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Anis de Flavigny

Sweets

Anis de Flavigny

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

Riga Black Balsam

Drinks

Riga Black Balsam

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

Boston Baked Beans

Sweets

Boston Baked Beans

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Cotton Candy Grapes

Fruits & Vegetables

Cotton Candy Grapes

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

This sticky residue is used by Belizeans as an adhesive, and is often compared to glue.

Gastro

Cojones de Caballo

Belizeans use this bulbous fruit to kill mosquito-borne parasites.

Butter Cows

Gastro

Butter Cows

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

Mari Lwyd

Sweets

Mari Lwyd

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

Rompope

Drinks

Rompope

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

Gray Peas with Bacon and Onions

Prepared Foods

Gray Peas with Bacon and Onions

Finish all your Latvian peas for good luck in the New Year.

Ketchup Chips

Prepared Foods

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Pocari Sweat

Drinks

Pocari Sweat

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

Are you feeling lucky?

Gastro

Twelve Grapes

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

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