Foods dianesaurus Wants to Try

This mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.

These spud showdowns are highly-anticipated events at tuber-focused festivals in the United States.

Where the world's best pizzas face off.

A Cajun tradition that combines costumes, gumbo, and chasing chickens.

This bacon-and-oyster omelet was a status symbol during the California Gold Rush.

This Moroccan butter ferments underground for years and smells like blue cheese.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

Costa Rica's iconic ice cream tub contains indescribably addictive cookies.

The competition that shrinks shrimp cocktail to the size of your pinky and fits bento into a matchbox.

To circumvent a meat ban, Italian immigrants hid their soppressata in balls of cheese.

These beloved New Zealand cookies have a mysterious past.

In Finland, you sizzle along with your meal.

Everyone says this vintage chewing gum tastes like soap, including the company.

In Venezuela, traditional Christmas bread marries ham, raisins, and olives.

Idaho's fried specialty makes steak a finger food.

This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.

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

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.

Next-level egg rolls are wrapped in an entire chicken wing.

This creamy, bright pink fruit is known as the "Borneo avocado."

In the Colonial era, a red-hot iron rod warmed drinks, ignited cannons, and cauterized wounds.

This Galician punch is set aflame to ward off evil spirits.

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.