Foods Carissa Has Tried

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Foods I've tried

Foods this traveler has tried.

Joe Froggers

Sweets

Joe Froggers

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

Homemade Needham's at Captain Sawyer's Bed and Breakfast in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Sweets

Needhams

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

Bath Spa Water

Drinks

Bath Spa Water

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

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.

Butter Cows

Gastro

Butter Cows

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

Ham Salad

Prepared Foods

Ham Salad

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

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.

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Maine Wild Blueberries

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

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

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

Cans of Moxie, likened to "root beer on steroids."

Drinks

Moxie

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

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.