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bill49506

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Foods this traveler has tried.

Savory Jell-O salads are also called aspics.

Prepared Foods

Jell-O Salad

Meat covered in gelatinous goo was once a classic American comfort food.

Cornmeal johnnycakes topped with honey.

Prepared Foods

Johnnycakes

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

An modern rendition of Shit on a Shingle from The Royal American in Charleston, South Carolina.

Prepared Foods

Shit on a Shingle

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

Escamoles, i.e. velvety tree ant eggs, pan-fried in butter.

Meats & Animal Products

Escamoles

The eggs of "the farty ant" have earned a reputation as the caviar of the desert.

The frosting on Yule log cakes is combed to resemble bark.

Sweets

Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

A beachside bounty from a clambake.

Gastro

Clambake

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

A Zombie set aflame.

Drinks

The Zombie

Donn Beach wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.

An ornate set of molinillos for sale.

Gastro

Molinillo

Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.

Cinnamon cream cheese–filled King Cake.

Sweets

King Cake

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

The small shelf allowed you to drink tea without damaging your mustache.

Gastro

Mustache Cups

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.

They look like mini melons, but they taste like sour cucumbers.

Fruits & Vegetables

Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

Double scooperman.

Sweets

Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

Chapulines

Meats & Animal Products

Chapulines

Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tangy, crispy taco filling.

A hibiscus, chamomile, and rose vegan jelly poke cake.

Sweets

Poke Cake

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

A batch of traditional balsamic vinegar from Acetaia di Giorgio.

Ingredients & Condiments

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

Cincinnati Chili

Prepared Foods

Cincinnati Chili

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

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