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Sweet and Savory

Plastic Chutney

Don’t be fooled by the name of this Bengali relish.

Frog Eye Salad

Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.

You can gnaw, but you better not bite.

Pequi

You can only nibble on this citrusy-cheesy fruit or risk a mouthful of spikes.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Venezuela.

Pan de Jamón

In Venezuela, traditional Christmas bread marries ham, raisins, and olives.

A cup of iced oolong with cheese foam and egg floss.

Cheese Tea

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

Pasita

A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.

Pickle Pie

A motel restaurant in a tiny Utah town bakes this sweet and sour treat.

Poutine Râpée

Not all poutine comes with cheese curds and gravy.

Jezebel sauce over cream cheese.

Jezebel Sauce

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.

Bolo Lêvedo

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

Zunda

Flavoring everything from dumplings to mochi, this sweet and salty paste shows another side to edamame.

Bled Island Potica

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

Whole Roasted Camel

Typically reserved for special occasions, the massive meal can be bought for a hefty sum at restaurants in Qatar.

St. Martin's Croissant

Bakers fold this Polish pastry 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe.

Honey Dill Sauce

A taste of home for Manitobans.

Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.

Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

Deep-Fried Jelly Beans

At the Big E, fairgoers can try guessing their candy's flavors through funnel cake fluff.

Mashed Potato-Filled Walnut Cakes

Korean hodu kwaja is normally stuffed with red bean paste, but one bakery in Toronto slips in a delicious surprise.