Foods mylittlemonsterhigh395 Has Tried

Savory meat jelly with a dollop of spicy mustard is a customary New Year's dish in Russia.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

With no trees left to burn, Icelanders turned to sheep dung for meat-smoking.

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

This sliceable sweet treat is actually dairy-free.

The spicy, sour mango sauce is beloved from India to Israel.

This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.

Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.

It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.

All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.

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

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.