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Rolling ready strips of sugar on snow onto popsicle sticks.

Sweets

Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

A crispy golden flower.

Prepared Foods

Carciofi alla Giudia

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

Lobster organs can taste extra lobstery.

Meats & Animal Products

Tomalley

That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.

An modern rendition of Shit on a Shingle from The Royal American in Charleston, South Carolina.

Prepared Foods

Shit on a Shingle

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

Cornmeal johnnycakes topped with honey.

Prepared Foods

Johnnycakes

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

Allen's and milk has a fair few nicknames.

Drinks

Allen's Coffee Brandy

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

Even spice giant McCormick is in on the steak spice game.

Ingredients & Condiments

Montreal Steak Spice

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

The frosting on Yule log cakes is combed to resemble bark.

Sweets

Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Rows on rows of Autocrat, a coffee syrup made by a top producer of the stuff.

Drinks

Coffee Milk

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?

Coffee Jelly

Prepared Foods

Coffee Jelly

Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.

Bovril from the Supermarket

Ingredients & Condiments

Bovril

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

A homemade version made in a can and steamed in a crock pot.

Prepared Foods

Canned Bread

A New England tradition of steaming bread in coffee tins gave rise to this niche snack.

A bowl of chitlins.

Prepared Foods

Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

A slice of black cake baked by Mrs. Annemarie Charles, from San Fernando, Trinidad.

Sweets

Black Cake

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.

Shoofly pie a la mode in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Sweets

Shoofly Pie

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.

A jar of mustard pickles.

Ingredients & Condiments

Mustard Pickles

This zippy Newfoundland condiment inspires a deep, burning loyalty.

Cans of Moxie, likened to "root beer on steroids."

Drinks

Moxie

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

A beachside bounty from a clambake.

Gastro

Clambake

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

The making of a Fluffernutter.

Prepared Foods

The Fluffernutter

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

Taylor ham, a vegetable omelet, and cheese on a kayser roll.

Meats & Animal Products

Pork Roll

Don't call the crown jewel of New Jersey "Canadian bacon."

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