Foods Byrdmouse Has Tried

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

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

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

In medieval Germany, drinkers followed a star to local lager.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

This phallic, giant clam is the culinary crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest.

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

Touted as the original energy bar, the bison-based mixture kept for months.

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

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.