Foods cptnxanarchy Has Tried

This Mexican candy reimagines a spaghetti dinner with spicy-sour gummy noodles and tamarind sauce.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

Essential to South Asian cuisine, the flavoring is illegal in some countries.

Memphis adds a little Italian flair to its Southern repertoire.

A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.

This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

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

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

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

Turkish legends trace these raw meatballs to the time of the prophet Abraham.

Local lore claims that German bakers made these pastries as an act of quiet rebellion during French occupation.

Minorcans spiced up the food scene in St. Augustine with this fiery crop.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

The Mesoamerican mortar and pestle has been made, and used, the same way for thousands of years.

A timeless practical joke, brought to you by the ancient Greeks.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

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