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The French wedding cake.

Sweets

Croquembouche

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

Soor Plooms

Sweets

Soor Plooms

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

Stinking Bishop

Meats & Animal Products

Stinking Bishop

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

’Nduja

Ingredients & Condiments

’Nduja

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

Irn-Bru

Drinks

Irn-Bru

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

Eccles Cake

Sweets

Eccles Cake

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

Turkish Coffee

Drinks

Turkish Coffee

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

Peach rakija.

Drinks

Rakija

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

Seaweed Ale

Drinks

Seaweed Ale

The ocean-scented brew pays homage to an old Scottish style.

Irish Potato Candy

Sweets

Irish Potato Candy

This sweet spud is neither made with tubers, nor of Irish origin.

Clootie Dumpling

Sweets

Clootie Dumpling

This sweet Scottish pudding gets boiled in a bag for special occasions.

Glögg

Drinks

Glögg

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

Addressing the haggis.

Gastro

Burns Supper

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

Pouring Moroccan Mint Tea

Gastro

Pouring Moroccan Mint Tea

A gesture of welcome and respect, Moroccan mint tea gets poured from high above the glass.

Fried Haggis

Prepared Foods

Fried Haggis

Scotland's beloved traditional dish is deep-fried and served up fast-food style.

Colcannon with scallions and bacon.

Prepared Foods

Colcannon

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

Smørrebrød

Prepared Foods

Smørrebrød

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

Birmingham Balti

Prepared Foods

Birmingham Balti

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

Vimto

Drinks

Vimto

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

Faggots

Prepared Foods

Faggots

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

Yorkshire Parkin from the vintage cookbook "Farmhouse Cookery."

Sweets

Yorkshire Parkin

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

Scrumpy

Drinks

Scrumpy

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

Lancashire Hotpot

Prepared Foods

Lancashire Hotpot

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

Cranachan

Sweets

Cranachan

A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.

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