Foods adamthehistorianghosthunter Has Tried

One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.

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

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.

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

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

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

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.

The reddest of the red meat.

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.