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A selection of deep-fried peanuts.

Prepared Foods

Deep-Fried Peanuts

You eat the shell, too.

Mangonada

Sweets

Mangonada

Slurp this sweet and savory summer treat from a tamarind-and-chili-paste-coated straw.

The Christmas Pickle

Gastro

The Christmas Pickle

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Klub

Prepared Foods

Klub

This stick-to-your-ribs Scandinavian dumpling is a favorite at Midwestern fundraisers.

Dole Whip

Sweets

Dole Whip

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

Behold, fry sauce!

Ingredients & Condiments

Fry Sauce

It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.

Double scooperman.

Sweets

Superman Ice Cream

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

Broasted Chicken

Prepared Foods

Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Cornish Pasty

Prepared Foods

Cornish Pasty

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Sourdough bread lined up at San Francisco's Boudin Bakery.

Ingredients & Condiments

Sourdough Starter

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

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.

Cinnamon cream cheese–filled King Cake.

Sweets

King Cake

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

Poke Cake

Sweets

Poke Cake

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

Boston Baked Beans

Sweets

Boston Baked Beans

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

Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Prepared Foods

Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Californian BBQ involves red oak, sirloin, and special grills.

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

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

Steam Beer

Drinks

Steam Beer

The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.

Cherimoya

Fruits & Vegetables

Cherimoya

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

Ingredients & Condiments

Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

"The kid's got moxie!"

Drinks

Moxie

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

It's an It's Its jackpot!

Sweets

It's It

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?

A homemade version made in a can and steamed in a crock pot.

Prepared Foods

Canned Bread

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

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