rare, complex cousin.

Angulas with garlic and shrimp.

Angulas

What look like noodles are actually delicious baby eels.

The inside of hala fruits contain vibrant colors and sweet nectar.

6 Fruits With Surprising Flavors

Why settle for a banana when you could be tasting lemon meringue pie?

The Gastro Obscura Team February 1, 2018

Red ant chutney is often served on leaves.

Red Ant Chutney

Indian harvesters endure painful bites to make an intensely spicy paste.

A handful of olosapo.

Olosapo

In Central America, custard grows on trees.

Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.

Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.

The fruit that launched a thousand jokes.

The Forgotten Fruit That Looks Like an Anus

Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.

Anne Ewbank January 16, 2018

A bowl of bird's nest soup, with ladybell root.

Bird's Nest Soup

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

Paolo (left and lower right) with breadfruit and fish.

Palolo

To catch these coral-dwelling, caviar-flavored sea worms, you must wade into their annual mating ritual.

An array of crumbly, white pule.

Pule

The world's most expensive cheese is made from Balkan donkey milk.

Whitebait fritters are a New Zealand delicacy.

Whitebait Fritters

It's fishy how close to an omelette this is.

Leatherwood honey isn't extremely sweet, but it is a bit spicy.

Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey

Bees get a lift from helicopters in order to produce this spicy honey.

The beverage's fragrance is due to a mixture of chicory and ground coffee powder.

Kumbakonam Degree Coffee

The key to this coffee is fresh milk—preferably straight from the cow.