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Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale

Drinks

Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Jellied Moose Nose

Prepared Foods

Jellied Moose Nose

This nasal dish literally stews in its own juices.

Arbroath Smokie

Meats & Animal Products

Arbroath Smokie

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.

Marzipan Easter Lamb

Sweets

Marzipan Easter Lamb

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

Hot Cheese Sandwich

Prepared Foods

Hot Cheese Sandwich

The original cheeseburger, hold the beef patty.

Spit cake in progress.

Sweets

Lithuanian Spit Cake

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

Date shakes from Hadley Fruit Orchards.

Drinks

Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

Persimmon Beer

Drinks

Persimmon Beer

This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.

A standard photo op involves thrusting your candy into the snow.

Sweets

Kvikk Lunsj

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

Japanese Navy Curry

Prepared Foods

Japanese Navy Curry

This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.

Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.

Fruits & Vegetables

Licorice Root

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

An array of licorice allsorts, including Pontefract cakes, at the festival.

Food Festivals

Pontefract Liquorice Festival

At this annual event, the bitter sweet enhances everything from sausages to pies to clothing.

Portuguese Bacon Pudding

Sweets

Portuguese Bacon Pudding

Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

The edible contents of the durian have been compared to custard.

Fruits & Vegetables

Durian

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

A perfect pie, complete with stars and fish heads.

Prepared Foods

Stargazy Pie

A traditional Cornish pie that—ARE THOSE FISH HEADS COMING OUT OF THE TOP?!

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